National Team Friendly

National Stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) 4 minutes into the match, U21 Paraguay's goalkeeper Oliveiro Comacho had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Johannes Tollenaar. After 9 minutes of play, U21 Paraguay's Erwin Soto made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Humberto Maurits was left in no man's land by his defense there! The supporters of U21 Netherlands booed when U21 Paraguay was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. Emesto Paul didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Alexander Driel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 20 minutes had been played when some careless play by U21 Paraguay's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Alexander Driel was slow to take the kick. During this time U21 Netherlands's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on U21 Netherlands's corner Alexander Driel fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Oliveiro Comacho quite easily take care of the ball. The audience was convinced that Hette Reitsma's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Oliveiro Comacho was relentless in the 22nd minute of the game. In the 25th minute, Jelte Reitsma hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Oliveiro Comacho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hette Reitsma in the 27th minute of the match. With a little luck, U21 Paraguay's Oliveiro Comacho got control of the ball when Hette Reitsma tried to sneak it across the goal line. Hette Reitsma struck a weak shot in the 34th minute. Oliveiro Comacho didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for U21 Netherlands. U21 Netherlands's attentive Jaap van Dinteren managed to snatch the ball when Jordi Peñaranda made a throw-in in the 37th minute of the game. Oliveiro Comacho took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hette Reitsma, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The U21 Netherlands players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. U21 Paraguay were winning 0-1.

With a little luck, U21 Netherlands's Humberto Maurits got control of the ball when Erwin Soto tried to sneak it across the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Rogier de Kort in the 66th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Oliveiro Comacho saved U21 Paraguay from getting behind. The throw-in from Jaap van Dinteren in the 69th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by U21 Paraguay's Bras Ordoñez. In the 71stth minute of the game Rogier de Kort who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but U21 Paraguay's Oliveiro Comacho was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Erwin Soto in the 75th minute of play forced U21 Netherlands's goalkeeper Humberto Maurits to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Oliveiro Comacho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rogier de Kort in the 79th minute of the match. In the 85th minute Johannes Tollenaar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Oliveiro Comacho saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 87th minute, Sílvio Zárate hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Oliveiro Comacho took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Johannes Tollenaar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 93 minutes of play, U21 Netherlands's Rogier de Kort made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Oliveiro Comacho was left in no man's land by his defense there! Oliveiro Comacho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Johannes Tollenaar in the 96th minute of the match. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.