National Team Friendly

National Stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Dominick Antheunis got the match started through his kick off. Radamel Hendrickx came out of the goal in the 7th minute to try and stop a shot by U21 Netherlands's Immo Biela. But to his dismay, Immo Biela quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. In the 10th minute, Benny Van der Poorten hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Rik Stekelenburg didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Dominick Antheunis went, in the 13th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Rik Stekelenburg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Geert-Jan Coomans, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. In the 22ndth minute of the game Dominick Antheunis who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but U21 Netherlands's Rik Stekelenburg was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 24 played minutes U21 Netherlands got a freekick which was hit by Lucky Reinders. If Dominick Antheunis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Rik Stekelenburg made an important save on a dangerous shot by Dominick Antheunis in the 25th minute. Hette Reitsma scored 1-2 in the 27th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Radamel Hendrickx, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Rik Stekelenburg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dominick Antheunis, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. Radamel Hendrickx made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Immo Biela in the 33rd minute of play. Radamel Hendrickx showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Immo Biela, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. Radamel Hendrickx stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Immo Biela's shot from short distance in the 37th minute. U21 Netherlands's Rik Stekelenburg proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 41st minute of the match, managed to save U21 Netherlands from getting a goal against them. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

A collision led to U21 Belgium getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Nicolas Specht hit a great ball. 53 minutes into the match, U21 Netherlands's goal looked a bit too open when Dominick Antheunis came free, but Rik Stekelenburg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After having played for 61 minutes, Dominick Antheunis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. U21 Belgium's supporters crossed their fingers, but Dominick Antheunis 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 64th minute, Meindert Lyle hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dominick Antheunis might have been able to make a better finish in the 66th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Rik Stekelenburg. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Dominick Antheunis ran back to his position shaking his head. After a rather tough play, U21 Netherlands's Hette Reitsma got a free kick in the 69th minute. U21 Netherlands made a substitution. Lindi Zegers replaced Jelte Reitsma. Hette Reitsma hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. U21 Belgium made a substitution. Leopold Asselberghs replaced Dominick Antheunis. In the 77th minute Leopold Asselberghs shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rik Stekelenburg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to U21 Netherlands getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. Folkert Reitsma hit a great ball. Jelte van den Akker took the ball and in the 81 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Radamel Hendrickx. Radamel Hendrickx dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-3. 85 minutes into the match, U21 Belgium's goalkeeper Radamel Hendrickx had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Hette Reitsma. In the 87th minute, Leopold Asselberghs made a precise shot to the right of Rik Stekelenburg. U21 Netherlands's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-3. Radamel Hendrickx made an important save on a dangerous shot by Warman de Jager in the 91st minute. Rik Stekelenburg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leopold Asselberghs in the 94th minute of play. Leopold Asselberghs's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Rik Stekelenburg read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 96th minute of play. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.