National Team Friendly

National Stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) Robert Collen made the kick off and thus started the match. When Jannes Van Dessel fell near the penalty area in the 2nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored U21 Belgium's protests and gave Jannes Van Dessel a yellow card for diving instead. Ward Huytterhoeven took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dave Bense, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dave Bense hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. Ward Huytterhoeven 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 7th minute. In the 11th minute, Josef Van Huele hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Klaas Jan Mol received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Ward Huytterhoeven tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Erwin-Alexander Beckers'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. Erwin-Alexander Beckers helped the player get up and apologised. Erwin-Alexander Beckers hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. When U21 Netherlands's Roelof Molenaar in the 16th minute got a chance for a shot 16th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye U21 Belgium's goalie prevented a goal. After a rather tough play, U21 Netherlands's Ferry Hebels got a free kick in the 19th minute. After 22 minutes of play U21 Belgium's Jannes Van Dessel was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 23 minutes into the match, Roelof Molenaar had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ward Huytterhoeven. U21 Belgium's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Roelof Molenaar was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ferry Hebels in the 30th minute of play forced U21 Belgium's goalkeeper Ward Huytterhoeven to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Josef Van Huele had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 35th minute Thibau Englebert shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dennis Beerthuis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 36th minute, Klaas Jan Mol ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ward Huytterhoeven was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. In the 42nd minute, Klaas Jan Mol left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The U21 Netherlands fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4.

52 minutes into the match, U21 Netherlands's goal looked a bit too open when Mattijs Klaes came free, but Dennis Beerthuis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The corner led U21 Belgium's Josef Van Huele to fire away a dangerous shot which Dennis Beerthuis despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. 57 minutes into the game, U21 Netherlands's Roelof Molenaar nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ward Huytterhoeven made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-6. Ward Huytterhoeven was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Klaas Jan Mol showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-7 in the 59 minute of play. Ward Huytterhoeven took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Roelof Molenaar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 64th minute, U21 Netherlands's Ferry Hebels dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-8. 68 minutes into the game, U21 Netherlands's Klaas Jan Mol nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ward Huytterhoeven made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-9. Ferry Hebels could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 73rd minute of the match, but Ward Huytterhoeven made a huge save. 75 minutes into the match, U21 Belgium's goalkeeper Ward Huytterhoeven had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Roelof Molenaar. After 76 played minutes Klaas Jan Mol rounded U21 Belgium's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 0-10. Ward Huytterhoeven 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 81st minute. U21 Belgium's defense didn't have a chance, in the 83rd minute, when Robert Collen scored to the left of an out of position Ward Huytterhoeven, making the score, 0-11. Ward Huytterhoeven made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Robert Collen in the 86th minute of play. Klaas Jan Mol scored 0-12 in the 88th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ward Huytterhoeven, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. If Klaas Jan Mol had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ward Huytterhoeven showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Klaas Jan Mol in the 93rd minute of the match. In the 94th minute, U21 Netherlands's Klaas Jan Mol dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-13.