National Team Friendly

National stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Luis Bonet started the match with the kick off. With an all-out effort, Peru's Polikarp Miheev threw himself towards the right post 7 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Enrique Cassaretto, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. George Forsyth showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Parfen Babarykin in the 16th minute of the match. Evgeniy Kobeko was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Polikarp Miheev was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Damián Alcazar showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 20 minute of play. George Forsyth made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Parfen Babarykin in the 24th minute of play. George Forsyth showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rodion Nikitin in the 26th minute of the match. The corner ended in Lev Strizhenko almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Peru's George Forsyth did a great save. Polikarp Miheev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Enrique Cassaretto in the 30th minute of play. Peru's George Forsyth played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Parfen Babarykin in the 33rd minute of play. In the 33rdth minute of the game Parfen Babarykin who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Peru's George Forsyth was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Rodion Nikitin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 38 minutes into the match, Russia's goalkeeper Polikarp Miheev had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Juan Manuel Vargas. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Russia's Leonid Bubnov was substituted for Lev Strizhenko. The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Parfen Babarykin to strike the kick off in the second half. Polikarp Miheev stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Xuaco Oñaederra's shot from short distance in the 55th minute. Russia's Parfen Babarykin got a good chance for a goal in the 59th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 61 minutes into the match, Russia's goal looked a bit too open when Luis Bonet came free, but Polikarp Miheev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Xuaco Oñaederra in the 64th minute of play forced Russia's goalkeeper Polikarp Miheev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 68 minutes into the match, Russia's goal looked a bit too open when Xuaco Oñaederra came free, but Polikarp Miheev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 69th minute, Eduard Kovalchuk hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 71st match minute, Russia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eduard Kovalchuk to maneuver through the defense. Russia's Polikarp Miheev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Xuaco Oñaederra in the 71st minute of play. 71 minutes into the match, Xuaco Oñaederra had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Polikarp Miheev. Russia's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Xuaco Oñaederra was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gianfranco Saron in the 74th minute of play forced Russia's goalkeeper Polikarp Miheev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Arkadiy Amfiteatrov's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but George Forsyth read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 75th minute of play. With an all-out effort, Russia's George Forsyth threw himself towards the right post 82 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Arkadiy Amfiteatrov, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. An unexpectedly hard shot by Parfen Babarykin in the 84th minute of play forced Peru's goalkeeper George Forsyth to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 87 minutes into the match, Russia's goal looked a bit too open when Xuaco Oñaederra came free, but Polikarp Miheev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Russia's Polikarp Miheev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fe Nestares in the 93rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fe Nestares in the 93rd minute of play forced Russia's goalkeeper Polikarp Miheev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Polikarp Miheev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Juan Manuel Vargas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the referee blew the final whistle, Peru could leave the field as winners, despite Russia having more of the ball for most of the match.