National Team Friendly

National Stadium
Spectators: 10305 (Terracing: 7729, Seating: 2370, VIP seats: 206) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Metin-Oktay Sönmez made the kick off which started today's match. Rupert Sutton made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vladimír Altman in the 5th minute of play. 7 minutes had been played when some careless play by U21 Canada's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Roland Zezulka was slow to take the kick. During this time U21 Czech Republic's players had a chance to rest. U21 Czech Republic's Roland Zezulka was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Rupert Sutton in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Jiří Hejda showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Metin-Oktay Sönmez, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. The corner led U21 Canada's Troy Holmes to fire away a dangerous shot which Jiří Hejda despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. If Metin-Oktay Sönmez had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 12th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Jiří Hejda made an important save on a dangerous shot by Metin-Oktay Sönmez in the 12th minute. If Metin-Oktay Sönmez had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Rupert Sutton made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Saša Jaroševskis in the 23rd minute of play. With a little luck, U21 Czech Republic's Jiří Hejda got control of the ball when Metin-Oktay Sönmez tried to sneak it across the goal line. Brent Ring could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 33rd minute of the match, but Jiří Hejda made a huge save. Vladimír Altman kicked well hit freekick during the 36th minute of the match. In the 44th minute Metin-Oktay Sönmez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jiří Hejda saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

U21 Canada made a substitution. Humberto Velasquez replaced Brent Ring. Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Nikolaj Ovesný to make the kick off. In the 56th minute, Metin-Oktay Sönmez ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jiří Hejda was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Metin-Oktay Sönmez in the 60th minute of play forced U21 Czech Republic's goalkeeper Jiří Hejda to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the U21 Czech Republic defense, Metin-Oktay Sönmez kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jiří Hejda. The U21 Czech Republic fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jiří Hejda should have stopped the shot. In the 69th minute, Metin-Oktay Sönmez made a precise shot to the right of Jiří Hejda. U21 Czech Republic's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-0. Jiří Hejda showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Metin-Oktay Sönmez in the 73rd minute of the match. Metin-Oktay Sönmez took the ball and in the 74 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jiří Hejda. Jiří Hejda dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-0. The audience was convinced that Metin-Oktay Sönmez's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jiří Hejda was relentless in the 79th minute of the game. After a rather tough play, U21 Czech Republic's Jan Rosol got a free kick in the 83rd minute. Nikolaj Ovesný could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 85th minute of the match, but Rupert Sutton made a huge save. Metin-Oktay Sönmez blasted a shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Jiří Hejda having to make a save. In the 92nd match minute, U21 Canada was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Buck Richards to maneuver through the defense. The referee felt a red card was in order, 95 minutes into the game, when George Ellis put in a rough tackle. U21 Canada walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.