National Team Friendly

National Stadium
Spectators: 10305 (Terracing: 7729, Seating: 2370, VIP seats: 206) Verner Knížek started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After a rather tough play, U21 Italy's Fabio Cera got a free kick in the 7th minute. After 9 played minutes U21 Czech Republic got a freekick which was hit by Miloš Absolon. The audience was convinced that Florian Cancemi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vavřinec Šeděnka was relentless in the 11th minute of the game. When U21 Italy's Florian Cancemi in the 12th minute got a chance for a shot 12th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye U21 Czech Republic's goalie prevented a goal. When the match clock showed 20 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Florian Cancemi sped through U21 Czech Republic's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Vavřinec Šeděnka. Cristiano Cericola showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Verner Knížek, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. The audience was convinced that Florian Cancemi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vavřinec Šeděnka was relentless in the 32nd minute of the game. The audience was convinced that Florian Cancemi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vavřinec Šeděnka was relentless in the 34th minute of the game. After 40 minutes of play, U21 Italy's Florian Cancemi made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vavřinec Šeděnka was left in no man's land by his defense there! 43 minutes into the match, U21 Czech Republic's goal looked a bit too open when Fabio Cera came free, but Vavřinec Šeděnka reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of U21 Czech Republic booed when U21 Italy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Michel Angelo didn't get a good kick on the ball. Rudolf Skácel was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 46th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Vavřinec Šeděnka showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Florian Cancemi, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. Cristiano Cericola made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Verner Knížek in the 58th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Florian Cancemi in the 60th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Vavřinec Šeděnka saved U21 Czech Republic from getting behind. The audience was convinced that Florian Cancemi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vavřinec Šeděnka was relentless in the 62nd minute of the game. The audience was convinced that Florian Cancemi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vavřinec Šeděnka was relentless in the 62nd minute of the game. In the 65th minute Fabio Cera shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vavřinec Šeděnka saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, U21 Italy's Fulvio Giuliani got a free kick in the 67th minute. The supporters of U21 Czech Republic booed when U21 Italy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fulvio Giuliani didn't get a good kick on the ball. With an all-out effort, U21 Italy's Vavřinec Šeděnka threw himself towards the right post 70 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Fabio Cera, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Vavřinec Šeděnka stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Florian Cancemi's shot from short distance in the 71st minute. U21 Czech Republic made a substitution. Jakub Podzemský replaced Josef Oliva. Vavřinec Šeděnka was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Camillo Mozzoni showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-3 in the 75 minute of play. U21 Italy's Cristiano Cericola played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lubomír Hůlka in the 81st minute of play. U21 Italy's Florian Cancemi was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 83rd play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. Florian Cancemis short, quick shot in the 86thth minute got Vavřinec Šeděnka to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. 88 minutes into the match, U21 Czech Republic's goalkeeper Vavřinec Šeděnka had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Florian Cancemi. With a little luck, U21 Czech Republic's Vavřinec Šeděnka got control of the ball when Florian Cancemi tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 92nd minute, Jan Jan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Alberigo Vitale hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. Rudolf Skácel took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 96th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Cristiano Cericola. U21 Italy's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line.