National Stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725,
Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) Iker Carabajal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Klaas Jan Mol in the 4th minute of the match. In the 7th minute, Philipp Raemakers 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. Iker Carabajal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Klaas Jan Mol in the 8th minute of the match. Iker Carabajal took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Klaas Jan Mol, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 11 minutes into the game, Billy Meeus was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. U21 Belgium's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave U21 Netherlands the free kick. Billy Meeus kicked well hit freekick during the 11th minute of the match. U21 Belgium's Iker Carabajal played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Robert Collen in the 12th minute of play. Iker Carabajal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Robert Collen in the 14th minute of play. 17 minutes into the game, Samuel Adams was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. U21 Belgium's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave U21 Netherlands the free kick. Iker Carabajal showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Klaas Jan Mol, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. U21 Belgium's Iker Carabajal played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Klaas Jan Mol in the 21st minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Klaas Jan Mol in the 21st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Iker Carabajal prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 23 played minutes U21 Belgium got a freekick which was hit by Emilijano Mpenza. Iker Carabajal showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marnix Mastebroek, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. Iker Carabajal didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Robert Collen went, in the 26th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Iker Carabajal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Klaas Jan Mol in the 29th minute of play. Robert Collen took the ball and in the 31 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Iker Carabajal. Iker Carabajal dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. A collision led to U21 Belgium getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Philipp Raemakers hit a great ball. 35 minutes into the match, U21 Belgium's goal looked a bit too open when Klaas Jan Mol came free, but Iker Carabajal reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Iker Carabajal showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Klaas Jan Mol, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. U21 Belgium's Iker Carabajal played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Klaas Jan Mol in the 39th minute of play. 41 minutes into the match, U21 Belgium's goal looked a bit too open when Robert Collen came free, but Iker Carabajal reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ted Fokkelman hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. After 43 played minutes, U21 Belgium's Billy Meeus shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Dennis Beerthuis came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in U21 Belgium reached it. 44 minutes into the match, U21 Belgium's goal looked a bit too open when Robert Collen came free, but Iker Carabajal reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.
Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Robert Collen to make the kick off. In the 51st minute, Roelof Molenaar ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Iker Carabajal was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. The crowd rose to their feet as U21 Netherlands's Ferry Hebels slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Iker Carabajal. That made the score 0-4 after 55 minutes of play. Klaas Jan Mol received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Iker Carabajal came out and tried to block the shot, but Klaas Jan Mol slotted it home off the left post making it 0-5 in the 58th minute. Iker Carabajal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Robert Collen in the 61st minute of play. Iker Carabajal stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Robert Collen's shot from short distance in the 61st minute. U21 Belgium's Iker Carabajal proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 63rd minute of the match, managed to save U21 Belgium from getting a goal against them. 64 minutes into the match, Robert Collen dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Iker Carabajal, 0-6. U21 Belgium's defense didn't have a chance, in the 67th minute, when Ferry Hebels scored to the left of an out of position Iker Carabajal, making the score, 0-7. An unexpectedly hard shot by Klaas Jan Mol in the 70th minute of play forced U21 Belgium's goalkeeper Iker Carabajal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 71st match minute, U21 Netherlands was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dries Bogaard to maneuver through the defense. U21 Belgium's Iker Carabajal played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Robert Collen in the 73rd minute of play. U21 Netherlands's Dave Bense collided with an opponent after 76 minutes. The hit was so violent that he fractured his nose and had to leave the field. Ola Pola's late challenge caught a U21 Netherlands's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ola Pola helped the player get up and apologised. Ola Pola hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. After 78 played minutes U21 Belgium got a freekick which was hit by Elias Torfs. In the 79th minute of the match Marnix Mastebroek sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Iker Carabajal skillfully saved the ball. Dennis Beerthuis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cedrik Neesens, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. Iker Carabajal showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Robert Collen, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. Dennis Beerthuis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cedrik Neesens in the 90th minute of the match. Jacob Valkenaers kicked well hit freekick during the 90th minute of the match. 92 minutes into the match, U21 Belgium's goalkeeper Iker Carabajal had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Roelof Molenaar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Robert Collen in the 93rd minute of play forced U21 Belgium's goalkeeper Iker Carabajal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 95 minutes into the game, Elias Torfs was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. U21 Belgium's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave U21 Netherlands the free kick. Elias Torfs kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match. Roelof Molenaar received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 96th minute. Iker Carabajal tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match was over U21 Netherlands could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than U21 Belgium throughout the match.
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