Challenge

Kursk Arena
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Andrey Denisov started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Peru's attentive Rolando Noboa managed to snatch the ball when Filimon Tarasov made a throw-in in the 5th minute of the game. 10 minutes into the game, Peru's Julian Murillo nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Frutos Mallo made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Frutos Mallo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Julian Murillo in the 16th minute of play. The throw-in from Filimon Tarasov in the 20th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Peru's Joaquin Prats. Frutos Mallo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eliseo Mina, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. In the 26th 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Julian Murillo in the 31st minute of play forced Курск ФК's goalkeeper Frutos Mallo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Andrey Denisov scored 1-1 in the 33rd 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. In the 37th minute, Andrey Denisov made a precise shot to the right of Rolando Noboa. Peru's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. Julian Murillo took the ball and in the 42 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Frutos Mallo. Frutos Mallo dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-2. Frutos Mallo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Julian Murillo in the 46th minute of play. After 47 minutes Курск ФК'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. The corner led to Peru's Moises Gayoso getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal.

If Luz Tejedor had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 60th minute, Andrey Denisov 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. Filimon Tarasov made in the 71st minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Roger Rosen. The throw-in from Filimon Tarasov in the 74th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Peru's Efraim Gilabert. Frutos Mallo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Julian Murillo went, in the 77th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Julian Murillo in the 81st minute of play forced Курск ФК's goalkeeper Frutos Mallo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Julian Murillo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 83rd minute of the match, but Frutos Mallo made a huge save. Курск ФК's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Julian Murillo 86 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 2-4. Peru made a substitution. Eliseo Alcocer replaced Moises Gayoso. Peru's Rafael Gallo was substituted for Julian Murillo. Курск ФК's Filipp Ilyin was substituted for Vasiliy Kulakov. Курск ФК's Boris Basalaev was substituted for Andrey Denisov. In the 92nd minute, Peru's Rafael Gallo ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Frutos Mallo. Frutos Mallo yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-5. The Peru supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Peru would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.