National Team Friendly

National Stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) U21 Honduras's Rafael Palencia started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 5 minutes into the match, U21 South Korea's goalkeeper 유 길 had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ivan Padilla. Orlando Ruiz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 조 사공 in the 11th minute of the match. 16 minutes into the match, 조 사공 had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Orlando Ruiz. U21 Honduras's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that 조 사공 was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. Rafael Palencia could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 19th minute of the match, but 유 길 made a huge save. In the 23rd minute 김 안 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Orlando Ruiz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 27th match minute, U21 Honduras was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jairo Navas to maneuver through the defense. In the 28thth minute of the game 김 근 who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but U21 Honduras's Orlando Ruiz was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 31 minutes into the game, U21 South Korea's 김 근 nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Orlando Ruiz made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Rafael Palencia during the 35th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, U21 Honduras's Rafael Palencia got a free kick in the 36th minute. 김 석 took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 36th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Orlando Ruiz. U21 Honduras's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Rafael Palencia got free with 유 길 in the 38th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With a little luck, U21 South Korea's 유 길 got control of the ball when Rafael Palencia tried to sneak it across the goal line. After some careless play in the U21 South Korea defense, Rafael Palencia kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of 유 길. The U21 South Korea fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that 유 길 should have stopped the shot.

An unexpectedly hard shot by 조 사공 in the 54th minute of play forced U21 Honduras's goalkeeper Orlando Ruiz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Orlando Ruiz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 조 사공 in the 57th minute of play. After a rather tough play, U21 Honduras's Ivan Padilla got a free kick in the 58th minute. Orlando Ruiz stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of 김 근's shot from short distance in the 60th minute. 유 길 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rafael Palencia in the 62nd minute of play. Ivan Padilla received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. 유 길 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 67 minutes into the match, U21 South Korea's goal looked a bit too open when Rafael Palencia came free, but 유 길 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lee Kang in the 68th minute of play forced U21 Honduras's goalkeeper Orlando Ruiz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Orlando Ruiz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lee Kang, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd rose to their feet as 김 근 kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Orlando Ruiz. That made the score 2-3 in the 77 minute of play. U21 South Korea made a substitution. Park Jíša replaced 김 근. U21 Honduras's Raúl Asad was substituted for Mauro Rey. After 81 played minutes U21 Honduras got a freekick which was hit by Angel Quijada. U21 Honduras's Orlando Ruiz proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 83rd minute of the match, managed to save U21 Honduras from getting a goal against them. Iago Aspas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Orlando Ruiz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. U21 Honduras's Orlando Ruiz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 박 십 in the 87th minute of play. The supporters of U21 Honduras booed when U21 South Korea was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lee Kang didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 95 minutes U21 Honduras's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was 김 석 who took care of the corner kick. The corner led U21 South Korea's 김 석 to fire away a dangerous shot which Orlando Ruiz despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. U21 South Korea's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.