Challenge

Drafi Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Drafi's Soulis Felegakis started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 5 minutes into the match, Drafi's goal looked a bit too open when Julian Murillo came free, but Manolis Ntouvaris reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Soulis Felegakis in the 6th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Rolando Noboa saved Peru from getting behind. Julian Murillo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Manolis Ntouvaris tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The throw-in from Patricio Jesus in the 13th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Peru's Eliseo Mina. Soulis Felegakis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 15th minute of the match, but Rolando Noboa made a huge save. Peru were awarded a corner in the 18th minute after Drafi's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Luz Tejedor took the corner. Peru's attentive Eliseo Mina managed to snatch the ball when Patricio Jesus made a throw-in in the 25th minute of the game. In the 26th minute Julian Murillo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Manolis Ntouvaris saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 28th 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. A nice corner shot did that Boleslaw Kojder got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Rolando Noboa quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Peru's Rolando Noboa proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 31st minute of the match, managed to save Peru from getting a goal against them. Manolis Ntouvaris took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luz Tejedor, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Manolis Ntouvaris showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Julian Murillo in the 36th minute of the match. Manolis Ntouvaris took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luz Tejedor, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rolando Noboa made an important save on a dangerous shot by Edgard Elssen in the 41st minute. 45 minutes into the match, Julian Murillo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Manolis Ntouvaris. Drafi's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Julian Murillo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. Daniel Malinovský recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 48th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The audience thought a goal was coming when Julian Murillo got free with Manolis Ntouvaris in the 56th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Thanks to some nice moves Milagros Fraga could shoot a difficult shot in the 59th minute, which Manolis Ntouvaris however easily saved by the left post. Julian Murillo received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Manolis Ntouvaris came out and tried to block the shot, but Julian Murillo slotted it home off the left post making it 1-2 in the 67th minute. Drafi made a substitution. Cristian Botasso replaced Soulis Felegakis. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Malinovský in the 71st minute of play forced Peru's goalkeeper Rolando Noboa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 73rd minute of the match Drafi 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. Boleslaw Kojder ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on Drafi's corner Minh Banana fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Rolando Noboa quite easily take care of the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Cristian Botasso in the 73rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Rolando Noboa prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 76th minute Cristian Botasso 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. Rolando Noboa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Botasso in the 77th minute of the match. Boleslaw Kojder kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. Peru's Rafael Gallo was substituted for Julian Murillo. Peru's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Eliseo Mina in the 87th minute. Rolando Noboa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristian Botasso, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 93 minutes into the match, Peru's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Malinovský came free, but Rolando Noboa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a little luck, Drafi's Manolis Ntouvaris got control of the ball when Rafael Gallo tried to sneak it across the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Antonio Tenorio kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Manolis Ntouvaris. That made the score 1-3 in the 96 minute of play. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Peru eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.