National Team Friendly

National Stadium
Spectators: 10305 (Terracing: 7729, Seating: 2370, VIP seats: 206) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Agustin Affonso made the kick off which started today's match. Ignacio Redondo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edorta Saez in the 3rd minute of play. The supporters of U21 Colombia booed when U21 Costa Rica was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Stanley Robles didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, U21 Costa Rica's Alberto Lizano got a free kick in the 7th minute. Ignacio Redondo made a fantastic save in the 13th minute, when Kemen Navarro sent off a good shot on target. U21 Costa Rica's Ignacio Redondo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 19th minute of the match, managed to save U21 Costa Rica from getting a goal against them. In the 29th minute Fabio Duran shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Wilder Guevara saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 32nd minute, Fabio Duran left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The U21 Costa Rica fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. In the 35th minute, Minor Vanderlat 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fabio Duran in the 36th minute of play forced U21 Colombia's goalkeeper Wilder Guevara to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. U21 Colombia's Wilder Guevara played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Guillen in the 38th minute of play. The supporters of U21 Costa Rica booed when U21 Colombia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 40 match minutes in a wonderful position. Laffitte Jara didn't get a good kick on the ball. Reynaldo Sandi's late challenge caught a U21 Colombia's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Reynaldo Sandi helped the player get up and apologised. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Tomas Guillen to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 56thth minute of the game Agustin Affonso who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but U21 Costa Rica's Ignacio Redondo was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Ignacio Redondo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Agustin Affonso, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. U21 Colombia:s Wilder Guevara showed great skill when he stopped Fabio Duran:s penalty. In the 61st minute, Fabio Duran ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Wilder Guevara was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Agustin Affonso in the 64th minute of play forced U21 Costa Rica's goalkeeper Ignacio Redondo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of U21 Colombia booed when U21 Costa Rica was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 69 match minutes in a wonderful position. Stanley Robles didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 71st minute, Roberto Meléndez left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The U21 Colombia fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. Stanley Robles hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. When the match clock showed 87 minutes, the score became 2-2 when Roberto Meléndez sped through U21 Costa Rica's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Ignacio Redondo. U21 Costa Rica's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because U21 Colombia had won, even though U21 Costa Rica had held more of the ball.