Challenge

Sir Marcus Arena
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) 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. Peru's Rolando Noboa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gojko Bešlić in the 4th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 5th minute, Gustavo Bou managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC Bonin's supporters rose to their feet, but Gustavo Bou was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rolando Noboa breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 7 minutes into the match, Peru's goal looked a bit too open when Wasyl Harasimowicz came free, but Rolando Noboa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Peru's Eliseo Mina managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Jonathan Maia in the 10 minute of the game. Rolando Noboa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wasyl Harasimowicz in the 13th minute of play. 17 minutes into the match, FC Bonin's goal looked a bit too open when Julian Murillo came free, but Wawrzyniec Dzierwa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 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 18th minute. After taking down the ball on Peru's corner Luz Tejedor fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Wawrzyniec Dzierwa quite easily take care of the ball. In the 21stth minute of the game Gojko Bešlić who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Peru's Rolando Noboa was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 31st minute Wasyl Harasimowicz 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. In the 35th minute Julian Murillo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Wawrzyniec Dzierwa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Julian Murillo in the 36th minute of play forced FC Bonin's goalkeeper Wawrzyniec Dzierwa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. FC Bonin's Wawrzyniec Dzierwa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Julian Murillo in the 38th minute of play. Wawrzyniec Dzierwa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Julian Murillo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Eliseo Mina sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Rolando Noboa made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gustavo Bou in the 42nd minute. Wawrzyniec Dzierwa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Julian Murillo in the 45th minute of the match. Rolando Noboa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Maraman Muriedas in the 48th minute of play. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Gojko Bešlić to strike the kick off in the second half. Rolando Noboa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gustavo Bou in the 52nd minute of the match. Wawrzyniec Dzierwa didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Milagros Fraga went, in the 59th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. The crowd rose to their feet as Peru's Milagros Fraga slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Wawrzyniec Dzierwa. That made the score 1-2 after 62 minutes of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Julian Murillo in the 67th minute of play forced FC Bonin's goalkeeper Wawrzyniec Dzierwa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 69th minute Wasyl Harasimowicz 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. Julian Murillo received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Wawrzyniec Dzierwa came out and tried to block the shot, but Julian Murillo slotted it home off the left post making it 1-3 in the 75th minute. FC Bonin's Wawrzyniec Dzierwa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eliseo Mina in the 77th minute of play. After 79 played minutes FC Bonin got a freekick which was hit by Augusto Olivar. In the 79th minute, Luz Tejedor fired a really elegant long shot, but Wawrzyniec Dzierwa threw himself and managed to get hold of the ball just in front of the right post. Rolando Noboa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wasyl Harasimowicz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Wawrzyniec Dzierwa made an important save on a dangerous shot by Luz Tejedor in the 86th minute. In the 90th minute of the match, Milagros Fraga got a very nice opportunity to score, but Wawrzyniec Dzierwa was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Rolando Noboa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gojko Bešlić, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Milagros Fraga might have been able to make a better finish in the 96th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Wawrzyniec Dzierwa. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Milagros Fraga ran back to his position shaking his head. Peru made a substitution. Antonio Tenorio replaced Luz Tejedor. The Peru supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Peru would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.