Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Julian Murillo got the match started through his kick off. A collision led to Wittbach SSA getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Borys Kolba hit a great ball. 7 minutes into the match, Wittbach SSA's goal looked a bit too open when Julian Murillo came free, but Ján Oblak reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Wittbach SSA's Szymon Pyrzyce got a free kick in the 8th minute. In the 12th minute of the game Feng Xiang Yun made a throw-in which Nikos Vourlis played forward. In the 14th minute Ted Lasso shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rolando Noboa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Eliseo Mina sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Julian Murillo in the 26th minute of play forced Wittbach SSA's goalkeeper Ján Oblak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 28 minutes into the match, Borys Kolba had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Rolando Noboa. Peru's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Borys Kolba was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Julian Murillo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 35 minutes into the match, Wittbach SSA's goal looked a bit too open when Julian Murillo came free, but Ján Oblak reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ján Oblak showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Julian Murillo, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. Grzegorz Motowski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Rolando Noboa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Ted Lasso's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rolando Noboa was relentless in the 44th minute of the game. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ted Lasso in the 44th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Rolando Noboa saved Peru from getting behind. Milagros Fraga hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ted Lasso to make the kick off. Ján Oblak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eliseo Mina in the 54th minute of play. In the 60th minute the ball was on its way in behind Wittbach SSA's goalkeeper Ján Oblak, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Julian Murillo in the 68th minute of play forced Wittbach SSA's goalkeeper Ján Oblak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Grzegorz Motowski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 71st minute. Rolando Noboa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 73rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Wittbach SSA's goalkeeper Ján Oblak, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Feng Xiang Yun hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Julian Murillo in the 77th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ján Oblak prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When the match clock showed 77 minutes, the score became 2-2 when Julian Murillo sped through Wittbach SSA's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Ján Oblak. 83 minutes into the match, Peru's Julian Murillo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ján Oblak narrowly saved just below the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Milagros Fraga in the 85th minute of play forced Wittbach SSA's goalkeeper Ján Oblak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Wittbach SSA booed when Peru was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 87 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eliseo Mina didn't get a good kick on the ball. Peru made a substitution. Eliseo Alcocer replaced Moises Gayoso. Rolando Noboa made a fantastic save in the 93rd minute, when Ted Lasso sent off a good shot on target. In the last second Rolando Noboa throw himself and got hold of the ball when Ted Lasso in the 93rdth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.