National Team Friendly

National Stadium
Spectators: 10331 (Terracing: 7749, Seating: 2376, VIP seats: 206) Dobre Rano started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. U21 Slovakia's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Dobre Rano in the 6th minute. Dobre Rano made a great header on U21 Slovakia's corner, it was just that U21 Argentina's Diego Gitano managed to reach the ball for a save. U21 Slovakia's Matej Kudlak got a good chance for a goal in the 7th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Rogelio Quintun charged in rather forcefully in the 12th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Rogelio Quintun the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, U21 Argentina's Rogelio Quintun got a free kick in the 12th minute. 14 minutes into the match, U21 Slovakia's goal looked a bit too open when Tobias Tohias came free, but Stano Kateržábek reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Stano Kateržábek made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Clemente Botello in the 15th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 17th minute, Marek Kmiť managed to get in a good position for a shot. U21 Slovakia's supporters rose to their feet, but Marek Kmiť was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Diego Gitano breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 22nd minute, Tobias Tohias hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Stano Kateržábek took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Clemente Botello, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Clemente Botello's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Stano Kateržábek was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. Michal Hanulík's late challenge caught a U21 Argentina's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Michal Hanulík helped the player get up and apologised. After 30 played minutes U21 Slovakia got a freekick which was hit by Michal Hanulík. If Marek Kmiť had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Diego Gitano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jozef Královič in the 33rd minute of the match. In the 35th minute, Clemente Botello got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. U21 Slovakia's Matej Kudlak got a good chance for a goal in the 47th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

After some fancy dribbling in the 56th minute, Matej Kudlak managed to get in a good position for a shot. U21 Slovakia's supporters rose to their feet, but Matej Kudlak was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Diego Gitano breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 61stth minute of the game Dobre Rano who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but U21 Argentina's Diego Gitano was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With his leg Stano Kateržábek managed to avoid a goal in the 63rdth minute, when U21 Argentina's Clemente Botello fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. U21 Argentina made a substitution. Freddy Santiago replaced Bruno Evangelista. In the 65th match minute, U21 Slovakia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Michal Hanulík to maneuver through the defense. Stano Kateržábek made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gualterio Perrando in the 66th minute. The supporters of U21 Argentina booed when U21 Slovakia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 67 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jozef Královič didn't get a good kick on the ball. U21 Slovakia's Peter Takáč was substituted for Jozef Královič. In the 69th match minute, U21 Slovakia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jozef Královič to maneuver through the defense. In the 70th minute Gualterio Perrando shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stano Kateržábek saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tibor Kukla hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. 82 minutes into the match, U21 Slovakia's goal looked a bit too open when Gualterio Perrando came free, but Stano Kateržábek reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 84 minutes into the match, U21 Slovakia's goalkeeper Stano Kateržábek had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gualterio Perrando. U21 Slovakia's Stano Kateržábek played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tobias Tohias in the 86th minute of play. Stano Kateržábek made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gualterio Perrando in the 88th minute of play. Stano Kateržábek showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tobias Tohias in the 90th minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Gualterio Perrando kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Stano Kateržábek. That made the score 0-2 in the 92 minute of play. Stano Kateržábek made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gualterio Perrando in the 95th minute of play. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. U21 Argentina walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.