National Team Friendly

National Stadium
Spectators: 10301 (Terracing: 7726, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) U21 Switzerland's Salomon Känel 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Philibert Van Bever in the 7th minute of play forced U21 Switzerland's goalkeeper Timon Buffon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Brent Demeyer scored 0-1 in the 9th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Timon Buffon, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Timon Buffon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Brent Demeyer in the 15th minute of the match. In the 18th minute the ball was on its way in behind U21 Switzerland's goalkeeper Timon Buffon, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Philibert Van Bever sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Robai Julius von Fallersleben received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Diederick Boffin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in U21 Switzerland's zone, Brent Demeyer stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Timon Buffon came out of the goal and Brent Demeyer tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 29th minute Brent Demeyer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Timon Buffon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Di But kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Brent Demeyer's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Timon Buffon was relentless in the 36th minute of the game. The audience was convinced that Brent Demeyer's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Timon Buffon was relentless in the 39th minute of the game. 40 minutes into the game, Brent Demeyer cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Timon Buffon was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Timon Buffon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Brent Demeyer, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. U21 Belgium's Diederick Boffin proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 46th minute of the match, managed to save U21 Belgium from getting a goal against them. After the first half U21 Belgium were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

After having played for 51 minutes, Salomon Känel managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. U21 Switzerland's supporters crossed their fingers, but Salomon Känel was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 54th minute, Di But got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Timon Buffon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Brent Demeyer, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. Timon Buffon made a fantastic save in the 57th minute, when Brent Demeyer sent off a good shot on target. In the 59th minute Joe Schmidlin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Diederick Boffin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 61 played minutes U21 Belgium got a freekick which was hit by Bill De Hond. An unexpectedly hard shot by Brent Demeyer in the 63rd minute of play forced U21 Switzerland's goalkeeper Timon Buffon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. U21 Belgium's Samson Gert was substituted for Alek Leers. U21 Belgium's Jeffery De kaiser was substituted for Willy Van Campenhout. U21 Switzerland's Timon Buffon played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jan-Joost Declerck in the 74th minute of play. After 82 played minutes U21 Belgium got a freekick which was hit by Jeffery De kaiser. Diederick Boffin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Robai Julius von Fallersleben in the 87th minute of play. Jan-Joost Declerck's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Timon Buffon read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 93rd minute of play.