National Team Friendly

National Stadium
Spectators: 10301 (Terracing: 7726, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) U21 Canada's Régis Rodriquez started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Basile Roland made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Saverio Sagarribay in the 2nd minute of play. Basile Roland showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tom Misaki, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. In the 6th minute U21 Peru were awarded a corner. Tom Misaki went to the cornerflag to take it. 11 minutes into the match, Eddie Vedder dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Basile Roland, 1-1. U21 Peru's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Tom Misaki in the 23rd minute. When Saverio Sagarribay fell near the penalty area in the 24th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored U21 Peru's protests and gave Saverio Sagarribay a yellow card for diving instead. In the 25th match minute, U21 Peru was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Saverio Sagarribay to maneuver through the defense. Leo Butron showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Krystian Żmuda in the 25th minute of the match. A collision led to U21 Peru getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Jonatan Mazorra hit a great ball. In the 28th minute Régis Rodriquez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leo Butron saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Leo Butron showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Régis Rodriquez in the 31st minute of the match. Régis Rodriquez struck a weak shot in the 33rd minute. Leo Butron didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for U21 Canada. Basile Roland made a fantastic save in the 36th minute, when Tom Misaki sent off a good shot on target. After a rather tough play, U21 Canada's Dirk Lay got a free kick in the 43rd minute. If Hakan Pekgozlu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tom Misaki stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Basile Roland took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eddie Vedder, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 57th minute Tom Misaki shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Basile Roland saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 57 played minutes U21 Canada got a freekick which was hit by Luther Patrick. In the 59th minute Eddie Vedder shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Basile Roland saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Basile Roland showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eddie Vedder, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. Basile Roland made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eddie Vedder in the 67th minute of play. U21 Peru's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Tom Misaki in the 68th minute. Tom Misaki scored 3-1 in the 69th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Basile Roland, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 74th match minute, U21 Canada was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vaughn Ramirez to maneuver through the defense. Basile Roland showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tom Misaki in the 79th minute of the match. Basile Roland showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tom Misaki, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. Basile Roland showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eddie Vedder, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. Basile Roland showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Saverio Sagarribay, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. After 92 minutes of play, U21 Peru's Tom Misaki made it 4-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Basile Roland was left in no man's land by his defense there! For all the effort they put into the match, the U21 Canada players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for U21 Peru.