Friendly League

Old Heaven
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Timur Chichko made the kick off which started today's match. In the 5th minute, Hüseyin Turan Elçibey got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Delfino Rosario kicked well hit freekick during the 6th minute of the match. Josue Ayala made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fernanco Peso in the 8th minute of play. Sporting Cristal's Jon Iruegas proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 11th minute of the match, managed to save Sporting Cristal from getting a goal against them. Феникс Санкт-Петербург's Josue Ayala played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fernanco Peso in the 17th minute of play. In the 19th minute Fernanco Peso shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Josue Ayala saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 19 minutes of play, Sporting Cristal's Fernanco Peso made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Josue Ayala was left in no man's land by his defense there! 24 minutes into the match, Феникс Санкт-Петербург's goal looked a bit too open when Ludomil Kolba came free, but Josue Ayala reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the Феникс Санкт-Петербург defense, Fernanco Peso kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Josue Ayala. The Феникс Санкт-Петербург fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Josue Ayala should have stopped the shot. In the 35th minute Fernanco Peso shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Josue Ayala saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Hüseyin Turan Elçibey fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Josue Ayala having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Liu Jie got free with Jon Iruegas in the 40th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Sporting Cristal's Sal Grandoso quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Sebastian Postelnicu, made in the 42nd minute of the game. Josue Ayala showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fernanco Peso in the 43rd minute of the match. Fernanco Peso fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Josue Ayala having to interfere. After the first half Sporting Cristal were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Fernanco Peso to strike the kick off in the second half. Josue Ayala was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Fernanco Peso showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-3 in the 53 minute of play. After 67 played minutes Феникс Санкт-Петербург got a freekick which was hit by Osmar Madureira. Феникс Санкт-Петербург's Alexandr Berezin was substituted for Ruslan Shagiakhmetov. Sporting Cristal made a substitution. Claudinei Suarbol replaced Ivon Curiel. Osmar Madureira hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. Феникс Санкт-Петербург's Josue Ayala proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 72nd minute of the match, managed to save Феникс Санкт-Петербург from getting a goal against them. Феникс Санкт-Петербург's Josue Ayala played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fernanco Peso in the 74th minute of play. 77 minutes into the match, Феникс Санкт-Петербург's goal looked a bit too open when Fernanco Peso came free, but Josue Ayala reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Fernanco Peso sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Josue Ayala showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fernanco Peso in the 82nd minute of the match. Феникс Санкт-Петербург made a substitution. Osman Gulson replaced Sebastian Postelnicu. Феникс Санкт-Петербург's Anatoliy Bogolyub was substituted for Tudor Sălcudeanu. Sporting Cristal's Frank Tassotti was substituted for Tobias Larsson. Delfino Rosario made in the 86th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Christian Luciano immediately put the ball in play. In the 90th minute Christian Luciano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Josue Ayala saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Josue Ayala took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Christian Luciano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 94 minutes into the game, Феникс Санкт-Петербург's Gennadiy Blatun nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jon Iruegas made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-3. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Sporting Cristal eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.