National Team Friendly

National Stadium
Spectators: 10303 (Terracing: 7728, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) Steven Tanner made the kick off and thus started the match. Elias Leiva showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Steven Tanner, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. A collision led to U21 Guatemala getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Henry Botello hit a great ball. Piers Harris took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Juan José Ferraro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Juan José Ferraro in the 17thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Piers Harris, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. After 20 minutes of play, U21 England's Gregory Sinclair made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Elias Leiva was left in no man's land by his defense there! 26 minutes into the match, Marty Driver notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of U21 Guatemala's Elias Leiva. Elias Leiva was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 29th minute the ball was on its way in behind U21 England's goalkeeper Piers Harris, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Juan José Ferraro got free with Piers Harris in the 31st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sol Younger in the 33rd minute of play forced U21 Guatemala's goalkeeper Elias Leiva to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Elias Leiva showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marty Driver, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sol Younger in the 40th minute of play forced U21 Guatemala's goalkeeper Elias Leiva to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Juan José Ferraro was the one to do the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Henry Botello in the 50th minute of play forced U21 England's goalkeeper Piers Harris to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 50th minute, Henry Botello ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Piers Harris was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. A collision led to U21 Guatemala getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Nelson Messias hit a great ball. After having played for 55 minutes, Sol Younger managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. U21 England's supporters crossed their fingers, but Sol Younger was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Elias Leiva made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gregory Sinclair in the 58th minute of play. Through an outstanding action, after 60 minutes, Elias Leiva successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 63rd minute Juan José Ferraro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Piers Harris saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Elias Leiva was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Marty Driver showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-3 in the 66 minute of play. U21 Guatemala's Oscar Ayala was substituted for Allan Jimenez. U21 Guatemala's Oswaldo Martinez was substituted for Henry Botello. With his leg Elias Leiva managed to avoid a goal in the 71stth minute, when U21 England's Sol Younger fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. U21 Guatemala's Elias Leiva proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 76th minute of the match, managed to save U21 Guatemala from getting a goal against them. In the 85th minute, Juan José Ferraro ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Piers Harris was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-5. An unexpectedly hard shot by Juan José Ferraro in the 88th minute of play forced U21 England's goalkeeper Piers Harris to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Elias Leiva showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gregory Sinclair, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. In the 92nd match minute, U21 Guatemala was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Oswaldo Martinez to maneuver through the defense. When the match was over U21 England could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than U21 Guatemala throughout the match.