Challenge

The Colosseum
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Julian Murillo took the kick off in the first half of the match. Rolando Noboa came out of the goal in the 8th minute to try and stop a shot by GARGOYLES's Slavyan Mechkuev. But to his dismay, Slavyan Mechkuev quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. Antonio Sciotto hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. 12 minutes into the match, Peru's Julian Murillo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Nayden Vúlev narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When the match clock showed 14 minutes, the score became 2-0 when Ignacio Alvarez sped through Peru's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Rolando Noboa. Peru's Eliseo Mina quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Antoni Proshev, made in the 18th minute of the game. Nayden Vúlev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eliseo Mina in the 19th minute of the match. 20 minutes into the match, Peru's goal looked a bit too open when Valko Nanyov came free, but Rolando Noboa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A throw-in in the 24th minute of the game was made by Antoni Proshev with Tim Klack as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. In the 27th minute Julian Murillo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nayden Vúlev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nayden Vúlev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Julian Murillo in the 28th minute of the match. After 32 played minutes Peru got a freekick which was hit by Emmanuel Reyes. If Julian Murillo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Julian Murillo in the 36th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Nayden Vúlev prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 37 minutes of play, Peru's Julian Murillo made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nayden Vúlev was left in no man's land by his defense there! Rolando Noboa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Valko Nanyov, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ignacio Alvarez was the one to do the kick off. Rolando Noboa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ignacio Alvarez in the 51st minute of the match. Rolando Noboa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ignacio Alvarez in the 53rd minute of play. After 54 minutes Peru's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Naycho Dotzov who took care of the corner kick. The corner led to GARGOYLES's Valko Nanyov getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Moises Gayoso in the 60th minute of play forced GARGOYLES's goalkeeper Nayden Vúlev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match clock showed 61 minutes, the score became 3-1 when Antonio Sciotto sped through Peru's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Rolando Noboa. In the 64th minute, Valko Nanyov made a precise shot to the right of Rolando Noboa. Peru's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-1. The throw-in from Antoni Proshev in the 67th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Peru's Eliseo Mina. Nayden Vúlev made a fantastic save in the 67th minute, when Julian Murillo sent off a good shot on target. Rolando Noboa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ignacio Alvarez in the 69th minute of play. Julian Murillo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nayden Vúlev having to interfere. Ignacio Alvarez scored 5-1 in the 76th 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's Rafael Gallo was substituted for Julian Murillo. In the 82nd match minute, Peru was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Milagros Fraga to maneuver through the defense. 87 minutes into the match, GARGOYLES's Valko Nanyov sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Rolando Noboa narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 88 minutes into the game, Antoni Proshev threw the ball into play from the sideline. Peru's Eliseo Mina quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. 90 minutes into the match, Peru's Rafael Gallo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Nayden Vúlev narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Antonio Tenorio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 94th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The crowd rose to their feet as Peru's Rafael Gallo slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Nayden Vúlev. That made the score 5-2 after 96 minutes of play. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The GARGOYLES fans cheered their team off the field, for while Peru had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.