Challenge

Dragons Graveyard
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Benny Hill took the kick off in the first half of the match. 7 minutes into the match, Milagros Fraga notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of FC Draconia's Jerome Ngake. Jerome Ngake was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 10 minutes into the match, Joaquin Lekubegi notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Peru's Rolando Noboa. Rolando Noboa was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After a defensive mix-up in Peru's zone, Benny Van der Poorten stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Rolando Noboa came out of the goal and Benny Van der Poorten tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Jerome Ngake made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luz Tejedor in the 19th minute of play. Rolando Noboa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Benny Van der Poorten, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. Benny Hill had several of the Peru's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 25 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 2-1 score and a disappointed Rolando Noboa as he didn't even see the shot coming. In the 28th minute Benny Hill 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. The audience thought a goal was coming when Benny Van der Poorten got free with Rolando Noboa in the 30th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a rather tough play, FC Draconia's Amaury Van den Berge got a free kick in the 31st minute. 36 minutes into the match, Peru's goal looked a bit too open when Benny Van der Poorten came free, but Rolando Noboa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 42nd minute, Julian Murillo made a precise shot to the right of Jerome Ngake. FC Draconia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-2. In the 44th match minute, Peru was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joaquin Prats to maneuver through the defense. In the 46th minute, one of Peru:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Peru. In the 49th minute, the referee gave FC Draconia a penalty. Benny Hill looked confident and blasted the ball into goal by the left post, totally unstoppable for Rolando Noboa.

55 minutes into the match, Harald Sulems 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 Harald Sulems was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-2. After a defensive mix-up in Peru's zone, Joaquin Lekubegi stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Rolando Noboa came out of the goal and Joaquin Lekubegi tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Milagros Fraga sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. FC Draconia made a substitution. Gregoire Decorte replaced Joaquin Lekubegi. In the 75th minute, Luz Tejedor ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jerome Ngake was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-3. In the 79th minute Gregoire Decorte 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. After some fancy dribbling in the 83rd minute, Luz Tejedor managed to get in a good position for a shot. Peru's supporters rose to their feet, but Luz Tejedor was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jerome Ngake breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a rather tough play, FC Draconia's Walter Bernaerts got a free kick in the 89th minute. Peru's Eliseo Alcocer was substituted for Moises Gayoso. Peru's Antonio Tenorio was substituted for Luz Tejedor. After 90 played minutes FC Draconia got a freekick which was hit by Walter Bernaerts. Antonio Tenorio who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 93rdth minute tested the skills of Jerome Ngake when he managed to save the team from getting behind. The FC Draconia support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.