National Stadium
Spectators: 10313 (Terracing: 7735,
Seating: 2372, VIP seats: 206) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Dominick Antheunis took the kick off in the first half of the match. U21 Poland's Peter-Michael Schmeichel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dominick Antheunis in the 4th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Dominick Antheunis in the 4th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Peter-Michael Schmeichel prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The audience was convinced that Florian De Werdt's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Peter-Michael Schmeichel was relentless in the 5th minute of the game. Peter-Michael Schmeichel made an important save on a dangerous shot by Dominick Antheunis in the 7th minute. Peter-Michael Schmeichel made a fantastic save in the 8th minute, when Geert-Jan Coomans sent off a good shot on target. A collision led to U21 Belgium getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Didac Vassaras hit a great ball. In the 11th minute, Bart-Jan Cornelis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 13 minutes into the match, U21 Poland's goalkeeper Peter-Michael Schmeichel had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Dominick Antheunis. When Dominick Antheunis came up free with the goalie in the 19th minute, the U21 Belgium 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 Dominick Antheunis couldn't finish the play. Harold Meys showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dominik Zawacki in the 26th minute of the match. 30 minutes into the match, Iwan Karanowski notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of U21 Belgium's Harold Meys. Harold Meys was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Harold Meys didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Iwan Karanowski went, in the 34th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. 37 minutes into the match, Dominick Antheunis dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Peter-Michael Schmeichel, 1-2. Dominick Antheunis blasted a shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Peter-Michael Schmeichel having to make a save. 47 minutes into the match, U21 Poland's goalkeeper Peter-Michael Schmeichel had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Dominick Antheunis. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.
When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Iwan Karanowski made a kick off. Peter-Michael Schmeichel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dominick Antheunis in the 50th minute of the match. Peter-Michael Schmeichel didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Dominick Antheunis went, in the 50th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. After a rather tough play, U21 Belgium's Florian De Werdt got a free kick in the 58th minute. The supporters of U21 Poland booed when U21 Belgium was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 62 match minutes in a wonderful position. David Leenknecht didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 64th minute Bart-Jan Cornelis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Peter-Michael Schmeichel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Bart-Jan Cornelis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Peter-Michael Schmeichel was relentless in the 64th minute of the game. After having played for 66 minutes, Dominick Antheunis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. U21 Belgium's supporters crossed their fingers, but Dominick Antheunis was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Harold Meys showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Iwan Karanowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. U21 Belgium's Harold Meys played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Teobald Hodas in the 69th minute of play. The supporters of U21 Belgium booed when U21 Poland was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Teobald Hodas didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, U21 Poland's Teobald Hodas got a free kick in the 72nd minute. 74 minutes into the match, Leopold Asselberghs had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Peter-Michael Schmeichel. U21 Poland's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Leopold Asselberghs was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-2. U21 Poland made a substitution. Szczepan Zbydniewski replaced Teobald Hodas. U21 Poland made a substitution. Kazimierz Madej replaced Iwan Karanowski. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Gilbert Barniszke during the 79th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Gilbert Barniszke hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leopold Asselberghs in the 81st minute of play forced U21 Poland's goalkeeper Peter-Michael Schmeichel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Benny Van der Poorten was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 81 minutes into the match. In the 82nd match minute, U21 Belgium was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Benny Van der Poorten to maneuver through the defense. U21 Belgium made a substitution. Tristan Adams replaced Florian De Werdt. With a little luck, U21 Belgium's Harold Meys got control of the ball when Szczepan Zbydniewski tried to sneak it across the goal line. U21 Belgium's Amaury Van den Berge suffered a sore thigh after 86 minutes and couldn't finish the game. Kazimierz Madej's late challenge caught a U21 Belgium's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Kazimierz Madej helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to U21 Poland getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. Kazimierz Madej hit a great ball. Kazimierz Madej came free with the goalkeeper in the 89th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Harold Meys could save by the left post. Kazimierz Madej might have been able to make a better finish in the 91st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Harold Meys. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Kazimierz Madej ran back to his position shaking his head. Harold Meys made a fantastic save in the 91st minute, when Kazimierz Madej sent off a good shot on target. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.
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