National Team Friendly

National stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Davide Spadoni got the match started through his kick off. Cristoforo Daniele could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 8th minute of the match, but Rene Higuita made a huge save. Davide Spadoni received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Rene Higuita came out and tried to block the shot, but Davide Spadoni slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 10th minute. Enrico Piccirilli made in the 13th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Alexander Bottone. Bruno Antognoni made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Don Gato in the 16th minute of play. Bruno Antognoni came out of the goal in the 19th minute to try and stop a shot by Colombia's Don Gato. But to his dismay, Don Gato quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Rene Higuita showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristoforo Daniele, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. 25 minutes into the game, Italy's Alexander Bottone nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Rene Higuita made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. Colombia's Rene Higuita proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 31st minute of the match, managed to save Colombia from getting a goal against them. Italy's Bruno Antognoni played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Don Gato in the 42nd minute of play. Colombia's Rene Higuita played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristoforo Daniele in the 48th minute of play. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The wind increased when Don Gato made the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute Alexander Bottone shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rene Higuita saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 56th match minute, Colombia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Archibaldo Velaz to maneuver through the defense. Italy's Bar Olo was substituted for Alexander Bottone. Italy made a substitution. Enzo Luongo replaced Davide Spadoni. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mark Lenders in the 64th minute of play forced Colombia's goalkeeper Rene Higuita to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Colombia's Alexander Del Piero was substituted for Zaquiel Puredo. Colombia's Alberto Camudio managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Al Berto in the 70 minute of the game. Bruno Antognoni took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alexander Del Piero, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Mark Lenders's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rene Higuita was relentless in the 75th minute of the game. Colombia's Rene Higuita played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Carmine Gargano in the 81st minute of play. Colombia's Rene Higuita played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Carmine Gargano in the 86th minute of play. After 89 played minutes Italy got a freekick which was hit by Alvaro Tolin. In the 90th minute, Ordono Balda made a precise shot to the right of Bruno Antognoni. Italy's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-2. Bruno Antognoni made a fantastic save in the 92nd minute, when Ordono Balda sent off a good shot on target. Alexander Del Piero could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 95th minute of the match, but Bruno Antognoni made a huge save. Italy were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.