Challenge

Sun Li Ming
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) White Raven FC.'s Hipolito Cambranes started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Julian Murillo in the 6th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Fülöp Marton saved White Raven FC. from getting behind. 7 minutes into the match, Peru's Julian Murillo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Fülöp Marton narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 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 9th minute. It was a well-played corner which Julian Murillo managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. In the 12th match minute, White Raven FC. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Higinio Baraquiel to maneuver through the defense. Luz Tejedor didn't quite understand what happened when in the 14 minute of the game managed to get a great opportunity for a goal and then missed the goal by a feet. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Hipolito Cambranes in the 15th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Rolando Noboa saved Peru from getting behind. 17 minutes into the match, White Raven FC.'s goal looked a bit too open when Julian Murillo came free, but Fülöp Marton reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Fülöp Marton showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Julian Murillo in the 21st minute of the match. 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 22nd minute. The corner went over the outstretched arms of White Raven FC.'s goalie and right to Eliseo Mina. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. White Raven FC.'s manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. After 25 minutes of play, Peru's Julian Murillo made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Fülöp Marton was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Boris Specht in the 27th minute of play forced Peru's goalkeeper Rolando Noboa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fülöp Marton showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Julian Murillo in the 32nd minute of the match. Fülöp Marton made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Julian Murillo in the 34th minute of play. Julian Murillo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Fülöp Marton read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 39th minute of play. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Julian Murillo made a kick off. After 56 minutes White Raven FC.'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. In the 60th minute Julian Murillo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fülöp Marton saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. White Raven FC.'s Witalis Treppa was substituted for Boris Specht. White Raven FC. made a substitution. Tamás Ludas replaced Cido Perez. Peru's attentive Eliseo Mina managed to snatch the ball when Enzo Mufazalov made a throw-in in the 70th minute of the game. After having played for 73 minutes, Paris Amsterdam managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. White Raven FC.'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Paris Amsterdam was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Fülöp Marton took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Julian Murillo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. White Raven FC.'s Fülöp Marton proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 82nd minute of the match, managed to save White Raven FC. from getting a goal against them. With a little luck, White Raven FC.'s Fülöp Marton got control of the ball when Julian Murillo tried to sneak it across the goal line. Peru's Antonio Tenorio was substituted for Luz Tejedor. Milagros Fraga fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fülöp Marton having to interfere. In the 91st minute the ball was on its way in behind White Raven FC.'s goalkeeper Fülöp Marton, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The supporters of Peru booed when White Raven FC. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 93 match minutes in a wonderful position. Higinio Baraquiel didn't get a good kick on the ball. The Peru supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Peru would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.