Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Shi Li kicked off to start the match. 3 minutes into the match, Galati Harbour Cats's goal looked a bit too open when Julian Murillo came free, but Octavian Soare reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Eliseo Mina struck a weak shot in the 4th minute. Octavian Soare didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Peru. Peru's Eliseo Mina managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Mo Yuan Fan in the 6 minute of the game. In the 7th minute, Julian Murillo got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Valeriu Zdrobiş made in the 8th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Shi Li immediately put the ball in play. 11 minutes into the match, Peru's Julian Murillo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Octavian Soare narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 12 minutes Galati Harbour Cats'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. Peru were awarded a corner in the 16th minute after Galati Harbour Cats's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Luz Tejedor took the corner. In the 17th minute of the match Peru got a corner. Galati Harbour Cats'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 led Peru's Luz Tejedor to fire away a dangerous shot which Octavian Soare despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 22nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Galati Harbour Cats's goalkeeper Octavian Soare, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Shi Li's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rolando Noboa was relentless in the 26th minute of the game. Ianis Man sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The corner led Peru's Milagros Fraga to fire away a dangerous shot which Octavian Soare despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. After 36 played minutes Peru got a freekick which was hit by Emmanuel Reyes. After some careless play in the Peru defense, Ianis Man 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. Octavian Soare took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luz Tejedor, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.

The wind increased when Julian Murillo made the kick off in the second half. Julian Murillo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Octavian Soare having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eliseo Mina in the 53rd minute of play forced Galati Harbour Cats's goalkeeper Octavian Soare to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 55th minute Julian Murillo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Octavian Soare saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 57 minutes into the game, Ianis Man was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Galati Harbour Cats's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Peru the free kick. Ianis Man hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. Octavian Soare made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Julian Murillo in the 57th minute of play. A sloppy throw-in by Sven-Åke Ré in the 59th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Peru's Eliseo Mina. Octavian Soare made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Julian Murillo in the 60th minute of play. Julian Murillo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Octavian Soare read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 62nd minute of play. 62 minutes into the match, Julian Murillo notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of Galati Harbour Cats's Octavian Soare. Octavian Soare was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Rolando Noboa was out of position in the 66 minute of play, and Shi Li capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Shi Li really showed his touch with that goal: 1-3. After 69 minutes of play, Peru's Eliseo Mina made it 2-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Octavian Soare was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Julian Murillo came up free with the goalie in the 72nd minute, the Peru fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Julian Murillo couldn't finish the play. Rolando Noboa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ianis Man in the 73rd minute of the match. In the 74th minute, Galati Harbour Cats's Shi Li ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Rolando Noboa. Rolando Noboa yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-4. Peru made a substitution. Rafael Gallo replaced Julian Murillo. Peru made a substitution. Eliseo Alcocer replaced Moises Gayoso. Milagros Fraga took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 83rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Octavian Soare. Galati Harbour Cats's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Rolando Noboa came out of the goal in the 85th minute to try and stop a shot by Galati Harbour Cats's Shi Li. But to his dismay, Shi Li quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-5. In the 88th match minute, Galati Harbour Cats was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sven-Åke Ré to maneuver through the defense. 89 minutes into the match, Galati Harbour Cats's goal looked a bit too open when Rafael Gallo came free, but Octavian Soare reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Peru's Rafael Gallo got a good chance for a goal in the 92nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Octavian Soare showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rafael Gallo in the 95th minute of the match.