National cup

National Stadium
Spectators: 5149 (Terracing: 3862, Seating: 1184, VIP seats: 103) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Stanislav Korzhuev made the kick off which started today's match. Américo Díaz received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. David Tupihin came out and tried to block the shot, but Américo Díaz slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 9th minute. U21 Kazakhstan's David Tupihin proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 13th minute of the match, managed to save U21 Kazakhstan from getting a goal against them. In the 14th match minute, U21 Bolivia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vladimiro Abar to maneuver through the defense. Marcelo Robledo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Réver Nascimento, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rostislav Vorobiev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marcelo Robledo having to interfere. U21 Bolivia's Américo Díaz got a good chance for a goal in the 21st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Américo Díazs short, quick shot in the 23rdth minute got David Tupihin to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 24th minute the ball was on its way in behind U21 Kazakhstan's goalkeeper David Tupihin, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Marcelo Robledo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Felix Anisimov in the 28th minute of the match. David Tupihin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Américo Díaz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. U21 Bolivia made a substitution. Leopoldo Luque replaced Montrell Abeita. If Felix Anisimov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The crowd rose to their feet as U21 Bolivia's Leopoldo Luque slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of David Tupihin. That made the score 2-1 after 40 minutes of play. David Tupihin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leopoldo Luque, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of U21 Kazakhstan booed when U21 Bolivia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fraco Abel didn't get a good kick on the ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Leopoldo Luque was the one to do the kick off. When Fabian Ayala fell near the penalty area in the 53rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored U21 Bolivia's protests and gave Fabian Ayala a yellow card for diving instead. Fabian Ayala hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the U21 Kazakhstan defense, Ignacio Scocco kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of David Tupihin. The U21 Kazakhstan fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that David Tupihin should have stopped the shot. The audience was convinced that Ignacio Scocco's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but David Tupihin was relentless in the 60th minute of the game. A well-hit corner resulted in Enrique Parada heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. David Tupihin came out of the goal in the 65th minute to try and stop a shot by U21 Bolivia's Leopoldo Luque. But to his dismay, Leopoldo Luque quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-1. David Tupihin didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when U21 Bolivia's Ignacio Scocco shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 5-1 in the ordered_time% minute. David Tupihin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ignacio Scocco in the 75th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Leopoldo Luque's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but David Tupihin was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. David Tupihin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ignacio Scocco in the 94th minute of play. After some careless play in the U21 Kazakhstan defense, Ignacio Scocco kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of David Tupihin. The U21 Kazakhstan fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that David Tupihin should have stopped the shot. U21 Kazakhstan's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.