Challenge

Beeker Arena
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Julian Murillo made the kick off which started today's match. Rolando Noboa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Josef Valkenaers, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Arian Beqaj showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Milagros Fraga in the 13th minute of the match. Julian Murillo took the ball and in the 14 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Arian Beqaj. Arian Beqaj dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Fabio Di Maio made in the 21st minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Fausto LaGarde. In the 26th minute, Beek City's Rueben Rashleigh ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Rolando Noboa. Rolando Noboa yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-1. Julian Murillo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Arian Beqaj read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 32nd minute of play. In the 33rd minute Peru were awarded a corner. Luz Tejedor went to the cornerflag to take it. Moises Gayoso made in the 39th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Beek City's Josef Valkenaers. Rolando Noboa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rueben Rashleigh, who was totally free with the ball in the 48th minute. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Rueben Rashleigh stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Beek City's Arian Beqaj proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 51st minute of the match, managed to save Beek City from getting a goal against them. 52 minutes into the match, Peru's Julian Murillo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Arian Beqaj narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Fabio Di Maio got a throw-in 55 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Fausto LaGarde. In the 59th minute Julian Murillo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arian Beqaj saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With an all-out effort, Peru's Arian Beqaj threw himself towards the right post 63 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Luz Tejedor, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 65 minutes into the match, Rueben Rashleigh had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Rolando Noboa. Peru's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Rueben Rashleigh was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. Arian Beqaj made an important save on a dangerous shot by Milagros Fraga in the 70th minute. 72 minutes into the match, Peru's Julian Murillo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Arian Beqaj narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Peru's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Luz Tejedor in the 73rd minute. A nice corner shot did that Eliseo Mina got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Arian Beqaj quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Rolando Noboa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rueben Rashleigh, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. Fabio Di Maio hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. Peru's Antonio Tenorio was substituted for Luz Tejedor. Peru made a substitution. Rafael Gallo replaced Julian Murillo. In the 83rd minute, Fabio Di Maio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Rafael Gallo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Arian Beqaj read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 84th minute of play. When Rueben Rashleigh fell near the penalty area in the 89th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Beek City's protests and gave Rueben Rashleigh a yellow card for diving instead. In the 89th minute, Rueben Rashleigh hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Arian Beqaj was a little too slow when Rafael Gallo got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 91st minute. The score was now 2-2. When the match had gone on for 96 minutes, Rafael Gallo took a quick shot and it went in 2-3 without a chance for Arian Beqaj to make any attempt to save it. Peru's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.