Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 49 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, 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. In the 5th minute Damaso Xacintu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rolando Noboa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Yahia van der Saar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Julian Murillo, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. With his leg Yahia van der Saar managed to avoid a goal in the 11thth minute, when Peru's Julian Murillo fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Damaso Xacintu in the 12th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Rolando Noboa saved Peru from getting behind. 19 minutes had been played when some careless play by Sheriff's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Luz Tejedor was slow to take the kick. During this time Peru's players had a chance to rest. When Julian Murillo came up free with the goalie in the 21st 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. Rolando Noboa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Clayton Gol, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. Yahia van der Saar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Julian Murillo in the 30th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Damaso Xacintu in the 31st minute of play forced Peru's goalkeeper Rolando Noboa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A throw-in in the 33rd minute of the game was made by Sancho Denner with Clayton Gol as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. After having played for 35 minutes, Julian Murillo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Peru's supporters crossed their fingers, but Julian Murillo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Julian Murillo in the 37th minute of play forced Sheriff's goalkeeper Yahia van der Saar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eliseo Mina sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Milagros Fraga made in the 44th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Emmanuel Reyes however managed to control. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Clayton Gol was the one to do the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Damaso Xacintu in the 50th minute of play forced Peru's goalkeeper Rolando Noboa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Julian Murillo in the 52nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Yahia van der Saar saved Sheriff from getting behind. Peru were awarded a corner in the 54th minute after Sheriff's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Luz Tejedor took the corner. Yahia van der Saar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Julian Murillo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rolando Noboa made a fantastic save in the 58th minute, when Clayton Gol sent off a good shot on target. Rolando Noboa was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Damaso Xacintu showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-1 in the 60 minute of play. Sheriff made a substitution. Akakios Trachanas replaced Dagan Pavlovic. Sheriff made a substitution. Iraklis Karasavvidis replaced Dragoş Bălace. Yahia van der Saar didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Julian Murillo went, in the 71st minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. Cristiano Cordone hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. When Clayton Gol came up free with the goalie in the 77th minute, the Sheriff 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 Clayton Gol couldn't finish the play. Peru made a substitution. Rafael Gallo replaced Julian Murillo. Peru's Antonio Tenorio was substituted for Luz Tejedor. Peru's Eliseo Alcocer was substituted for Moises Gayoso. Rolando Noboa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Damaso Xacintu in the 89th minute of the match. Rolando Noboa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Damaso Xacintu in the 92nd minute of the match. After 95 played minutes Peru got a freekick which was hit by Emmanuel Reyes.