National Team Friendly

National stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Martin Rutsch started the match with the kick off. After 4 minutes of play, Netherlands's Frenkie de Jong made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Kim-André van der Schans was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 9 minutes of play, Netherlands's Frenkie de Jong made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Kim-André van der Schans was left in no man's land by his defense there! 13 minutes into the match, Netherlands's goalkeeper Tadej Pogačar had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gutierre Lauri. Netherlands's Tadej Pogačar proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 13th minute of the match, managed to save Netherlands from getting a goal against them. In the 19th minute Adrien Amrein shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tadej Pogačar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Heiko Sibon had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Kim-André van der Schans made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ernst Melis in the 28th minute of play. 29 minutes had been played when some careless play by Switzerland's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Marick Brunt was slow to take the kick. During this time Netherlands's players had a chance to rest. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adrien Amrein in the 33rd minute of play forced Netherlands's goalkeeper Tadej Pogačar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee felt a red card was in order, 34 minutes into the game, when Donald Spoel put in a rough tackle. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 34th minute of the game. One of Netherlands:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Switzerland:s goal. Gutierre Lauri shot the penalty kick right outside the post. 40 minutes into the match, Netherlands's goalkeeper Tadej Pogačar had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gutierre Lauri. Netherlands's Tadej Pogačar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gutierre Lauri in the 45th minute of play.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Heiko Sibon to make the kick off. Tadej Pogačar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Martin Rutsch, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Heiko Sibon had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Switzerland's Lasse Mastroiacovo was substituted for Gianni Giammarino. Switzerland's Diego Marthaler was substituted for Ronald Bucheli. Martin Rutsch took the ball and in the 73 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Tadej Pogačar. Tadej Pogačar dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. After 81 minutes, Nathaniel Ochsner mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Switzerland and the Netherlands players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 81st match minute, Switzerland was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nathaniel Ochsner to maneuver through the defense. Alejandro dos Santos hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. Clifford Heggli made in the 88th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Gutierre Lauri however managed to control. Kim-André van der Schans took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Heiko Sibon, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Netherlands's Tadej Pogačar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adrien Amrein in the 94th minute of play.