National Team Friendly

National Stadium
Spectators: 10301 (Terracing: 7726, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Honesto Tovar got the match started through his kick off. George Best received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Ekialde Frances tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When U21 Canada's Brent Ring in the 8th minute got a chance for a shot 8th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye U21 Paraguay's goalie prevented a goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Brent Ring in the 11th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ekialde Frances prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Ekialde Frances didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Brent Ring went, in the 13th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. When the match had gone on for 15 minutes, Brent Ring put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Ekialde Frances. Ekialde Frances showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Brent Ring in the 20th minute of the match. Ekialde Frances stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Brent Ring's shot from short distance in the 24th minute. Alexis Paulet might have been able to make a better finish in the 30th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ekialde Frances. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Alexis Paulet ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alexis Paulet in the 30th minute of play forced U21 Paraguay's goalkeeper Ekialde Frances to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ekialde Frances didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Brent Ring went, in the 32nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Ekialde Frances didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Brent Ring went, in the 36th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. Ekialde Frances stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Brent Ring's shot from short distance in the 40th minute. The audience was convinced that Brent Ring's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ekialde Frances was relentless in the 41st minute of the game. In the 42nd match minute, U21 Paraguay was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Misael Toledano to maneuver through the defense. In the 44th match minute, U21 Canada was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Art Minor to maneuver through the defense. In the 46thth minute of the game Honesto Tovar who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but U21 Canada's Bruno Adair was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-4 lead.

U21 Canada made a substitution. Phil Labrecque replaced George Best. The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Brent Ring stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Ekialde Frances stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Alexis Paulet's shot from short distance in the 58th minute. U21 Paraguay's Milio Orantes was substituted for Honesto Tovar. U21 Paraguay's Nardo Victorica was substituted for Rico Galdeano. Brent Ring's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Ekialde Frances firmly grabbed it by the left post. U21 Canada's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Brent Ring in the 67th minute. Ekialde Frances stood somewhat misplaced when Willie Rochefort came free in front of goal and shot 1-5 to the left of him in the 67 minute. Bruno Adair showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pablo Zeballos in the 73rd minute of the match. Ekialde Frances made an important save on a dangerous shot by Willie Rochefort in the 74th minute. A hard shot 83 in the game by Willie Rochefort from a close distance when the talented Ekialde Frances managed to make a qualified save. U21 Paraguay's players were relieved. An unexpectedly hard shot by Brent Ring in the 84th minute of play forced U21 Paraguay's goalkeeper Ekialde Frances to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. U21 Canada's Samuel Moody was substituted for Art Minor. In the 91st match minute, U21 Canada was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Major Curran to maneuver through the defense. Ali Guevara struck a weak shot in the 94th minute. Ekialde Frances didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for U21 Canada. The U21 Canada supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing U21 Canada would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.