National Stadium
Spectators: 13604 (Terracing: 10000,
Seating: 3316, VIP seats: 288) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Ed Seinstra got the match started through his kick off. Carsten Maurits showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Enrique Ferreira in the 3rd minute of the match. 9 minutes into the match, U21 Brazil's goal looked a bit too open when Henk Hoebe came free, but Michel Neuer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 14 minutes into the match, Ruud Geels notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of U21 Brazil's Michel Neuer. Michel Neuer was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Michel Neuer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ed Seinstra in the 21st minute of the match. 23 minutes into the match, U21 Brazil's goal looked a bit too open when Ruud Geels came free, but Michel Neuer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. U21 Netherlands's Carsten Maurits played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Enrique Ferreira in the 25th minute of play. Ed Seinstra scored 2-1 in the 28th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Michel Neuer, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 32 played minutes Ed Seinstra rounded U21 Brazil's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 3-1. U21 Brazil made a substitution. Murilo Maranhense replaced Lionel Messias. U21 Brazil's Dan Dal Bello was substituted for Constantin-Maximilian Vennegoor Of Hesselink. Carsten Maurits showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dan Dal Bello, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. Ed Seinstra received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 47th minute. Michel Neuer tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.
The wind increased when Endrik Halland made the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes into the match, U21 Brazil's goal looked a bit too open when Erik Salens came free, but Michel Neuer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 54 minutes U21 Brazil's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Nico-Jan Pruischer who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Nico-Jan Pruischer almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but U21 Brazil's Michel Neuer did a great save. The supporters of U21 Brazil booed when U21 Netherlands was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Erik Salens didn't get a good kick on the ball. U21 Netherlands's Carsten Maurits played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dan Dal Bello in the 57th minute of play. U21 Netherlands's Carsten Maurits played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dan Dal Bello in the 57th minute of play. Endrik Halland could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 61st minute of the match, but Carsten Maurits made a huge save. 67 minutes into the match, Dan Dal Bello had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Carsten Maurits. U21 Netherlands's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Dan Dal Bello was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-2. U21 Netherlands made a substitution. Edgar Baan replaced Donald Hoiting. U21 Netherlands's Jasper Staarman was substituted for Ed Seinstra. U21 Netherlands's Henny de Zeeuw was substituted for Nico-Jan Pruischer. U21 Netherlands's Carsten Maurits proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 73rd minute of the match, managed to save U21 Netherlands from getting a goal against them. Michel Neuer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Henk Hoebe, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. In the 78th minute Henk Hoebe shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Michel Neuer saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Michel Neuer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jasper Staarman, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. In the 81st minute Jasper Staarman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Michel Neuer saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Carsten Maurits took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dan Dal Bello, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the U21 Brazil defense, Jasper Staarman kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Michel Neuer. The U21 Brazil fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Michel Neuer should have stopped the shot. Enrique Ferreira could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 87th minute of the match, but Carsten Maurits made a huge save. U21 Netherlands's Carsten Maurits proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 88th minute of the match, managed to save U21 Netherlands from getting a goal against them. Erik Salens kicked well hit freekick during the 90th minute of the match. In the 90th minute of the match Enrique Ferreira sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Carsten Maurits skillfully saved the ball. After having played for 92 minutes, Jasper Staarman managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. U21 Netherlands's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jasper Staarman was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Michel Neuer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ruud Geels, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. After a rather tough play, U21 Brazil's Kaká MacAlister got a free kick in the 94th minute. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. U21 Netherlands fully deserved thier win.
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