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. Mattijs Kloots started the match with the kick off. 7 minutes into the match, U21 Belgium's goal looked a bit too open when Roelof Molenaar came free, but Dyllan Cools reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dyllan Cools took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Roelof Molenaar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Fre Uyterhelcht recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 13th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After a rather tough play, U21 Netherlands's Hugo Andriessen got a free kick in the 14th minute. 18 minutes into the match, U21 Belgium's goal looked a bit too open when Klaas Jan Mol came free, but Dyllan Cools reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dyllan Cools showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Klaas Jan Mol in the 19th minute of the match. 26 minutes into the game, U21 Netherlands's Robert Collen nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Dyllan Cools made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Roelof Molenaar in the 30th minute of play forced U21 Belgium's goalkeeper Dyllan Cools to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 33rd minute, Hugo Andriessen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dyllan Cools showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Robert Collen in the 39th minute of the match. U21 Belgium's Dyllan Cools played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ferry Hebels in the 41st minute of play. 42 minutes into the match, Klaas Jan Mol had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dyllan Cools. U21 Belgium's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Klaas Jan Mol was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. After 45 played minutes U21 Netherlands got a freekick which was hit by Roelof Molenaar. In the 48th match minute, U21 Belgium was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Roben Soens to maneuver through the defense. The U21 Belgium players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. U21 Netherlands were winning 0-2.
With an all-out effort, U21 Netherlands's Dyllan Cools threw himself towards the right post 52 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Klaas Jan Mol, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. The supporters of U21 Belgium booed when U21 Netherlands was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 58 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ferry Hebels didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Garry Brabant in the 61st minute of play forced U21 Netherlands's goalkeeper Dennis Beerthuis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dyllan Cools was out of position in the 62 minute of play, and Klaas Jan Mol capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Klaas Jan Mol really showed his touch with that goal: 0-3. 65 minutes into the match, U21 Belgium's goal looked a bit too open when Klaas Jan Mol came free, but Dyllan Cools reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ferry Hebels in the 68th minute of play forced U21 Belgium's goalkeeper Dyllan Cools to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dyllan Cools showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Robert Collen in the 70th minute of the match. 73 minutes into the match, U21 Belgium's goal looked a bit too open when Klaas Jan Mol came free, but Dyllan Cools reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dyllan Cools showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Klaas Jan Mol in the 74th minute of the match. 75 minutes into the game, U21 Netherlands's Roelof Molenaar nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Dyllan Cools made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-4. After some fancy dribbling in the 82nd minute, Ferry Hebels managed to get in a good position for a shot. U21 Netherlands's supporters rose to their feet, but Ferry Hebels was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Dyllan Cools breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Roelof Molenaar succeeded in the game's 83rd minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-5. 88 minutes into the match, U21 Belgium's goal looked a bit too open when Klaas Jan Mol came free, but Dyllan Cools reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 90th minute Robert Collen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dyllan Cools saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. U21 Belgium's Dyllan Cools played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Robert Collen in the 92nd minute of play. Hugo Andriessen hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. U21 Netherlands's Dennis Beerthuis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mattijs Kloots in the 95th minute of play.
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