Challenge

Morena Garden
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Aquiles Gana took the kick off in the first half of the match. 2 minutes into the game, Peru's Julian Murillo nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Dražen Ladić made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. After some careless play in the AC Morena defense, Julian Murillo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Dražen Ladić. The AC Morena fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Dražen Ladić should have stopped the shot. Milagros Fraga scored 0-3 in the 8th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Dražen Ladić, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 11 minutes of play, Peru's Luz Tejedor made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dražen Ladić was left in no man's land by his defense there! Dražen Ladić 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 14th minute. Dražen Ladić showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Julian Murillo in the 14th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Aquiles Gana got free with Rolando Noboa in the 15th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aquiles Gana in the 24th minute of play forced Peru's goalkeeper Rolando Noboa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The throw-in from Alex Cellucci in the 28th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Peru's Alonso Berganza. With a little luck, Peru's Rolando Noboa got control of the ball when Aldo Di Biagio tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 31st minute Julian Murillo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dražen Ladić saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dražen Ladić took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luz Tejedor, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match had gone on for 33 minutes, Luz Tejedor put it in 0-5 from a short distance just to the right of Dražen Ladić. Peru's Luz Tejedor got a good chance for a goal in the 42nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. AC Morena's Dražen Ladić played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Julian Murillo in the 44th minute of play.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Julian Murillo made a kick off. Rolando Noboa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Álvaro Fonseca in the 56th minute of play. AC Morena's Dražen Ladić proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 57th minute of the match, managed to save AC Morena from getting a goal against them. Alonso Berganza made in the 60th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Moises Gayoso immediately put the ball in play. With a little luck, AC Morena's Dražen Ladić got control of the ball when Milagros Fraga tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 70th minute, Álvaro Fonseca left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The AC Morena fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-5. Rolando Noboa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aquiles Gana in the 75th minute of the match. Ciccio Di Loreto was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 78 minutes into the match. In a very dangerous position, a player in AC Morena fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 78th minute. Penalty! In the 81st minute, the referee gave Peru a penalty. Luz Tejedor looked confident and blasted the ball into goal by the left post, totally unstoppable for Dražen Ladić. Rafael Gallo's late challenge caught a AC Morena's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Rafael Gallo helped the player get up and apologised. Rafael Gallo hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. The throw-in from Alex Cellucci in the 89th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Peru's Alonso Berganza. In the 90th minute the ball was on its way in behind Peru's goalkeeper Rolando Noboa, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Antonio Tenorio could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 96th minute of the match, but Dražen Ladić made a huge save.