National Team Friendly

National Stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) Manolito Uquillas made the kick off and thus started the match. 3 minutes into the match, U21 Sweden's goal looked a bit too open when Manolito Uquillas came free, but Gösta Bergfelt reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Corozo Genova took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Simon Sneijder, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match had gone on for 15 minutes, Manolito Uquillas took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Gösta Bergfelt to make any attempt to save it. 23 minutes into the match, U21 Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Simon Sundén came free, but Corozo Genova reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When U21 Ecuador's Aragón Latonero in the 26th minute got a chance for a shot 26th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye U21 Sweden's goalie prevented a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Manolito Uquillas in the 31st minute of play forced U21 Sweden's goalkeeper Gösta Bergfelt to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, U21 Ecuador's Michael Cobreros got a free kick in the 32nd minute. Gösta Bergfelt took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Manolito Uquillas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 41 minutes into the match, U21 Sweden's goal looked a bit too open when Sergio Covarrubias came free, but Gösta Bergfelt reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 43rd minute, Vitin Melgosa sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and U21 Sweden's Gösta Bergfelt didn't even have to move. Corozo Genova showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Simon Sundén, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. 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 players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Per-Arne Tinglöv stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Jim Claesson hit a great freekick 51 minutes into the match. Gösta Bergfelt made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Manolito Uquillas in the 52nd minute of play. In the 54th minute Simon Sneijder shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Corozo Genova saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Corozo Genova made an important save on a dangerous shot by Simon Sundén in the 55th minute. In the 61st minute, Simon Sundén 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 Sweden made a substitution. Sven-Olof Bengtsson replaced Simon Sneijder. U21 Sweden made a substitution. André Vallengren replaced Simon Sundén. Corozo Genova showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jim Claesson, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. In the 66th minute, Michael Cobreros hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 67 played minutes U21 Ecuador got a freekick which was hit by Michael Cobreros. Corozo Genova was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but André Vallengren showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-1 in the 69 minute of play. 73 minutes into the match, Kléber Letamendi notched a goal, 3-1, to the right of U21 Sweden's Gösta Bergfelt. Gösta Bergfelt was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Corozo Genova showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from André Vallengren in the 77th minute of the match. Gösta Bergfelt took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kléber Letamendi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by André Vallengren in the 87th minute of play forced U21 Ecuador's goalkeeper Corozo Genova to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gösta Bergfelt showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sergio Covarrubias, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. After 91 played minutes U21 Sweden got a freekick which was hit by Dinamite Bomba. An unexpectedly hard shot by André Vallengren in the 93rd minute of play forced U21 Ecuador's goalkeeper Corozo Genova to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. U21 Ecuador's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.