National Team Friendly

National Stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) U21 Belgium's Joško Van Landschoot started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Gabriel Van Dyck showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Klaas Jan Mol, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. The supporters of U21 Netherlands booed when U21 Belgium was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Adem Soyyiğit didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dave Bense in the 6th minute of play forced U21 Belgium's goalkeeper Gabriel Van Dyck to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 9th minute, U21 Netherlands's Hugo Andriessen seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Hugo Andriessen the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of U21 Netherlands protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Hugo Andriessen had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. When U21 Belgium's Joško Van Landschoot in the 14th minute got a chance for a shot 14th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye U21 Netherlands's goalie prevented a goal. 25 minutes into the match, U21 Belgium's goal looked a bit too open when Dave Bense came free, but Gabriel Van Dyck reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Robert Collen in the 26th minute of play forced U21 Belgium's goalkeeper Gabriel Van Dyck to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Joško Van Landschoot sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 33rd minute, Thiago van Beek hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gabriel Van Dyck 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 39th minute. 41 minutes into the match, U21 Belgium's goal looked a bit too open when Roelof Molenaar came free, but Gabriel Van Dyck reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Marnix Mastebroek during the 46th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 47th minute, Marnix Mastebroek hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Robert Collen to make the kick off. After having played for 52 minutes, Robert Collen managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. U21 Netherlands's supporters crossed their fingers, but Robert Collen was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. A collision led to U21 Belgium getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Jimmy Hollants hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, U21 Belgium's Jimmy Hollants got a free kick in the 55th minute. Gabriel Van Dyck showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marnix Mastebroek, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. U21 Belgium's Joško Van Landschoot got a good chance for a goal in the 57th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. U21 Belgium's attentive Adem Soyyiğit managed to snatch the ball when Ted Fokkelman made a throw-in in the 59th minute of the game. Joško Van Landschoot took the ball and in the 62 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Dennis Beerthuis. Dennis Beerthuis dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. The audience thought a goal was coming when Roelof Molenaar got free with Gabriel Van Dyck in the 65th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 67th minute Robert Collen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gabriel Van Dyck saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dennis Beerthuis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joško Van Landschoot, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dennis Beerthuis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joško Van Landschoot in the 79th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Joško Van Landschoot in the 79th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Dennis Beerthuis saved U21 Netherlands from getting behind. Dennis Beerthuis came out of the goal in the 84th minute to try and stop a shot by U21 Belgium's Joško Van Landschoot. But to his dismay, Joško Van Landschoot quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-0. Dennis Beerthuis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joško Van Landschoot, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gabriel Van Dyck took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Robert Collen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Robert Collen'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. Robert Collen helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, U21 Netherlands's Robert Collen got a free kick in the 93rd minute. U21 Belgium were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of U21 Netherlands for a fine match.