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Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) Robert Collen made the kick off and thus started the match. 13 minutes into the game, Klaas Jan Mol was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. U21 Netherlands's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave U21 Belgium the free kick. A collision led to U21 Netherlands getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Klaas Jan Mol hit a great ball. Dennis Beerthuis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Armand Hemeleers in the 14th minute of the match. Sammy Candries showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Robert Collen, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. Dennis Beerthuis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Armand Hemeleers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 24thth minute of the game Roelof Molenaar who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but U21 Belgium's Sammy Candries was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Sammy Candries took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Klaas Jan Mol, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 26th minute Robert Collen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sammy Candries saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 31st minute, Robert Collen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 38th minute, Klaas Jan Mol left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The U21 Netherlands fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. After some careless play in the U21 Belgium defense, Robert Collen kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Sammy Candries. The U21 Belgium fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Sammy Candries should have stopped the shot. Sammy Candries stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Robert Collen's shot from short distance in the 48th minute. When the match clock showed 48 minutes, the score became 0-4 when Robert Collen sped through U21 Belgium's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Sammy Candries. The U21 Belgium players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. U21 Netherlands were winning 0-4.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Fre De Beer was the one to do the kick off. In the 54th minute of the match, Klaas Jan Mol tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Sammy Candries saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. 57 minutes into the match, U21 Belgium's goal looked a bit too open when Klaas Jan Mol came free, but Sammy Candries reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. U21 Belgium's Fre De Beer got a good chance for a goal in the 58th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 61 minutes into the match, U21 Belgium's goal looked a bit too open when Robert Collen came free, but Sammy Candries reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sammy Candries made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ferry Hebels in the 62nd minute. Fre De Beer fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dennis Beerthuis having to interfere. Sammy Candries was out of position in the 76 minute of play, and Klaas Jan Mol capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Klaas Jan Mol really showed his touch with that goal: 0-6. Sammy Candries showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Robert Collen in the 78th minute of the match. 79 minutes into the match, U21 Belgium's goalkeeper Sammy Candries had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Roelof Molenaar. In the 84th minute Robert Collen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sammy Candries saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. U21 Belgium's Sammy Candries played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Robert Collen in the 84th minute of play. Sammy Candries showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Robert Collen, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. Sammy Candries made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dries Bogaard in the 87th minute of play. Lukas Stuijckens kicked well hit freekick during the 88th minute of the match. 89 minutes into the match, U21 Belgium's goalkeeper Sammy Candries had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Roelof Molenaar. U21 Netherlands's Dennis Beerthuis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Armand Hemeleers in the 92nd minute of play. U21 Belgium's Sammy Candries proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 93rd minute of the match, managed to save U21 Belgium from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Robert Collen in the 96th minute of play forced U21 Belgium's goalkeeper Sammy Candries to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 98th minute Ferry Hebels shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sammy Candries saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 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.