National Team Friendly

National Stadium
Spectators: 10301 (Terracing: 7726, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) After a rather tough play, U21 Dominican Republic's Randor Cano got a free kick in the 9th minute. Wali Brama took the ball and in the 16 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Clemente Clayton. Clemente Clayton dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. The supporters of U21 Poland booed when U21 Dominican Republic was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 20 match minutes in a wonderful position. Raúl Garrido didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jerzy Niedbalski in the 24th minute of play forced U21 Dominican Republic's goalkeeper Clemente Clayton to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. U21 Dominican Republic's Clemente Clayton played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jerzy Niedbalski in the 26th minute of play. U21 Dominican Republic's Clemente Clayton played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jerzy Niedbalski in the 28th minute of play. 30 minutes into the game, Francesc Totti threw the ball into play from the sideline. U21 Dominican Republic's Randor Cano quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. When U21 Poland's Jerzy Niedbalski in the 31st minute got a chance for a shot 31st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye U21 Dominican Republic's goalie prevented a goal. U21 Dominican Republic's Clemente Clayton played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jerzy Niedbalski in the 34th minute of play. Jerzy Niedbalski's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Clemente Clayton read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 39th minute of play. U21 Poland's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Fabian Tomaszewski in the 40th minute. Bernard Solarek made a great header on U21 Poland's corner, it was just that U21 Dominican Republic's Clemente Clayton managed to reach the ball for a save. When Juan Antonio Pizzi fell near the penalty area in the 41st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored U21 Dominican Republic's protests and gave Juan Antonio Pizzi a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, U21 Dominican Republic's Juan Antonio Pizzi got a free kick in the 41st minute. 46 minutes into the game, Wincent Awizo was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. U21 Poland's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave U21 Dominican Republic the free kick. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

U21 Dominican Republic made a substitution. Kelyn Hart replaced Juan Antonio Pizzi. The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Eduardo Bustos Montoya stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. A collision led to U21 Dominican Republic getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Graciano Verón hit a great ball. When U21 Poland's Jerzy Niedbalski in the 56th minute got a chance for a shot 56th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye U21 Dominican Republic's goalie prevented a goal. Wincent Awizo made in the 58th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by U21 Dominican Republic's Ramón Sosa. After 60 minutes, Jerzy Niedbalski made it 2-0 with a short kick to the right side. U21 Dominican Republic's Clemente Clayton tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Francesc Totti kicked well hit freekick during the 64th minute of the match. Graciano Verón charged in rather forcefully in the 67th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Graciano Verón the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Graciano Verón kicked well hit freekick during the 67th minute of the match. 68 minutes into the game, U21 Poland's Adam Nigbor nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Clemente Clayton made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-0. Clemente Clayton took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adam Nigbor, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tanek Poreda kicked well hit freekick during the 74th minute of the match. A collision led to U21 Dominican Republic getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. Ramón Sosa hit a great ball. In the 80th minute, Adam Nigbor ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Clemente Clayton was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. In the 84th minute, Adam Nigbor left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The U21 Poland fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-0. Yunior Olegario hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Adam Nigbor's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Clemente Clayton was relentless in the 91st minute of the game. Clemente Clayton showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wali Brama, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. In the 92nd minute Andrzej Dobrowski suffered a thigh injury and had to be helped off the field. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Aldo-Pedro Poy during the 92nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 94th minute, Aldo-Pedro Poy hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Clemente Clayton made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adam Nigbor in the 95th minute of play. U21 Poland's Wincent Awizo got his second yellow card of the match in the 98th minute. The referee ordered Wincent Awizo off the ground. U21 Poland's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.