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Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) tHe SOnS of rAGnar's Walter Giardino 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. Walter Giardino fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 5th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rolando Noboa having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Peru's Julian Murillo got a free kick in the 7th minute. 9 minutes into the game, Karl-Åke Norling threw the ball into play from the sideline. Peru's Eliseo Mina quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. A hard shot 11 in the game by Alexis Alexandris from a close distance when the talented Rolando Noboa managed to make a qualified save. Peru's players were relieved. 13 minutes into the match, Julian Murillo notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of tHe SOnS of rAGnar's José Sá. José Sá was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. José Sá took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Julian Murillo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 17 minutes into the match, Telis Ntasios dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Rolando Noboa, 1-1. When Eliseo Mina came up free with the goalie in the 20th minute, the Peru fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Eliseo Mina couldn't finish the play. Rolando Noboa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Telis Ntasios in the 25th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Peru's Eliseo Mina got a free kick in the 29th minute. In the 32nd minute, Telis Ntasios ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Rolando Noboa was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. tHe SOnS of rAGnar's José Sá played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Milagros Fraga in the 37th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Telis Ntasios in the 39th minute of play forced Peru's goalkeeper Rolando Noboa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the tHe SOnS of rAGnar defense, Julian Murillo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of José Sá. The tHe SOnS of rAGnar fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that José Sá should have stopped the shot.

The wind increased when Julian Murillo made the kick off in the second half. Eliseo Mina received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. José Sá tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Julian Murillo who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 55thth minute tested the skills of José Sá when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Rolando Noboa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Telis Ntasios, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. Rolando Noboa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Telis Ntasios in the 59th minute of the match. José Sá showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Julian Murillo in the 60th minute of the match. Rolando Noboa came out of the goal in the 63rd minute to try and stop a shot by tHe SOnS of rAGnar's Alexis Alexandris. But to his dismay, Alexis Alexandris quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-2. In the 69thth minute of the game Julian Murillo who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but tHe SOnS of rAGnar's José Sá was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Rolando Noboa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Walter Giardino, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. In the 71st minute of the match tHe SOnS of rAGnar 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. Giannis Papoutsakis ran over to the corner to take the kick. José Sá made a fantastic save in the 74th minute, when Julian Murillo sent off a good shot on target. After a defensive mix-up in tHe SOnS of rAGnar's zone, Julian Murillo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. José Sá came out of the goal and Julian Murillo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Rolando Noboa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Walter Giardino in the 76th minute of the match. Rolando Noboa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Walter Giardino, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. Rolando Noboa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Telis Ntasios, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Julian Murillo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but José Sá read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 81st minute of play. Laurence Snow hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. Peru's Eliseo Alcocer was substituted for Moises Gayoso. Peru's Rafael Gallo was substituted for Julian Murillo. In the 83rd minute, Laurence Snow hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 84 played minutes tHe SOnS of rAGnar got a freekick which was hit by Karl-Åke Norling. 85 minutes into the match, Peru's Antonio Tenorio sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that José Sá narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 88th minute, Rafael Gallo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Peru fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-3. The tHe SOnS of rAGnar supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Peru's performance. The match ended with a win for Peru.