Challenge

Potaissa Fortress
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Peru's Julian Murillo 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. Pinner Cluj-Napoca's Jalmari Mikkonen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Julian Murillo in the 5th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Ali Nurettin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rolando Noboa was relentless in the 6th minute of the game. The supporters of Peru booed when Pinner Cluj-Napoca was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ivan Ghiondea didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ali Nurettin scored 1-0 in the 16th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Rolando Noboa, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 23 minutes into the match, Pinner Cluj-Napoca's goal looked a bit too open when Milagros Fraga came free, but Jalmari Mikkonen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 25 minutes into the match, Pinner Cluj-Napoca's goal looked a bit too open when Julian Murillo came free, but Jalmari Mikkonen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rolando Noboa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ali Nurettin in the 32nd minute of the match. Jalmari Mikkonen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luz Tejedor, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ali Nurettin in the 41st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Rolando Noboa saved Peru from getting behind. After 43 played minutes Peru got a freekick which was hit by Alonso Berganza. If Milagros Fraga had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ali Nurettin stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Alonso Berganza hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. After 58 minutes Peru's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Cristian Gallo who took care of the corner kick. Isac Zub made a great header on Pinner Cluj-Napoca's corner, it was just that Peru's Rolando Noboa managed to reach the ball for a save. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Cristian Gallo during the 59th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Pinner Cluj-Napoca's Cristian Gallo got a free kick in the 59th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Julian Murillo in the 60th minute of play forced Pinner Cluj-Napoca's goalkeeper Jalmari Mikkonen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 66 played minutes Peru got a freekick which was hit by Alonso Berganza. Pinner Cluj-Napoca's Ionică Sava was substituted for Adan Umea. After a rather tough play, Peru's Alonso Berganza got a free kick in the 67th minute. Ivan Ghiondea made in the 69th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Peru's Efraim Gilabert. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ali Nurettin 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. After having played for 75 minutes, Ali Nurettin managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Pinner Cluj-Napoca's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ali Nurettin was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Peru made a substitution. Rafael Gallo replaced Julian Murillo. Pinner Cluj-Napoca's Jalmari Mikkonen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rafael Gallo in the 88th minute of play. After 90 played minutes Pinner Cluj-Napoca got a freekick which was hit by Isac Zub. 93 minutes into the match, Peru's goal looked a bit too open when Ali Nurettin came free, but Rolando Noboa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 94th minute, Ivan Ghiondea hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The Pinner Cluj-Napoca support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.