Challenge

Gran Parque Central
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. The throw-in from Camilo Candido in the 6th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Peru's Julian Murillo. Nacional's Juaneizu Merida played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Julian Murillo in the 10th minute of play. Juaneizu Merida showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luz Tejedor, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. Peru's attentive Alonso Berganza managed to snatch the ball when Camilo Candido made a throw-in in the 19th minute of the game. Rolando Noboa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Grabiel Escorcia in the 21st minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Grabiel Escorcia's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rolando Noboa was relentless in the 22nd minute of the game. In the 25th match minute, Nacional was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by José Luis Rodríguez to maneuver through the defense. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Julian Murillo in the 27th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Juaneizu Merida saved Nacional from getting behind. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Julian Murillo in the 27th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Juaneizu Merida saved Nacional from getting behind. Xu Sha kicked well hit freekick during the 30th minute of the match. Juaneizu Merida 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 31st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luz Tejedor in the 32nd minute of play forced Nacional's goalkeeper Juaneizu Merida to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luz Tejedor's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Juaneizu Merida read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 46th minute of play. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Grabiel Escorcia to make the kick off. Grabiel Escorcia's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Rolando Noboa read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 51st minute of play. The throw-in from Alonso Berganza in the 55th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Nacional's Camilo Candido. Nacional's attentive Camilo Candido managed to snatch the ball when Alonso Berganza made a throw-in in the 56th minute of the game. Efraim Gilabert kicked well hit freekick during the 60th minute of the match. Alonso Berganza got a throw-in 63 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Moises Gayoso. In the 71st minute of the match, Luz Tejedor got a very nice opportunity to score, but Juaneizu Merida was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. The supporters of Peru booed when Nacional was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. Camilo Candido didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 81st match minute, Peru was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alonso Berganza to maneuver through the defense. Peru's Eliseo Alcocer was substituted for Moises Gayoso. Peru made a substitution. Antonio Tenorio replaced Luz Tejedor. Peru made a substitution. Rafael Gallo replaced Julian Murillo. Alonso Berganza hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Grabiel Escorcia in the 86th minute of play forced Peru's goalkeeper Rolando Noboa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Juaneizu Merida took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rafael Gallo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Juaneizu Merida showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Antonio Tenorio in the 93rd minute of the match. When the referee blew the final whistle, Nacional could leave the field as winners, despite Peru having more of the ball for most of the match.