Challenge

Est. Matador Salas
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) If Julian Murillo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 5th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Waclaw Dombrowski hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. Julian Murillo struck a weak shot in the 8th minute. José Luis Chilavert didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Peru. José Luis Chilavert 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 12th minute. José Luis Chilavert 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 15th minute. José Luis Chilavert took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Julian Murillo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luz Tejedor in the 18th minute of play forced Ballet Azul's goalkeeper José Luis Chilavert to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. José Luis Chilavert came out of the goal in the 19th minute to try and stop a shot by Peru's Luz Tejedor. But to his dismay, Luz Tejedor quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. A sloppy throw-in by Nahuel Cunningham in the 23rd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Peru's Alonso Berganza. 26 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ballet Azul'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. In the 34th minute, one of Peru:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Peru. Esequiel Dohrmann's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Rolando Noboa firmly grabbed it by the left post. Eliseo Mina took the ball and in the 43 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised José Luis Chilavert. José Luis Chilavert dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. José Luis Chilavert made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Julian Murillo in the 47th minute of play. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Julian Murillo made the kick off in the second half. With an all-out effort, Peru's José Luis Chilavert threw himself towards the right post 54 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Julian Murillo, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After 61 played minutes Peru got a freekick which was hit by Eliseo Mina. Rolando Noboa stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Eladio Ulloa's shot from short distance in the 62nd minute. After some careless play in the Ballet Azul defense, Luz Tejedor kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of José Luis Chilavert. The Ballet Azul fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that José Luis Chilavert should have stopped the shot. In the 71st minute, Waclaw Dombrowski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Eliseo Mina fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without José Luis Chilavert having to interfere. In the 84th match minute, Peru was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joaquin Prats to maneuver through the defense. Peru made a substitution. Rafael Gallo replaced Julian Murillo. The supporters of Ballet Azul booed when Peru was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 85 match minutes in a wonderful position. Joaquin Prats didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 88th minute Eladio Ulloa 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. José Luis Chilavert made a fantastic save in the 89th minute, when Rafael Gallo sent off a good shot on target. Rolando Noboa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eladio Ulloa, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. The supporters of Ballet Azul booed when Peru was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 93 match minutes in a wonderful position. Joaquin Prats didn't get a good kick on the ball.