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National Stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Edoardo Del Pizzo got the match started through his kick off. In the 3rd match minute, U21 Switzerland was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arthur Coimbra to maneuver through the defense. U21 Switzerland's Rambo Rambo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alvise Fulgenzi in the 3rd minute of play. Rambo Rambo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Florian Polidori, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. U21 Italy were awarded a corner in the 6th minute after U21 Switzerland's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Alvise Fulgenzi took the corner. Alvise Fulgenzi made a great header on U21 Italy's corner, it was just that U21 Switzerland's Rambo Rambo managed to reach the ball for a save. If Uwe Baecker had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Donato Gigli showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Uwe Baecker in the 9th minute of the match. In a very dangerous position, a player in U21 Italy fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 10th minute. Penalty! U21 Italy:s Donato Gigli showed great skill when he stopped Dagobert Robert:s penalty. When U21 Italy's Florian Polidori in the 19th minute got a chance for a shot 19th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye U21 Switzerland's goalie prevented a goal. In the 20th minute, U21 Switzerland's Uwe Baecker dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Florian Polidori in the 23rd minute of play forced U21 Switzerland's goalkeeper Rambo Rambo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Through an outstanding action, after 26 minutes, Donato Gigli successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Moser in the 28th minute of play forced U21 Italy's goalkeeper Donato Gigli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rambo Rambo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Florian Polidori in the 38th minute of the match. U21 Switzerland's Rambo Rambo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Florian Polidori in the 39th minute of play. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Joel Moser to make the kick off. A collision led to U21 Switzerland getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Emanuele Estermann hit a great ball. U21 Italy's Flavio Balestra quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Arthur Coimbra, made in the 54th minute of the game. The audience thought a goal was coming when Flavio Balestra got free with Rambo Rambo in the 55th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Rambo Rambo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Florian Polidori in the 56th minute. U21 Italy's Florian Polidori got a good chance for a goal in the 61st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. U21 Switzerland's Jana Thompson was substituted for Xander Unger. U21 Switzerland made a substitution. Torin Grossenbacher replaced Ricardo Cabañas. U21 Switzerland's Stefan Bucher was substituted for Emanuele Estermann. A collision led to U21 Italy getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. Flavio Balestra hit a great ball. U21 Italy's Donato Gigli played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Moser in the 69th minute of play. Donato Gigli showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Moser in the 69th minute of the match. If Alfredo Perilli had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. U21 Switzerland's Rambo Rambo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 76th minute of the match, managed to save U21 Switzerland from getting a goal against them. Rambo Rambo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alfredo Perilli, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. 81 minutes into the match, U21 Italy's Alfredo Perilli sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Rambo Rambo narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Alvise Fulgenzi kicked well hit freekick during the 85th minute of the match. In the 86th match minute, U21 Italy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ennio Iezzi to maneuver through the defense. In the 95th minute Jana Thompson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Donato Gigli saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Donato Gigli didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jana Thompson went, in the 96th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-0 was the resulting score. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. U21 Switzerland had won after a very even match.