Challenge

Alçapão da Morte
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Nixon Richard started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Júlio Baiano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Julian Murillo in the 7th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Peru defense, Cris Batistuta kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Rolando Noboa. The Peru fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Rolando Noboa should have stopped the shot. Nixon Richards short, quick shot in the 18thth minute got Rolando Noboa to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. The audience was convinced that Cris Batistuta's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rolando Noboa was relentless in the 21st minute of the game. Júlio Baiano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luz Tejedor in the 22nd minute of the match. After 31 minutes of play, Peru's Eliseo Mina made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Júlio Baiano was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 33rd minute Luiz Fábio Souto 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. When Milagros Fraga fell near the penalty area in the 42nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Peru's protests and gave Milagros Fraga a yellow card for diving instead. Milagros Fraga hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the Barões F. C. defense, Julian Murillo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Júlio Baiano. The Barões F. C. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Júlio Baiano should have stopped the shot. The Barões F. C. players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Peru were winning 1-2.

In the 53rd minute of the match Peru got a corner. Barões F. C.'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Luz Tejedor ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Barões F. C.'s goalie and right to Milagros Fraga. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Barões F. C.'s manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. In the 56th minute Eliseo Mina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Júlio Baiano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Júlio Baiano 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 57th minute. Júlio Baiano 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 60th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Cris Batistuta in the 69th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Rolando Noboa prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 71 minutes into the game, Eliseo Mina cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-3. Júlio Baiano was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Barões F. C.'s Luisito Pistolelis was substituted for Luiz Fábio Souto. With an all-out effort, Peru's Júlio Baiano threw himself towards the right post 76 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Julian Murillo, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. If Milagros Fraga had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 81st minute Julian Murillo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Júlio Baiano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Peru made a substitution. Antonio Tenorio replaced Luz Tejedor. After some careless play in the Peru defense, Cris Batistuta kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Rolando Noboa. The Peru fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Rolando Noboa should have stopped the shot. In the 95th minute, Marquinhos Porto hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eliseo Alcocer in the 97th minute of play forced Barões F. C.'s goalkeeper Júlio Baiano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Peru's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.