National Team Friendly

National Stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) After a defensive mix-up in U21 Switzerland's zone, David Villa stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Hieronymus Gilardi came out of the goal and David Villa tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a rather tough play, U21 Switzerland's Jürgen Rondinelli got a free kick in the 6th minute. U21 Switzerland's Hieronymus Gilardi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rubén Litago in the 8th minute of play. In the 16th minute, Rubén Litago ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Hieronymus Gilardi was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Hieronymus Gilardi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rubén Litago, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. U21 Spain were awarded a corner in the 22th minute after U21 Switzerland's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. David Villa took the corner. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 24th minute of the game. One of U21 Switzerland:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of U21 Spain:s goal. 26 minutes into the match, Rubén Litago notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of U21 Switzerland's Hieronymus Gilardi. Hieronymus Gilardi was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rubén Litago in the 29th minute of play forced U21 Switzerland's goalkeeper Hieronymus Gilardi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gustavo Taules stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jürgen Rondinelli's shot from short distance in the 30th minute. Gustavo Taules made an important save on a dangerous shot by Peter Tosi in the 32nd minute. 33 minutes into the match, U21 Switzerland's goal looked a bit too open when Rubén Litago came free, but Hieronymus Gilardi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gustavo Taules showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jürgen Rondinelli in the 36th minute of the match. 36 minutes into the match, U21 Spain's goal looked a bit too open when Jürgen Rondinelli came free, but Gustavo Taules reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. U21 Switzerland were furious when Angel-Enrique De La Rosa-Choca was red carded, 42 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. 41 minutes into the game, one of U21 Switzerland:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Hieronymus Gilardi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rubén Litago, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gustavo Taules didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Khvicha Kvaratskhelia went, in the 45th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Peter Tosi to make the kick off. When Rubén Litago came up free with the goalie in the 53rd minute, the U21 Spain fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Rubén Litago couldn't finish the play. Hieronymus Gilardi was a little too slow when Rubén Litago got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 59th minute. The score was now 1-3. Hieronymus Gilardi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rubén Litago in the 62nd minute of the match. Hieronymus Gilardi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rubén Litago in the 64th minute of the match. 65 minutes into the match, U21 Spain's Rubén Litago sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Hieronymus Gilardi narrowly saved just below the crossbar. U21 Switzerland's Hieronymus Gilardi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rubén Litago in the 67th minute of play. After 69 played minutes Rubén Litago rounded U21 Switzerland's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-4. U21 Spain's Zacarías March was substituted for David Villa. U21 Spain's Khvicha Kvaratskhelia was substituted for Pau Casals. When Zacarías March fell near the penalty area in the 74th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored U21 Spain's protests and gave Zacarías March a yellow card for diving instead. In the 74th minute, Zacarías March hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 76 minutes into the game, Rubén Litago cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-5. Hieronymus Gilardi was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Hieronymus Gilardi was out of position in the 79 minute of play, and Rubén Litago capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Rubén Litago really showed his touch with that goal: 1-6. After a defensive mix-up in U21 Spain's zone, Jürgen Rondinelli stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gustavo Taules came out of the goal and Jürgen Rondinelli tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience was convinced that Rubén Litago's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hieronymus Gilardi was relentless in the 85th minute of the game. Gustavo Taules showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Casimir Wickihalter, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. Hieronymus Gilardi was out of position in the 88 minute of play, and Romano Vallejo capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Romano Vallejo really showed his touch with that goal: 1-7. In the 93rd minute Rubén Litago shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hieronymus Gilardi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 97th minute, Rubén Litago managed to get in a good position for a shot. U21 Spain's supporters rose to their feet, but Rubén Litago was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Hieronymus Gilardi breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. U21 Spain's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.