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. Vencel Pápai started the match with the kick off. U21 Italy's defense didn't have a chance, in the 2nd minute, when Vencel Pápai scored to the left of an out of position Sancho Vesel, making the score, 1-0. Géza Vlaszák showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Giampaolo Pazzini in the 14th minute of the match. U21 Hungary's Géza Vlaszák played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Giampaolo Pazzini in the 16th minute of play. In the 17th minute Vencel Pápai shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sancho Vesel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Géza Vlaszák showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristiano Ramundo in the 18th minute of the match. Géza Vlaszák took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristiano Ramundo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, U21 Italy's Sancho Vesel got control of the ball when Vencel Pápai tried to sneak it across the goal line. 26 minutes had been played when some careless play by U21 Italy's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Dominik Szoboszlai was slow to take the kick. During this time U21 Hungary's players had a chance to rest. The corner led U21 Hungary's Dominik Szoboszlai to fire away a dangerous shot which Sancho Vesel despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Géza Vlaszák made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Giampaolo Pazzini in the 31st minute of play. Sancho Vesel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Krisztián Albert in the 32nd minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Vencel Pápai during the 33rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 34 played minutes U21 Hungary got a freekick which was hit by Vencel Pápai. Géza Vlaszák showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Giampaolo Pazzini, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. The supporters of U21 Hungary booed when U21 Italy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cristoforo Grandis didn't get a good kick on the ball. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Cristiano Ramundo to strike the kick off in the second half. U21 Italy's Sancho Vesel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gergő Tisza in the 52nd minute of play. Sancho Vesel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gergő Tisza, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. After 54 played minutes U21 Hungary got a freekick which was hit by József Varsányi. Géza Vlaszák acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 55th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Donato Berardi. Géza Vlaszák made a fantastic save in the 57th minute, when Carlos-Armando Valderrama sent off a good shot on target. Géza Vlaszák took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Carlos-Armando Valderrama, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Through an outstanding action, after 59 minutes, Géza Vlaszák successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vencel Pápai in the 61st minute of play forced U21 Italy's goalkeeper Sancho Vesel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristiano Ramundo in the 62nd minute of play forced U21 Hungary's goalkeeper Géza Vlaszák to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 64th minute, Vencel Pápai left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The U21 Hungary fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. U21 Hungary made a substitution. Károly Bodrogi replaced Renátó Csorba. U21 Hungary's Rómeó Végvári was substituted for Krisztián Albert. Giampaolo Pazzini could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 68th minute of the match, but Géza Vlaszák made a huge save. U21 Hungary's Géza Vlaszák played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristiano Ramundo in the 69th minute of play. U21 Hungary's Géza Vlaszák proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 72nd minute of the match, managed to save U21 Hungary from getting a goal against them. Masao Tachibana could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 73rd minute of the match, but Géza Vlaszák made a huge save. Géza Vlaszák made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristiano Ramundo in the 75th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vencel Pápai in the 76th minute of play forced U21 Italy's goalkeeper Sancho Vesel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 78th minute, Cristiano Ramundo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Géza Vlaszák was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Károly Bodrogi in the 83rd minute of play forced U21 Italy's goalkeeper Sancho Vesel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vencel Pápai in the 84th minute of play forced U21 Italy's goalkeeper Sancho Vesel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sancho Vesel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rómeó Végvári, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. Carlos-Armando Valderrama hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. Sancho Vesel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Károly Bodrogi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. U21 Hungary's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.