Challenge

Alfredo Di Stéfano
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Turgay Hafi got the match started through his kick off. The supporters of Peru booed when Bancruz F.C was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Luca Driver didn't get a good kick on the ball. 4 minutes into the match, Peru's Julian Murillo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ciro Nerio narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Eliseo Mina received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Ciro Nerio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Bancruz F.C's Ciro Nerio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luz Tejedor in the 14th minute of play. In the 18th minute, Milagros Fraga made a precise shot to the right of Ciro Nerio. Bancruz F.C's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Alonso Berganza made in the 26th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Bancruz F.C's Nunez Tano. After 35 minutes of play, Bancruz F.C's Turgay Hafi made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rolando Noboa was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ciro Nerio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luz Tejedor in the 37th minute of play. Bancruz F.C's Ciro Nerio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Julian Murillo in the 40th minute of play. After 42 played minutes Bancruz F.C got a freekick which was hit by Nunez Tano. Ciro Nerio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luz Tejedor in the 47th minute of the match. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Julian Murillo made a kick off. 58 minutes had been played when some careless play by Peru's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Carlos Arixo was slow to take the kick. During this time Bancruz F.C's players had a chance to rest. A well-hit corner resulted in Zhelyazko Balakov heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. A collision led to Bancruz F.C getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Geronimo Jaunti hit a great ball. In the 70th minute, Clodoveo Matro left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Bancruz F.C fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. Bancruz F.C made a substitution. Çelikan Koçaş replaced Turgay Hafi. Çelikan Koçaş received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Rolando Noboa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ciro Nerio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eliseo Mina, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 83 minutes into the match, Bancruz F.C's goal looked a bit too open when Julian Murillo came free, but Ciro Nerio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Peru's Rafael Gallo was substituted for Julian Murillo. Çelikan Koçaş scored 3-2 in the 93rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Rolando Noboa, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The Bancruz F.C support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.