National Team Friendly

National Stadium
Spectators: 10301 (Terracing: 7726, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Patrice Mothobi got the match started through his kick off. In the 5th minute, Ott Tajur ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Leslie Thebe was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Leslie Thebe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Taavet Vest in the 10th minute of the match. Leslie Thebe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Taavet Vest, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. Leslie Thebe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Taavet Vest, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. Leslie Thebe came out of the goal in the 18th minute to try and stop a shot by U21 Estonia's Taavet Vest. But to his dismay, Taavet Vest quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. After 22 minutes, Patrice Mothobi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the U21 South Africa and the U21 Estonia players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 22nd minute, Patrice Mothobi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to U21 Estonia getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Toomas Kaarna hit a great ball. Milton Mncube kicked well hit freekick during the 25th minute of the match. With a little luck, U21 Estonia's Margus Niilus got control of the ball when Patrice Mothobi tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Patrice Mothobi in the 30th minute of play forced U21 Estonia's goalkeeper Margus Niilus to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Margus Niilus showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Patrice Mothobi, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. Margus Niilus stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Milton Mncube's shot from short distance in the 35th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Taavet Vest in the 36th minute of play forced U21 South Africa's goalkeeper Leslie Thebe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Leslie Thebe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Taavet Vest in the 41st minute of the match. 41 minutes into the match, U21 South Africa's goal looked a bit too open when Taavet Vest came free, but Leslie Thebe reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 45th minute U21 South Africa were awarded a corner. Jomo Mahlangu went to the cornerflag to take it. A well-hit corner resulted in Nazeer Dinha heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Taavet Vest made the kick off in the second half. Raido Aas could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 60th minute of the match, but Leslie Thebe made a huge save. Margus Niilus showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Patrice Mothobi, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. In the 63rd minute of the match, Raido Aas got a very nice opportunity to score, but Leslie Thebe was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Leslie Thebe took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Taavet Vest, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. U21 South Africa's Leslie Thebe proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 66th minute of the match, managed to save U21 South Africa from getting a goal against them. Ott Tajur who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 66thth minute tested the skills of Leslie Thebe when he managed to save the team from getting behind. After having played for 67 minutes, Taavet Vest managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. U21 Estonia's supporters crossed their fingers, but Taavet Vest was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 73 minutes into the match, U21 Estonia's Taavet Vest sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Leslie Thebe narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 74th minute U21 Estonia were awarded a corner. Taavet Vest went to the cornerflag to take it. U21 South Africa's Leslie Thebe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Taavet Vest in the 76th minute of play. U21 South Africa's Leslie Thebe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Taavet Vest in the 83rd minute of play. In the 86th match minute, U21 Estonia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jack Madison to maneuver through the defense. 88 minutes into the match, U21 South Africa's goalkeeper Leslie Thebe had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Raido Aas. Taavet Vest succeeded in the game's 93rd minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-4. U21 Estonia played a much better game than U21 South Africa and deserved their victory. The U21 South Africa players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.