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National Stadium
Spectators: 10306 (Terracing: 7730, Seating: 2370, VIP seats: 206) Nacho Acuña made the kick off and thus started the match. Keylor Navas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bryan Nightingale in the 7th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Bryan Nightingale in the 8th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Keylor Navas saved U21 Costa Rica from getting behind. In the 9thth minute of the game Bryan Nightingale who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but U21 Costa Rica's Keylor Navas was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 11 minutes had been played when some careless play by U21 Costa Rica's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Wesley Johnstone was slow to take the kick. During this time U21 England's players had a chance to rest. Kai Havertz was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. U21 Costa Rica's Keylor Navas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bryan Nightingale in the 15th minute of play. U21 Costa Rica's Keylor Navas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bryan Nightingale in the 16th minute of play. A collision led to U21 Costa Rica getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Gerardo Millot hit a great ball. When Alberto Davila fell near the penalty area in the 18th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored U21 Costa Rica's protests and gave Alberto Davila a yellow card for diving instead. In the 18th minute, Alberto Davila hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Archie Goldsmith in the 21st minute of play forced U21 Costa Rica's goalkeeper Keylor Navas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Keylor Navas didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Kai Havertz went, in the 26th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Keylor Navas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jackie Banks, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Keylor Navas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kai Havertz in the 31st minute of the match. Keylor Navas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kai Havertz in the 32nd minute of the match. 35 minutes into the match, U21 Costa Rica's goal looked a bit too open when Bryan Nightingale came free, but Keylor Navas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 36th match minute, U21 Costa Rica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Isidoro Vilchez to maneuver through the defense. If Albert Guest had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 40th minute, Maikol Colon 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. A collision led to U21 Costa Rica getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Nacho Acuña hit a great ball. Keylor Navas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bryan Nightingale, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. U21 Costa Rica's Keylor Navas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bryan Nightingale in the 43rd minute of play. After 45 minutes of play, U21 England's Bryan Nightingale made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Keylor Navas was left in no man's land by his defense there! 47 minutes into the match, U21 Costa Rica's goal looked a bit too open when Bryan Nightingale came free, but Keylor Navas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.

In the 52nd minute, Kai Havertz left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The U21 England fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. U21 Costa Rica's Keylor Navas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kai Havertz in the 57th minute of play. Keylor Navas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kai Havertz in the 61st minute of the match. In the 63rd minute, Isidoro Vilchez left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The U21 Costa Rica fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3. 65 minutes into the match, U21 England's goal looked a bit too open when Maikol Colon came free, but Stefan Cullen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Stefan Cullen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nacho Acuña in the 66th minute of play. U21 Costa Rica's Keylor Navas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kai Havertz in the 70th minute of play. U21 England's Kai Havertz got a good chance for a goal in the 71st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. U21 England made a substitution. Emmanuel Ronaldo replaced Kai Havertz. U21 England's Pedro Delaney was substituted for Bryan Nightingale. U21 Costa Rica's Rodolfo Ulloa was substituted for Isidoro Vilchez. With a little luck, U21 Costa Rica's Keylor Navas got control of the ball when Pedro Delaney tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 83 minutes, Juan Pablo Meckel mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the U21 Costa Rica and the U21 England players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 83rd minute, Juan Pablo Meckel hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. U21 Costa Rica's Keylor Navas proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 88th minute of the match, managed to save U21 Costa Rica from getting a goal against them. Leopoldo Mora scored 2-4 in the 90th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Stefan Cullen, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Alberto Davila kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match. The U21 Costa Rica supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching U21 England's performance. The match ended with a win for U21 England.