Challenge

Estadio Aroeira
Spectators: 52 (Terracing: 39, Seating: 12, VIP seats: 1) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Cai Yuan Yuan started the match with the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cai Yuan Yuan in the 3rd minute of play forced Peru's goalkeeper Rolando Noboa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eliseo Mina might have been able to make a better finish in the 6th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Pankracy Zajonc. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Eliseo Mina ran back to his position shaking his head. Pankracy Zajonc showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Julian Murillo in the 9th minute of the match. In the 10th minute of the match Peru got a corner. MZ Fénix'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. Julian Murillo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience was convinced that Cai Yuan Yuan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rolando Noboa was relentless in the 15th minute of the game. Pankracy Zajonc showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luz Tejedor in the 18th minute of the match. MZ Fénix's Pankracy Zajonc played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luz Tejedor in the 18th minute of play. Rolando Noboa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cai Yuan Yuan in the 22nd minute of play. Rolando Noboa was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Cai Yuan Yuan showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 25 minute of play. In the 28th minute the ball was on its way in behind Peru's goalkeeper Rolando Noboa, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 29 minutes Peru's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Aras Görkem Kaymaz who took care of the corner kick. The corner led MZ Fénix's Florin Dragușin to fire away a dangerous shot which Rolando Noboa despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. 38 minutes into the match, MZ Fénix's goal looked a bit too open when Eliseo Mina came free, but Pankracy Zajonc reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rolando Noboa was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Cai Yuan Yuan showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-0 in the 39 minute of play. Rolando Noboa came out of the goal in the 46th minute to try and stop a shot by MZ Fénix's Cai Yuan Yuan. But to his dismay, Cai Yuan Yuan quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Julian Murillo stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. A collision led to MZ Fénix getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Tomasz Waldoch hit a great ball. A sloppy throw-in by Tomasz Waldoch in the 61st minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Peru's Alonso Berganza. In the 63rd minute of the game Alonso Berganza made a throw-in which Moises Gayoso played forward. Pankracy Zajonc took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Julian Murillo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 73rd minute, Julian Murillo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Peru fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1. MZ Fénix's Alexandre Valido was substituted for Vladimiro Granja. 80 minutes into the match, Cai Yuan Yuan 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 Cai Yuan Yuan was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-1. Cai Yuan Yuan scored 5-1 in the 86th 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. Peru made a substitution. Eliseo Alcocer replaced Moises Gayoso. Peru made a substitution. Antonio Tenorio replaced Luz Tejedor. 92 minutes into the match, MZ Fénix's goal looked a bit too open when Antonio Tenorio came free, but Pankracy Zajonc reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Pankracy Zajonc came out of the goal in the 95th minute to try and stop a shot by Peru's Antonio Tenorio. But to his dismay, Antonio Tenorio quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-2. The MZ Fénix players were eager to celebrate when the final whistle sounded. They had somehow managed to win, even though the away team had held the majority of the possession.