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. Vitor Senqui started the match with the kick off. 3 minutes into the match, U21 Brazil's goal looked a bit too open when Vitor Senqui came free, but Michel Neuer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 5th match minute, U21 Brazil was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kaká MacAlister to maneuver through the defense. 7 minutes into the match, U21 Brazil's goalkeeper Michel Neuer had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Franco Viso. 13 minutes into the match, Constantin-Maximilian Vennegoor Of Hesselink had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Julian De La Rosa-Zevallos. U21 Ecuador's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Constantin-Maximilian Vennegoor Of Hesselink was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Enrique Ferreira in the 16th minute of play forced U21 Ecuador's goalkeeper Julian De La Rosa-Zevallos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Julian De La Rosa-Zevallos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Enrique Ferreira, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Franco Viso got free with Michel Neuer in the 20th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Julian De La Rosa-Zevallos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Endrik Halland in the 22nd minute of the match. 24 minutes into the match, U21 Ecuador's goal looked a bit too open when Enrique Ferreira came free, but Julian De La Rosa-Zevallos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 26th minute of the match, Franco Viso got a very nice opportunity to score, but Michel Neuer was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Fabian Sopena was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 32 minutes into the match. Fabian Sopena hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. U21 Ecuador's Lisandro Feliz was substituted for Vitor Senqui. After a rather tough play, U21 Ecuador's Fabian Sopena got a free kick in the 34th minute. Julian De La Rosa-Zevallos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bebeto Branco in the 34th minute of the match. Lisandro Feliz's late challenge caught a U21 Brazil's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Lisandro Feliz helped the player get up and apologised. After 35 played minutes U21 Ecuador got a freekick which was hit by Lisandro Feliz. 41 minutes into the match, Endrik Halland notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of U21 Ecuador's Julian De La Rosa-Zevallos. Julian De La Rosa-Zevallos was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 44 minutes into the match, Enrique Ferreira had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Julian De La Rosa-Zevallos. U21 Ecuador's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Enrique Ferreira was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-4 lead.

U21 Ecuador made a substitution. Diego Di Maria replaced Matías Oyola. U21 Ecuador made a substitution. Villafuerte Aramoyana replaced Franco Viso. The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Constantin-Maximilian Vennegoor Of Hesselink stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Villafuerte Aramoyana blasted a shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Michel Neuer having to make a save. U21 Ecuador's Julian De La Rosa-Zevallos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Constantin-Maximilian Vennegoor Of Hesselink in the 55th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sílvio Luís Breckenfeld in the 56th minute of play forced U21 Ecuador's goalkeeper Julian De La Rosa-Zevallos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, U21 Brazil's Ricardo Araujo got a free kick in the 58th minute. A collision led to U21 Ecuador getting a freekick after 59 minutes play. Lisandro Feliz hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, U21 Brazil's Bebeto Branco got a free kick in the 62nd minute. U21 Brazil made a substitution. Lionel Messias replaced Enrique Ferreira. Michel Neuer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Villafuerte Aramoyana in the 64th minute of the match. When Villafuerte Aramoyana came up free with the goalie in the 72nd minute, the U21 Ecuador fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Villafuerte Aramoyana couldn't finish the play. When the match had gone on for 75 minutes, Dan Dal Bello took a quick shot and it went in 0-5 without a chance for Julian De La Rosa-Zevallos to make any attempt to save it. After 82 minutes U21 Ecuador's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Bebeto Branco who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Bebeto Branco got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Julian De La Rosa-Zevallos quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 84th match minute, U21 Brazil was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dan Dal Bello to maneuver through the defense. Julian De La Rosa-Zevallos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lionel Messias, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. 86 minutes into the match, U21 Brazil's goal looked a bit too open when Segundo Balaunde came free, but Michel Neuer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Julian De La Rosa-Zevallos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lionel Messias in the 94th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, U21 Brazil's Kaká MacAlister got a free kick in the 96th minute. The U21 Brazil supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing U21 Brazil would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.