National Team Friendly

National Stadium
Spectators: 10302 (Terracing: 7727, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Patricio Camps started the match with the kick off. The supporters of U21 Paraguay booed when U21 Guatemala was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. William Villanueva didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 4th minute, Saúl Salcedo 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. Oliveiro Comacho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from William Villanueva in the 12th minute of the match. Nery Pumpido showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Evelio Mahabe in the 14th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in U21 Guatemala's zone, Evelio Mahabe stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Nery Pumpido came out of the goal and Evelio Mahabe tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Nery Pumpido showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Erwin Soto in the 18th minute of the match. Emiliano Umanzor charged in rather forcefully in the 20th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Emiliano Umanzor the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of U21 Paraguay booed when U21 Guatemala was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 21 match minutes in a wonderful position. Emiliano Umanzor didn't get a good kick on the ball. 23 minutes into the match, U21 Paraguay's goal looked a bit too open when Patricio Camps came free, but Oliveiro Comacho reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 26th minute Cai Inestrosa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nery Pumpido saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. U21 Guatemala's Nery Pumpido played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cai Inestrosa in the 27th minute of play. 28 minutes into the match, U21 Paraguay's goal looked a bit too open when Erick Braun came free, but Oliveiro Comacho reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 31 minutes, Evelio Mahabe made it 1-1 with a short kick to the right side. U21 Guatemala's Nery Pumpido tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. U21 Guatemala's Nery Pumpido played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cai Inestrosa in the 34th minute of play. U21 Paraguay's Oliveiro Comacho played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Erick Braun in the 36th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cai Inestrosa in the 38th minute of play forced U21 Guatemala's goalkeeper Nery Pumpido to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 44th minute Erwin Soto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nery Pumpido saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. U21 Guatemala's Patricio Camps got a good chance for a goal in the 47th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar.

Oliveiro Comacho made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Erick Braun in the 53rd minute of play. Oliveiro Comacho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Patricio Camps in the 54th minute of the match. U21 Paraguay's Emesto Paul was substituted for Pablo Gentil. In the 57th minute, Cai Inestrosa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Oliveiro Comacho made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Patricio Camps in the 58th minute of play. Nery Pumpido made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cai Inestrosa in the 60th minute of play. Emesto Paul took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 66th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Nery Pumpido. U21 Guatemala's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 68th minute, one of U21 Paraguay:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for U21 Paraguay. Nery Pumpido showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Evelio Mahabe in the 74th minute of the match. U21 Guatemala's Hector Ventura got his second yellow card of the match in the 80th minute. The referee ordered Hector Ventura off the ground. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adolfo Messi in the 84th minute of play forced U21 Guatemala's goalkeeper Nery Pumpido to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Evelio Mahabe in the 85th minute of play forced U21 Guatemala's goalkeeper Nery Pumpido to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The corner ended in Saúl Salcedo almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but U21 Guatemala's Nery Pumpido did a great save. U21 Paraguay's Oliveiro Comacho played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristian Navas in the 88th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Patricio Camps during the 90th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to U21 Guatemala getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Patricio Camps hit a great ball. U21 Guatemala's Nery Pumpido proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 91st minute of the match, managed to save U21 Guatemala from getting a goal against them. With a little luck, U21 Guatemala's Nery Pumpido got control of the ball when Evelio Mahabe tried to sneak it across the goal line. Adolfo Messi in the 94thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Nery Pumpido, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Adolfo Messi did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 2-2 to the left of a surprised Nery Pumpido 94 minutes into the match. U21 Guatemala succeeded in salvaging a draw, even though U21 Paraguay had controlled the match.