National Team Friendly

National Stadium
Spectators: 10313 (Terracing: 7735, Seating: 2372, VIP seats: 206) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Bastiaan Van Mellart kicked off to start the match. In the 4th match minute, U21 Netherlands was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Spas Spitzmüller to maneuver through the defense. In the 6th minute Levi Schaap shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Julius Kerkhofs saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the U21 Belgium defense, Cees Remmelts kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Julius Kerkhofs. The U21 Belgium fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Julius Kerkhofs should have stopped the shot. Through an outstanding action, after 14 minutes, Anton Davids successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bastiaan Van Mellart in the 17th minute of play forced U21 Netherlands's goalkeeper Anton Davids to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the U21 Belgium defense, Spas Spitzmüller kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Julius Kerkhofs. The U21 Belgium fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Julius Kerkhofs should have stopped the shot. Julius Kerkhofs took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Levi Schaap, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nick Le Lion got free with Anton Davids in the 24th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Anton Davids took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bastiaan Van Mellart, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Bastiaan Van Mellart sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Julius Kerkhofs made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cees Remmelts in the 36th minute of play. After 42 played minutes U21 Netherlands got a freekick which was hit by Jan-Joost Dekens. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Spas Spitzmüller to make the kick off. In the 53rd match minute, U21 Belgium was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gwenn Heremans to maneuver through the defense. Levi Schaap fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Julius Kerkhofs having to interfere. In the 55th play minute Cees Remmelts came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Julius Kerkhofs. 0-3. The audience thought a goal was coming when Levi Schaap got free with Julius Kerkhofs in the 59th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. U21 Netherlands's Anton Davids played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gwenn Heremans in the 66th minute of play. 69 minutes into the match, Gwenn Heremans notched a goal, 1-3, to the right of U21 Netherlands's Anton Davids. Anton Davids was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The supporters of U21 Netherlands booed when U21 Belgium was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ian De Worteleer didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 78th minute, Spas Spitzmüller hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Anton Davids took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gwenn Heremans, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Bastiaan Van Mellart's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Anton Davids was relentless in the 88th minute of the game. Julius Kerkhofs showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Levi Schaap in the 90th minute of the match. In the 93rd match minute, U21 Netherlands was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Levi Schaap to maneuver through the defense. The U21 Belgium fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. U21 Netherlands were clearly better and deserved to take the win.