National Team Friendly

National Stadium
Spectators: 10301 (Terracing: 7726, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Camillo Giannico got the match started through his kick off. A collision led to U21 Colombia getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Diego Chica hit a great ball. After having played for 6 minutes, Frank Colonna managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. U21 Italy's supporters crossed their fingers, but Frank Colonna was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 8th match minute, U21 Italy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Felice Caponera to maneuver through the defense. Eugenio Trotta kicked well hit freekick during the 17th minute of the match. Incendio Benzines short, quick shot in the 21stth minute got Sebastián Viera to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. U21 Colombia's Sebastián Viera proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 26th minute of the match, managed to save U21 Colombia from getting a goal against them. 28 minutes into the match, Cristian Bermeo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ettore Domina. U21 Italy's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cristian Bermeo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. In the 34th minute, U21 Italy's Cesare Pasqualone ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Sebastián Viera. Sebastián Viera yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-1. Sebastián Viera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Camillo Giannico, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sebastián Viera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Camillo Giannico in the 39th minute of the match. Through an outstanding action, after 41 minutes, Sebastián Viera successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Felice Caponera hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. Ettore Domina showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gambo Alexandrovitsch, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Gambo Alexandrovitsch stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Cristian Bermeo kicked well hit freekick during the 51st minute of the match. Sebastián Viera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cesare Pasqualone in the 53rd minute of play. Sebastián Viera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Incendio Benzine in the 54th minute of play. Ettore Domina didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cristian Bermeo went, in the 57th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. U21 Italy's Bruno Malandra was substituted for Ermanno Mucci. Ettore Domina took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristian Bermeo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Herman Gaviria hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. The supporters of U21 Italy booed when U21 Colombia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 64 match minutes in a wonderful position. Herman Gaviria didn't get a good kick on the ball. U21 Italy's Frank Colonna took a good shot, in the 65th minute, which hit the crossbar above Sebastián Viera's head, and flew over the goal. U21 Colombia's manager was very thankful on the sidelines as his team had managed to keep the ball out of the net after some serious pressure by U21 Italy. Sebastián Viera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Camillo Giannico in the 67th minute of play. Sebastián Viera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emilio Berti in the 72nd minute of the match. The U21 Italy fans' excitement grew in the 72nd match minute when U21 Italy's Emilio Berti looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 3-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Sebastián Viera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emilio Berti in the 83rd minute of the match. Gonzalo Llorden kicked well hit freekick during the 86th minute of the match. Sebastián Viera showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Camillo Giannico, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emilio Berti in the 89th minute of play forced U21 Colombia's goalkeeper Sebastián Viera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Juan Corredor kicked well hit freekick during the 91st minute of the match. In the 94th minute Emilio Berti shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sebastián Viera saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. For all the effort they put into the match, the U21 Colombia players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for U21 Italy.