National Team Friendly

National Stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Adolf Eichmann made the kick off which started today's match. David Checa's late challenge caught a U21 Chile's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. David Checa helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of U21 Chile booed when U21 Bolivia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. David Checa didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, U21 Chile's Francisco Antonio Landaeta got a free kick in the 6th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adolf Eichmann in the 11th minute of play forced U21 Bolivia's goalkeeper Lope Abellaneda to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. U21 Bolivia's Lope Abellaneda proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 12th minute of the match, managed to save U21 Bolivia from getting a goal against them. After a rather tough play, U21 Bolivia's Enrique Parada got a free kick in the 13th minute. Eustacio Abeitia hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. Lope Abellaneda took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adolf Eichmann, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Yerko Courtois took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rolando Abella, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. U21 Bolivia's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Artur Abechuco in the 22nd minute. Artur Abechuco made a great header on U21 Bolivia's corner, it was just that U21 Chile's Yerko Courtois managed to reach the ball for a save. Yerko Courtois took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eustacio Abeitia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. U21 Bolivia's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Artur Abechuco in the 26th minute. The corner ended in Artur Abechuco almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but U21 Chile's Yerko Courtois did a great save. Lope Abellaneda showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adolf Eichmann in the 28th minute of the match. In the 30th minute Rolando Abella shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yerko Courtois saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Salvadore Abaunza in the 32nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Yerko Courtois prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 33rd minute, Jose Manuel Hernández hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Yerko Courtois took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Salvadore Abaunza, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 38th match minute, U21 Bolivia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Salvadore Abaunza to maneuver through the defense. In the 41st match minute, U21 Bolivia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by David Checa to maneuver through the defense. David Checa made in the 45th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Eustacio Abeitia. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Américo Díaz to make the kick off. U21 Bolivia's Lope Abellaneda played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adolf Eichmann in the 54th minute of play. Yerko Courtois showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eustacio Abeitia, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. In the 58th minute, Adolf Eichmann left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The U21 Chile fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. U21 Chile's Victor Hugo Painevilu was substituted for Adolf Eichmann. Lope Abellaneda came out of the goal in the 64th minute to try and stop a shot by U21 Chile's Cristopher Damian. But to his dismay, Cristopher Damian quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. Cidro Abajas charged in rather forcefully in the 70th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Cidro Abajas the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Lope Abellaneda showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hipolito Fritz, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Salvadore Abaunza in the 78th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Yerko Courtois prevented the ball from getting in the gole. U21 Bolivia's Lope Abellaneda played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Victor Hugo Painevilu in the 88th minute of play. Lope Abellaneda showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Victor Hugo Painevilu, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. In the 91st match minute, U21 Bolivia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Santio Abadie to maneuver through the defense. Lope Abellaneda showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristopher Damian, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Victor Hugo Painevilu in the 97th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Lope Abellaneda saved U21 Bolivia from getting behind. U21 Chile's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.