Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Julian Murillo started the match with the kick off. Julian Murillo scored 1-0 in the 4th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ovidio Vagrande, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Rolando Noboa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Diego Forlan in the 9th minute of the match. Milagros Fraga received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Ovidio Vagrande tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 16 minutes into the match, Harry Noble House FC's goal looked a bit too open when Julian Murillo came free, but Ovidio Vagrande reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of Harry Noble House FC booed when Peru was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alonso Berganza didn't get a good kick on the ball. Moises Gayoso made in the 22nd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Julian Murillo. After 23 minutes of play, Peru's Julian Murillo made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ovidio Vagrande was left in no man's land by his defense there! Peru's attentive Alonso Berganza managed to snatch the ball when Gelu Crușeveanu made a throw-in in the 32nd minute of the game. The supporters of Peru booed when Harry Noble House FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 32 match minutes in a wonderful position. Anthoon Baecke didn't get a good kick on the ball. The throw-in from Gelu Crușeveanu in the 34th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Peru's Alonso Berganza. With an all-out effort, Peru's Ovidio Vagrande threw himself towards the right post 35 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Julian Murillo, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Rolando Noboa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anthoon Baecke in the 37th minute of play. Boleslaw Sokol kicked well hit freekick during the 38th minute of the match. Milagros Fraga sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Diego Forlan took the ball and in the 48 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Rolando Noboa. Rolando Noboa dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 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.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Damian Czeberowski to make the kick off. When Julian Murillo came up free with the goalie in the 57th 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. After some careless play in the Peru defense, Damian Czeberowski 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. Rolando Noboa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Damian Czeberowski in the 67th minute of play. Rolando Noboa stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Damian Czeberowski's shot from short distance in the 69th minute. If Damian Czeberowski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Damian Czeberowski got free with Rolando Noboa in the 73rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ovidio Vagrande made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Julian Murillo in the 89th minute of play. Peru made a substitution. Antonio Tenorio replaced Luz Tejedor. Peru's Rafael Gallo was substituted for Julian Murillo. Damian Czeberowski's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Rolando Noboa read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 94th minute of play. Ovidio Vagrande showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rafael Gallo, who was totally free with the ball in the 97th minute. Peru were awarded a corner in the 98th minute after Harry Noble House FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Eliseo Mina took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Alonso Berganza got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Ovidio Vagrande quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Peru were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.