Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 49 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) 3 minutes into the match, Julian Murillo notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Saronida FC's Laurențiu Susara. Laurențiu Susara was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Julian Murillo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Laurențiu Susara read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 7th minute of play. Rolando Noboa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Valerios Voutsas, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. After 12 played minutes Saronida FC got a freekick which was hit by Egil Siöberg. After a rather tough play, Saronida FC's Nikiforos Fragis got a free kick in the 17th minute. Laurențiu Susara showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Julian Murillo in the 18th minute of the match. Peru were awarded a corner in the 21th minute after Saronida FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Luz Tejedor took the corner. 23 minutes into the match, Peru's goal looked a bit too open when Valerios Voutsas came free, but Rolando Noboa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rolando Noboa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valerios Voutsas in the 24th minute of play. Nikiforos Fragis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Rolando Noboa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Laurențiu Susara 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 28th minute. With a little luck, Saronida FC's Laurențiu Susara got control of the ball when Luz Tejedor tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a rather tough play, Peru's Efraim Gilabert got a free kick in the 35th minute. Rolando Noboa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Karl-Heinz Schneider in the 37th minute of play. Julian Murillo in the 38thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Laurențiu Susara, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Emmanuel Reyes kicked well hit freekick during the 44th minute of the match. 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.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Julian Murillo to make the kick off. In the 51st minute the ball was on its way in behind Saronida FC's goalkeeper Laurențiu Susara, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 52nd minute of the match Peru got a corner. Saronida FC'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. A nice corner shot did that Joaquin Prats got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Laurențiu Susara quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Saronida FC's Savas Ravousis was substituted for Manos Oustabasidis. Saronida FC's Huang Tian Yun was substituted for Valerios Voutsas. 57 minutes into the game, Panos Kabourakos threw the ball into play from the sideline. Peru's Eliseo Mina quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Laurențiu Susara 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 58th minute. After 60 minutes Saronida FC'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. Huang Tian Yun received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 66th minute. Rolando Noboa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Peru's Rolando Noboa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Huang Tian Yun in the 68th minute of play. Laurențiu Susara 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 70th minute. Rolando Noboa came out of the goal in the 73rd minute to try and stop a shot by Saronida FC's Huang Tian Yun. But to his dismay, Huang Tian Yun quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. Rolando Noboa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Huang Tian Yun, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 79th minute Stelios Skountouflas 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. Laurențiu Susara took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Milagros Fraga, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Peru's Antonio Tenorio was substituted for Luz Tejedor. Panos Kabourakos got a throw-in 87 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Savas Ravousis. Rafael Gallo scored 3-1 in the 89th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Laurențiu Susara, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Rolando Noboa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Huang Tian Yun, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. In the 93rd minute of the match Saronida FC got a corner. Peru's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Karl-Heinz Schneider ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led Saronida FC's Stelios Skountouflas to fire away a dangerous shot which Rolando Noboa despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. For all the effort they put into the match, the Saronida FC players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Peru.