Challenge

Rising Sun Stadium
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Peter Santos started the match with the kick off. After having played for 6 minutes, Peter Santos managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Samurai Champions FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Peter Santos was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Márcio de Brito took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Julian Murillo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Peter Santos scored 1-0 in the 11th 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 audience was convinced that Peter Santos's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rolando Noboa was relentless in the 16th minute of the game. Samurai Champions FC's Márcio de Brito played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luz Tejedor in the 20th minute of play. Peru were awarded a corner in the 22th minute after Samurai Champions FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Luz Tejedor took the corner. Julian Murillo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Márcio de Brito having to interfere. In the 27th minute Julian Murillo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Márcio de Brito saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Márcio de Brito 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 30th minute. Peter Santos received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Rolando Noboa came out and tried to block the shot, but Peter Santos slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 32nd minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 35th minute, Peter Santos managed to get in a good position for a shot. Samurai Champions FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Peter Santos was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rolando Noboa breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Rolando Noboa made an important save on a dangerous shot by Peter Santos in the 41st minute. After 44 minutes Samurai Champions 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. After taking down the ball on Peru's corner Luz Tejedor fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Márcio de Brito quite easily take care of the ball. In the 46th minute, Milagros Fraga made a precise shot to the right of Márcio de Brito. Samurai Champions FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Julian Murillo made the kick off in the second half. In the 55th minute of the game Emmanuel Reyes made a throw-in which Milagros Fraga played forward. An unexpectedly hard shot by Julian Murillo in the 59th minute of play forced Samurai Champions FC's goalkeeper Márcio de Brito to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Samurai Champions FC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 60th minute, when Julian Murillo scored to the left of an out of position Márcio de Brito, making the score, 2-2. Samurai Champions FC made a substitution. Cido Recife replaced Peter Santos. Márcio de Brito made an important save on a dangerous shot by Milagros Fraga in the 65th minute. Milagros Fraga received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 68th minute. Márcio de Brito tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Peru's Rolando Noboa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cido Recife in the 71st minute of play. Márcio de Brito made an important save on a dangerous shot by Milagros Fraga in the 79th minute. In the 80th minute, Eliseo Mina 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. In the 83rdth minute of the game Rafael Gallo who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Samurai Champions FC's Márcio de Brito was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 87 minutes into the match, Cido Recife had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Rolando Noboa. Peru's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cido Recife was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-3. Rolando Noboa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alfredo Di Cintio in the 96th minute of the match. Peru were unable to convert their possession into goals, allowing Samurai Champions FC to leave the ground with a draw.