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National Stadium
Spectators: 10301 (Terracing: 7726, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) Aliecer Casas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Maurice Van Bever, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. Bruno Le Page made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mauro León in the 9th minute. Bruno Le Page came out of the goal in the 12th minute to try and stop a shot by U21 Spain's Mauro León. But to his dismay, Mauro León quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. In the 17th match minute, U21 Spain was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Quin Villanueva to maneuver through the defense. Simon Reyes hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. In the 22nd minute of the match, Mauro León tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Bruno Le Page saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. After a rather tough play, U21 Belgium's Thierry Reijnders got a free kick in the 26th minute. Mauro León fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bruno Le Page having to interfere. Bardo Rubio could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 29th minute of the match, but Bruno Le Page made a huge save. Mauro León received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Bruno Le Page tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 35th match minute, U21 Belgium was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gustave Ooms to maneuver through the defense. In the 38th minute, Gustave Ooms hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Christian Steenbecks hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. 42 minutes into the game, Sindo Abancens threw the ball into play from the sideline. U21 Belgium's Roland Leyman quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. In the 43rd minute Christian Steenbecks shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aliecer Casas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Mauro León made the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, U21 Spain's Mauro León got a free kick in the 52nd minute. In the 53rd minute, U21 Spain's Joey Abascal seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Joey Abascal the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of U21 Spain protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Joey Abascal had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. Joey Abascal hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. U21 Belgium's Robbrecht Walder was substituted for Gustave Ooms. U21 Belgium's Jullian Van haeck was substituted for Christian Steenbecks. Bruno Le Page took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mauro León, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Aliecer Casas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Thierry Reijnders in the 61st minute of play. With a little luck, U21 Spain's Aliecer Casas got control of the ball when Jullian Van haeck tried to sneak it across the goal line. Bruno Le Page took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Simon Reyes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. U21 Spain's Aliecer Casas proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 67th minute of the match, managed to save U21 Spain from getting a goal against them. U21 Belgium's Bruno Le Page played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mauro León in the 70th minute of play. U21 Belgium's Bruno Le Page played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fernando Hierro in the 74th minute of play. If Mauro León had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Bruno Le Page showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mauro León, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. Mauro León took the ball and in the 81 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Bruno Le Page. Bruno Le Page dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. U21 Spain made a substitution. Geremia Gonzalvez replaced Quin Villanueva. U21 Spain's Abundio Casanova was substituted for Mauro León. Aliecer Casas made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jullian Van haeck in the 91st minute. Aliecer Casas made a fantastic save in the 91st minute, when Jullian Van haeck sent off a good shot on target. U21 Spain were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of U21 Belgium for a fine match.