National Team Friendly

National Stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ezequiel Calderón started the match with the kick off. After a rather tough play, U21 Argentina's Gogo Oriol got a free kick in the 2nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Damien Fowler in the 3rd minute of play forced U21 Argentina's goalkeeper Nemesio Baladi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 4th minute, Damien Fowler ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Nemesio Baladi was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. U21 Argentina's Erubiel Carlomagno quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Russ Griggs, made in the 7th minute of the game. U21 Argentina's Nemesio Baladi proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 13th minute of the match, managed to save U21 Argentina from getting a goal against them. Nemesio Baladi made a fantastic save in the 22nd minute, when Damien Fowler sent off a good shot on target. Nemesio Baladi made a fantastic save in the 25th minute, when Damien Fowler sent off a good shot on target. After some careless play in the U21 Andorra defense, Ezequiel Calderón kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Santa Tecla. The U21 Andorra fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Santa Tecla should have stopped the shot. U21 Argentina's Nemesio Baladi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Damien Fowler in the 36th minute of play. 38 minutes had been played when some careless play by U21 Argentina's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Phil Vine was slow to take the kick. During this time U21 Andorra's players had a chance to rest. The corner led U21 Andorra's Phil Vine to fire away a dangerous shot which Nemesio Baladi despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. U21 Andorra's Santa Tecla played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ezequiel Calderón in the 41st minute of play. U21 Andorra's Javi Guerra suffered a concussion after 44 minutes and had to leave the field. Saturnino Honrio charged in rather forcefully in the 44th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Saturnino Honrio the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. U21 Andorra made a substitution. Ash Saville replaced Javi Guerra. A collision led to U21 Argentina getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Saturnino Honrio hit a great ball.

In the 53rd minute Damien Fowler shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nemesio Baladi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, U21 Andorra's Damien Fowler got a free kick in the 61st minute. With a little luck, U21 Andorra's Santa Tecla got control of the ball when Ezequiel Calderón tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 64th minute, U21 Argentina's Ezequiel Calderón ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Santa Tecla. Santa Tecla yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-3. U21 Argentina's Robert Lewandowski was substituted for Severiano Urbez. Nemesio Baladi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Darren Blewitt, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. Damien Fowler sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to U21 Andorra getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. Russ Griggs hit a great ball. U21 Argentina were furious when Gogo Oriol was red carded, 80 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. Nemesio Baladi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Darren Blewitt, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. Russ Griggs made in the 88th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Darren Blewitt immediately put the ball in play. In the 90th minute, Damien Fowler 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. Santa Tecla was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Karl-Michael Melander showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-4 in the 92 minute of play. Nemesio Baladi didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Darren Blewitt went, in the 95th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-4 was the resulting score. Nemesio Baladi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Damien Fowler, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.