National Team Friendly

National Stadium
Spectators: 10301 (Terracing: 7726, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Jedaiah Sakhai kicked off to start the match. A collision led to U21 Dominican Republic getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Raúl Gordillo hit a great ball. Gonzalo Vinicio charged in rather forcefully in the 12th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Gonzalo Vinicio the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 12th match minute, U21 Dominican Republic was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gonzalo Vinicio to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aksel Medelsheim in the 14th minute of play forced U21 Dominican Republic's goalkeeper Jenaro Coronel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jedaiah Sakhai in the 17th minute of play forced U21 Dominican Republic's goalkeeper Jenaro Coronel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 20th minute, Tsafrir Lichtenberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Miguel Ángel Seijas in the 24th minute of play forced U21 Israel's goalkeeper Or-Tal Hoffenreich to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 27th match minute, U21 Israel was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hertzl Kochan to maneuver through the defense. Or-Tal Hoffenreich took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alejo Veliz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 32nd match minute, U21 Dominican Republic was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alejo Veliz to maneuver through the defense. Jedaiah Sakhai took the ball and in the 33 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jenaro Coronel. Jenaro Coronel dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. A collision led to U21 Israel getting a freekick after 40 minutes play. Shalev Shapira hit a great ball. Miguel Ángel Seijas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Or-Tal Hoffenreich tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Alejo Veliz during the 42nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Alejo Veliz kicked well hit freekick during the 42nd minute of the match. After a rather tough play, U21 Dominican Republic's Cristian Daniele got a free kick in the 47th minute. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Alejo Veliz to make the kick off. U21 Israel's Or-Tal Hoffenreich proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 55th minute of the match, managed to save U21 Israel from getting a goal against them. Or-Tal Hoffenreich made an important save on a dangerous shot by Alejo Veliz in the 61st minute. Jenaro Coronel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jedaiah Sakhai in the 62nd minute of the match. Jenaro Coronel didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jedaiah Sakhai went, in the 68th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. 76 minutes into the game, Hertzl Kochan cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Jenaro Coronel was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 86th minute Jedaiah Sakhai shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jenaro Coronel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 92ndth minute of the game Jedaiah Sakhai who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but U21 Dominican Republic's Jenaro Coronel was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. U21 Dominican Republic's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.