Challenge

José Amalfitani
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Salvador Hats made the kick off which started today's match. The supporters of El Fortín de Floresta booed when Peru was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Milagros Fraga didn't get a good kick on the ball. Salvador Hats's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Rolando Noboa firmly grabbed it by the left post. If Lucio Stanislao had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The throw-in from Milagros Fraga in the 14th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by El Fortín de Floresta's Lucio Stanislao. 17 minutes into the match, El Fortín de Floresta's goal looked a bit too open when Julian Murillo came free, but Santos Orlan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 19 minutes into the match, Julian Murillo notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of El Fortín de Floresta's Santos Orlan. Santos Orlan was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Peru's Eliseo Mina managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Lisandro Martinez in the 25 minute of the game. 25 minutes into the match, El Fortín de Floresta's goal looked a bit too open when Julian Murillo came free, but Santos Orlan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rolando Noboa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Salvador Hats, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. 33 minutes into the match, Julian Murillo notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of El Fortín de Floresta's Santos Orlan. Santos Orlan was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 37th minute, El Fortín de Floresta's Salvador Hats dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-2. 44 minutes into the match, El Fortín de Floresta's goal looked a bit too open when Eliseo Mina came free, but Santos Orlan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rolando Noboa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Silvestre Valiente, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Alvino Tinto made a great header on El Fortín de Floresta's corner, it was just that Peru's Rolando Noboa managed to reach the ball for a save. The score stood at 2-2 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The wind increased when Julian Murillo made the kick off in the second half. Santos Orlan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Julian Murillo in the 51st minute of the match. 58 minutes into the match, Peru's Julian Murillo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Santos Orlan narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Santos Orlan made a fantastic save in the 60th minute, when Eliseo Mina sent off a good shot on target. Santos Orlan 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 63rd minute. Peru's Julian Murillo got a good chance for a goal in the 64th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 67 minutes into the match, Julian Murillo dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Santos Orlan, 2-3. After having played for 71 minutes, Julian Murillo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Peru's supporters crossed their fingers, but Julian Murillo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. El Fortín de Floresta's Fulgencio Frances was substituted for Cristo Orlan. After 76 minutes El Fortín de Floresta's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Luz Tejedor who took care of the corner kick. It was a well-played corner which Eliseo Mina managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Eliseo Mina scored 2-4 in the 84th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Santos Orlan, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Peru's Rafael Gallo was substituted for Julian Murillo. Peru's Antonio Tenorio was substituted for Luz Tejedor. 89 minutes into the match, Rafael Gallo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Santos Orlan. El Fortín de Floresta's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Rafael Gallo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-5. With a little luck, El Fortín de Floresta's Santos Orlan got control of the ball when Milagros Fraga tried to sneak it across the goal line. Santos Orlan made a fantastic save in the 92nd minute, when Eliseo Mina sent off a good shot on target. When the match was over Peru could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than El Fortín de Floresta throughout the match.