National Team Friendly

National Stadium
Spectators: 10365 (Terracing: 7774, Seating: 2384, VIP seats: 207) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Jacky Wijgaert started the match with the kick off. Rolf De Winter made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leonardo Millrick in the 3rd minute of play. U21 Argentina's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Vicente Cristofor in the 4th minute. The corner led U21 Argentina's Vicente Cristofor to fire away a dangerous shot which Rolf De Winter despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Bona Dios made in the 10th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by U21 Belgium's Thierry Reijnders. Jelle Van Damme made in the 14th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by U21 Argentina's Brian Zayas. Jelle Van Damme kicked well hit freekick during the 15th minute of the match. 28 minutes into the match, U21 Argentina's goal looked a bit too open when Christian Steenbecks came free, but Modesto Remigio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A nice corner shot did that Roland Leyman got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Modesto Remigio quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Roland Leyman struck a weak shot in the 31st minute. Modesto Remigio didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for U21 Belgium. Modesto Remigio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Christian Steenbecks, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. 35 minutes into the match, U21 Argentina's goal looked a bit too open when Christian Steenbecks came free, but Modesto Remigio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 41st minute, U21 Argentina's Nereo Karlo dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. Rolf De Winter showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leonardo Millrick in the 44th minute of the match. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The wind increased when Nereo Karlo made the kick off in the second half. Jacky Wijgaert hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. A collision led to U21 Belgium getting a freekick after 59 minutes play. Jacky Wijgaert hit a great ball. The supporters of U21 Argentina booed when U21 Belgium was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 59 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vincent Kompany didn't get a good kick on the ball. Rolf De Winter showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vicente Cristofor, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. Rolf De Winter didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Leonardo Millrick went, in the 65th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. U21 Argentina made a substitution. Victorino Astrada replaced Nereo Karlo. After 73 minutes U21 Belgium's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Vicente Cristofor who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Vicente Cristofor got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Rolf De Winter quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After a rather tough play, U21 Argentina's Victorino Astrada got a free kick in the 74th minute. In the 79th minute, Bona Dios hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gonzalo Ugutz in the 81st minute of play forced U21 Belgium's goalkeeper Rolf De Winter to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Modesto Remigio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roland Leyman, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Christian Steenbecks in the 86th minute of play forced U21 Argentina's goalkeeper Modesto Remigio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 88 played minutes U21 Argentina got a freekick which was hit by Bona Dios. 94 minutes had been played when some careless play by U21 Belgium's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Vicente Cristofor was slow to take the kick. During this time U21 Argentina's players had a chance to rest. With his leg Modesto Remigio managed to avoid a goal in the 96thth minute, when U21 Belgium's Christian Steenbecks fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The U21 Argentina fans cheered their team off the field, for while U21 Belgium had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.