Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Rigoberto Ceandro kicked off to start the match. Domingo Bide took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Julian Murillo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rolando Noboa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ali Cengiz Peykan, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. NYC United's Domingo Bide played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Julian Murillo in the 9th minute of play. In the 11th minute, Julian Murillo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Peru fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. Peru's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Luz Tejedor in the 15th minute. Eliseo Mina made a great header on Peru's corner, it was just that NYC United's Domingo Bide managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 17th minute, Ali Cengiz Peykan left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The NYC United fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. 20 minutes into the game, Julian Murillo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-1. Domingo Bide was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 25 minutes of play, Peru's Luz Tejedor made it 4-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Domingo Bide was left in no man's land by his defense there! Domingo Bide showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luz Tejedor, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. Peru's Alonso Berganza quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Joe Roget, made in the 30th minute of the game. Rolando Noboa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ali Cengiz Peykan in the 31st minute of the match. 34 minutes into the match, Peru's Julian Murillo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Domingo Bide narrowly saved just below the crossbar. NYC United's Domingo Bide played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luz Tejedor in the 36th minute of play. Domingo Bide showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Julian Murillo in the 42nd minute of the match. 44 minutes into the match, NYC United's goal looked a bit too open when Julian Murillo came free, but Domingo Bide reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Julian Murillo made a kick off. Peru's Alonso Berganza quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Joe Roget, made in the 50th minute of the game. Julian Murillo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Domingo Bide read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 55th minute of play. Julian Murillo struck a weak shot in the 57th minute. Domingo Bide didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Peru. 61 minutes had been played when some careless play by NYC United's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Luz Tejedor was slow to take the kick. During this time Peru's players had a chance to rest. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luz Tejedor in the 64th minute of play forced NYC United's goalkeeper Domingo Bide to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Domingo Bide stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Julian Murillo's shot from short distance in the 66th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Julian Murillo in the 67th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Domingo Bide saved NYC United from getting behind. In the 71st minute the ball was on its way in behind NYC United's goalkeeper Domingo Bide, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 72nd minute Ali Cengiz Peykan 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. In the 78th minute Eliseo Mina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Domingo Bide saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 78th minute, Eliseo Mina left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Peru fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-1. Domingo Bide didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Luz Tejedor went, in the 82nd minute, to the upper right corner, 6-1 was the resulting score. Peru made a substitution. Eliseo Alcocer replaced Moises Gayoso. A sloppy throw-in by Joe Roget in the 88th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Peru's Eliseo Mina. If Eliseo Mina had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 93rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.