Challenge

National Stadium
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Ruben Iglesias made the kick off which started today's match. The supporters of YerBaTerOs booed when U21 Andorra was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Brian Beadle didn't get a good kick on the ball. 4 minutes into the match, U21 Andorra's goal looked a bit too open when Ruben Iglesias came free, but Casey Orchard reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 15 minutes U21 Andorra's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Ascencio Puente who took care of the corner kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ruben Iglesias in the 17th minute of play forced U21 Andorra's goalkeeper Casey Orchard to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 23rd minute, Ruben Iglesias left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The YerBaTerOs fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. In the 28th minute of the match YerBaTerOs got a corner. U21 Andorra's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ascencio Puente ran over to the corner to take the kick. Ruben Iglesias kicked well hit freekick during the 28th minute of the match. Casey Orchard showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ruben Iglesias, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. YerBaTerOs's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Ascencio Puente in the 35th minute. The corner led to YerBaTerOs's Héctor Gordon getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Villegas Villagarcia made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Carlos Sainz in the 37th minute of play. Casey Orchard came out of the goal in the 39th minute to try and stop a shot by YerBaTerOs's Ruben Iglesias. But to his dismay, Ruben Iglesias quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Russ Griggs's late challenge caught a YerBaTerOs's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Russ Griggs helped the player get up and apologised. U21 Andorra's Eddy Lydiate was substituted for Charles Greenwood. YerBaTerOs made a substitution. Lucio Bruna replaced Héctor Gordon. The referee gave YerBaTerOs a penalty, 50 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Ascencio Puente, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of U21 Andorra's Casey Orchard. 0-3. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Casey Orchard made an important save on a dangerous shot by Loco Fondos in the 56th minute. Villegas Villagarcia made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adam Longley in the 57th minute of play. 59 minutes into the match, U21 Andorra's goalkeeper Casey Orchard had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Andres Anguciana. After 63 minutes YerBaTerOs's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Russ Griggs who took care of the corner kick. Russ Griggs kicked well hit freekick during the 64th minute of the match. 74 minutes had been played when some careless play by U21 Andorra's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ascencio Puente was slow to take the kick. During this time YerBaTerOs's players had a chance to rest. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Adam Longley in the 76th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Villegas Villagarcia prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Andres Anguciana could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 78th minute of the match, but Casey Orchard made a huge save. With a little luck, U21 Andorra's Casey Orchard got control of the ball when Andres Anguciana tried to sneak it across the goal line. 81 minutes into the match, YerBaTerOs's goal looked a bit too open when Scott Bradbury came free, but Villegas Villagarcia reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Eric Morgan hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. A hard shot by Ascencio Puente from long distance, 83 minutes into the match, got Casey Orchard's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Adam Longley in the 86th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Villegas Villagarcia prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Casey Orchard made an important save on a dangerous shot by Andres Anguciana in the 90th minute. Andres Anguciana who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 90thth minute tested the skills of Casey Orchard when he managed to save the team from getting behind. The supporters of YerBaTerOs booed when U21 Andorra was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 97 match minutes in a wonderful position. Adam Longley didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 98 played minutes YerBaTerOs got a freekick which was hit by Ascencio Puente. The U21 Andorra supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching YerBaTerOs's performance. The match ended with a win for YerBaTerOs.