Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Kent Lindberg got the match started through his kick off. Paulino Elequemedo hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. Mercado Paulista F.C's Franco Sampler proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 14th minute of the match, managed to save Mercado Paulista F.C from getting a goal against them. Luz Tejedor scored 1-0 in the 15th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Franco Sampler, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Rolando Noboa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kent Lindberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A sloppy throw-in by Alonso Berganza in the 23rd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Mercado Paulista F.C's Paulino Elequemedo. In the 26th minute, Peru's Julian Murillo ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Franco Sampler. Franco Sampler yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-0. When Mercado Paulista F.C's Kent Lindberg in the 29th minute got a chance for a shot 29th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Peru's goalie prevented a goal. Mercado Paulista F.C's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Hans Doss in the 30th minute. A nice corner shot did that Hans Doss got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Rolando Noboa quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. When the match had gone on for 35 minutes, Luz Tejedor put it in 3-0 from a short distance just to the right of Franco Sampler. Rolando Noboa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kent Lindberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Mercado Paulista F.C made a substitution. Cristian de Lima replaced Kent Lindberg. The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Julian Murillo was the one to do the kick off. In the 56th minute of the match Peru got a corner. Mercado Paulista F.C'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. Mercado Paulista F.C's Franco Sampler played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eliseo Mina in the 57th minute of play. Franco Sampler showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joaquin Prats in the 61st minute of the match. A throw-in in the 62nd minute of the game was made by Paulino Elequemedo with Sebastian Jayvier as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Franco Sampler made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Julian Murillo in the 65th minute of play. Franco Sampler made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eliseo Mina in the 66th minute of play. When Mercado Paulista F.C's Cristian de Lima in the 70th minute got a chance for a shot 70th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Peru's goalie prevented a goal. When Mercado Paulista F.C's Cristian de Lima in the 70th minute got a chance for a shot 70th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Peru's goalie prevented a goal. After 77 minutes of play, Mercado Paulista F.C's Cristian de Lima made it 4-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rolando Noboa was left in no man's land by his defense there! Franco Sampler took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luz Tejedor, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Eliseo Mina received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 82nd minute. Franco Sampler tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Peru's Rafael Gallo was substituted for Julian Murillo. The throw-in from Alonso Berganza in the 86th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Mercado Paulista F.C's Paulino Elequemedo. An unexpectedly hard shot by Antonio Tenorio in the 88th minute of play forced Mercado Paulista F.C's goalkeeper Franco Sampler to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Franco Sampler 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 91st minute. In the 95th minute, Rafael Gallo made a precise shot to the right of Franco Sampler. Mercado Paulista F.C's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 5-1. Peru walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.