National Team Friendly

National stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Miroslav Pristavkin took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 2nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Kazakhstan's goalkeeper Innokentiy Blyakhin, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Innokentiy Blyakhin had great luck who in the 4thth minute grab hold of the ball when Nick Heesen from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. In the last second Innokentiy Blyakhin throw himself and got hold of the ball when Nick Heesen in the 4thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. Robert Bochkin kicked well hit freekick during the 6th minute of the match. Tadej Pogačar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Robert Bochkin in the 9th minute of the match. Robert Bochkin took the ball and in the 9 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 0-1. Tadej Pogačar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Robert Bochkin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tadej Pogačar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Robert Bochkin in the 12th minute of the match. Frenkie de Jong's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Innokentiy Blyakhin read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 15th minute of play. Frenkie de Jong's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Innokentiy Blyakhin read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 22nd minute of play. Frenkie de Jong could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 25th minute of the match, but Innokentiy Blyakhin made a huge save. In the 26th minute the ball was on its way in behind Kazakhstan's goalkeeper Innokentiy Blyakhin, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 28th minute, Netherlands's Frenkie de Jong dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-1. Frenkie de Jong's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 32ndth minute, Innokentiy Blyakhin skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. 33 minutes into the match, Netherlands's Frenkie de Jong sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Innokentiy Blyakhin narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 35 minutes had been played when some careless play by Kazakhstan's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Frenkie de Jong was slow to take the kick. During this time Netherlands's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Frenkie de Jong got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Innokentiy Blyakhin quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After a rather tough play, Kazakhstan's Miroslav Pristavkin got a free kick in the 36th minute. Frenkie de Jong could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 39th minute of the match, but Innokentiy Blyakhin made a huge save. Innokentiy Blyakhin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Frenkie de Jong in the 41st minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Frenkie de Jong kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Innokentiy Blyakhin. That made the score 2-1 in the 42 minute of play. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

In the 55th minute, Frenkie de Jong left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Netherlands fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-1. The audience was convinced that Frenkie de Jong's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Innokentiy Blyakhin was relentless in the 58th minute of the game. Kazakhstan's Innokentiy Blyakhin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nick Heesen in the 60th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Netherlands's Marinus Doren got a free kick in the 62nd minute. 63 minutes into the match, Miroslav Pristavkin had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Tadej Pogačar. Netherlands's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Miroslav Pristavkin was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-2. Miroslav Pristavkin could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 66th minute of the match, but Tadej Pogačar made a huge save. After 68th play minutes Frenkie de Jong shot 5-2, a short shot which went by Innokentiy Blyakhin and just under the crossbar into goal. Kazakhstan's Innokentiy Blyakhin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Guus Harmsen in the 74th minute of play. 76 minutes into the match, Kazakhstan's goal looked a bit too open when Guus Harmsen came free, but Innokentiy Blyakhin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 76 minutes into the game, Netherlands's Guus Harmsen nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Innokentiy Blyakhin made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 6-2. Nick Heesen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 79th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 80th minute, Martyn Efremov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Netherlands's Joop Bakker was substituted for Marinus Doren. Martyn Efremov hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the Kazakhstan defense, Guus Harmsen kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Innokentiy Blyakhin. The Kazakhstan fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Innokentiy Blyakhin should have stopped the shot. The audience was convinced that Guus Harmsen's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Innokentiy Blyakhin was relentless in the 87th minute of the game. In the 88th minute, Guus Harmsen left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Netherlands fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 8-2. Guus Harmsen blasted a shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Innokentiy Blyakhin having to make a save. Innokentiy Blyakhin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Guus Harmsen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 94thth minute of the game Guus Harmsen who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Kazakhstan's Innokentiy Blyakhin was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When the match had gone on for 96 minutes, Guus Harmsen put it in 9-2 from a short distance just to the right of Innokentiy Blyakhin. Netherlands's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.