National Stadium
Spectators: 10302 (Terracing: 7727,
Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) U21 Mexico's Richard Murillo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gil Fernandez in the 4th minute of play. 6 minutes into the match, U21 Brazil's goal looked a bit too open when Carlos Mederi came free, but Vicente Xavier reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Reasco Das in the 11th minute of play forced U21 Brazil's goalkeeper Vicente Xavier to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, U21 Brazil's Luís Senna got a free kick in the 14th minute. In the 15th minute, Raúl Nava made a precise shot to the right of Vicente Xavier. U21 Brazil's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eustacio Harri in the 19th minute of play forced U21 Brazil's goalkeeper Vicente Xavier to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 20 minutes, Christian Eriksen mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the U21 Brazil and the U21 Mexico players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 20th minute, Christian Eriksen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 23 minutes into the match, Carlos Mederi had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Vicente Xavier. U21 Brazil's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Carlos Mederi was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. In the 28thth minute of the game Reasco Das who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but U21 Brazil's Vicente Xavier was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Richard Murillo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gabriel Batistuta, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 31 minutes into the game, U21 Brazil's Cláudio Nogueira nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Richard Murillo made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. With an all-out effort, U21 Brazil's Richard Murillo threw himself towards the right post 34 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Gabriel Batistuta, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Vicente Xavier stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Reasco Das's shot from short distance in the 37th minute. The audience was convinced that Reasco Das's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vicente Xavier was relentless in the 39th minute of the game. When Lúcio Bastos fell near the penalty area in the 44th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored U21 Brazil's protests and gave Lúcio Bastos a yellow card for diving instead. In the 44th minute, Lúcio Bastos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 45 minutes into the game, Carlos Mederi cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-3. Vicente Xavier was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-3 lead.
U21 Mexico made a substitution. Ali Nejat Karasu replaced Reasco Das. Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Cláudio Nogueira to make the kick off. In the 56th minute Gabriel Batistuta shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Richard Murillo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 59th minute, Ali Nejat Karasu made a precise shot to the right of Vicente Xavier. U21 Brazil's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-4. 68 minutes into the game, Gabriel Batistuta was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. U21 Brazil's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave U21 Mexico the free kick. After a rather tough play, U21 Brazil's Gabriel Batistuta got a free kick in the 68th minute. U21 Brazil made a substitution. Miguel Lira replaced Caetano Saad. U21 Brazil made a substitution. Andrézinho Gaúcho replaced Gabriel Batistuta. In the 69th minute, Gabriel Batistuta hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 71st minute Raúl Nava shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vicente Xavier saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Vicente Xavier made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ali Nejat Karasu in the 73rd minute of play. Richard Murillo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cláudio Nogueira in the 74th minute of the match. After 76 played minutes U21 Mexico got a freekick which was hit by Eustacio Harri. Richard Murillo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cláudio Nogueira in the 80th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, U21 Brazil's Gil Fernandez got a free kick in the 81st minute. U21 Brazil's Vicente Xavier proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 83rd minute of the match, managed to save U21 Brazil from getting a goal against them. Vicente Xavier made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ali Nejat Karasu in the 84th minute of play. Richard Murillo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cláudio Nogueira, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Richard Murillo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cláudio Nogueira, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, U21 Mexico's Raúl Nava got a free kick in the 91st minute. After 91 played minutes, U21 Brazil's Zé Pedro de Senna shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Richard Murillo came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in U21 Brazil reached it. U21 Mexico's Richard Murillo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Andrézinho Gaúcho in the 93rd minute of play. U21 Mexico's Richard Murillo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luís Senna in the 96th minute of play. The supporters of U21 Brazil booed when U21 Mexico was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 97 match minutes in a wonderful position. Umut-Ali Özer didn't get a good kick on the ball. Lúcio Bastos, 98 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. The U21 Mexico supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing U21 Mexico would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.
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