Challenge

NEM CT Stadium
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Julian Murillo made the kick off which started today's match. 5 minutes into the match, Julian Murillo notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of New England Minas's Jeremy Nicholas. Jeremy Nicholas was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Jeremy Nicholas 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 crowd rose to their feet as New England Minas's Edgardo Silva slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Rolando Noboa. That made the score 1-1 after 13 minutes of play. New England Minas's Jeremy Nicholas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Julian Murillo in the 16th minute of play. In the 17th minute Julian Murillo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jeremy Nicholas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 21 minutes into the match, New England Minas's goal looked a bit too open when Julian Murillo came free, but Jeremy Nicholas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Peru were awarded a corner in the 22th minute after New England Minas's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Luz Tejedor took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Eliseo Mina got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Jeremy Nicholas quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Conny Tingberg kicked well hit freekick during the 26th minute of the match. After 26 played minutes New England Minas got a freekick which was hit by Ye Gang Cheng. Jeremy Nicholas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Julian Murillo in the 27th minute of play. Peru were awarded a corner in the 28th minute after New England Minas's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Luz Tejedor took the corner. Rolando Noboa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alperen Öksüz, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. New England Minas's Jeremy Nicholas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Julian Murillo in the 36th minute of play. Rolando Noboa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edgardo Silva in the 39th minute of play. 40 minutes into the match, New England Minas's Alperen Öksüz sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Rolando Noboa narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 42nd minute of the match New England Minas got a corner. Peru's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Glen Conklin ran over to the corner to take the kick. It was a well-played corner which Tony Pacheco managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. 44 minutes into the game, Peru's Julian Murillo nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jeremy Nicholas made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. After a defensive mix-up in New England Minas's zone, Milagros Fraga stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jeremy Nicholas came out of the goal and Milagros Fraga tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The New England Minas players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Peru were winning 1-2.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Edgardo Silva to strike the kick off in the second half. Conny Tingberg hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Luz Tejedor got free with Jeremy Nicholas in the 57th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Jeremy Nicholas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luz Tejedor in the 57th minute of the match. Rolando Noboa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edgardo Silva, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jeremy Nicholas was a little too slow when Julian Murillo got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 62nd minute. The score was now 1-3. New England Minas's Tio Lio was substituted for Alperen Öksüz. New England Minas's Xiao Bang Kun was substituted for Jörgen Frohm. 68 minutes into the match, New England Minas's goal looked a bit too open when Eliseo Mina came free, but Jeremy Nicholas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Julian Murillo in the 70th minute of play forced New England Minas's goalkeeper Jeremy Nicholas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jeremy Nicholas made a fantastic save in the 72nd minute, when Milagros Fraga sent off a good shot on target. Jeremy Nicholas 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 74th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tio Lio in the 77th minute of play forced Peru's goalkeeper Rolando Noboa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. New England Minas made a substitution. Arturo Sito replaced Edgardo Silva. Ye Gang Cheng got a throw-in 81 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Conny Tingberg. Peru's Eliseo Alcocer was substituted for Moises Gayoso. At last the ball reached Eliseo Mina at the corner, ending with a kick to difficult to stop for the goalkeeper of New England Minas. 1-4. New England Minas's Jeremy Nicholas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rafael Gallo in the 89th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 96 minutes, Rafael Gallo took a quick shot and it went in 1-5 without a chance for Jeremy Nicholas to make any attempt to save it. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Peru eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.