National Team Friendly

National Stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) U21 Netherlands's Marco Assendelft started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Mathieu Van der Vloedt showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wouter Matthijs in the 5th minute of the match. In the 6th match minute, U21 Belgium was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jurgen Bernardts to maneuver through the defense. Mathieu Van der Vloedt showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marco Assendelft in the 10th minute of the match. In the 13thth minute of the game Marco Assendelft who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but U21 Belgium's Mathieu Van der Vloedt was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 16th minute Edgard Latomme shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eddy Luirink saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mathieu Van der Vloedt showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marco Assendelft in the 19th minute of the match. Benoit Van hoegaerde kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. Mathieu Van der Vloedt made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Erben Spiljard in the 23rd minute of play. In the 24th minute, Wouter Matthijs hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Eddy Luirink showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tony Degraef, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. In the 27th minute, Wouter Matthijs hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Lorenzo Deroek made in the 29th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by U21 Netherlands's Bor Do. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ludwig Van Castel during the 30th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to U21 Belgium getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Ludwig Van Castel hit a great ball. Eddy Luirink made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tony Degraef in the 32nd minute. U21 Netherlands's Eddy Luirink proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 36th minute of the match, managed to save U21 Netherlands from getting a goal against them. In the 38th minute of the match, Ros Vos de Vos tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Eddy Luirink saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 43rd minute Tony Degraef shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eddy Luirink saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Eddy Luirink made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tony Degraef in the 43rd minute of play. After 48 played minutes U21 Netherlands got a freekick which was hit by Hendrik-Jan Niemeyer. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Edgard Latomme stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 56th minute, Edgard Latomme made a precise shot to the right of Eddy Luirink. U21 Netherlands's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. Mathieu Van der Vloedt came out of the goal in the 60th minute to try and stop a shot by U21 Netherlands's Marco Assendelft. But to his dismay, Marco Assendelft quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. After some careless play in the U21 Netherlands defense, Tony Degraef kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Eddy Luirink. The U21 Netherlands fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Eddy Luirink should have stopped the shot. In the 76th match minute, U21 Belgium was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tony Degraef to maneuver through the defense. Hendrik-Jan Niemeyer fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mathieu Van der Vloedt having to interfere. In the 86th minute, Tony Degraef left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The U21 Belgium fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1. U21 Netherlands's Berend Hermensen was substituted for Hendrik-Jan Niemeyer. 91 minutes into the match, U21 Netherlands's Robert Collen sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Mathieu Van der Vloedt narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 92nd match minute, U21 Belgium was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ludwig Van Castel to maneuver through the defense. Mathieu Van der Vloedt stood somewhat misplaced when Robert Collen came free in front of goal and shot 3-2 to the left of him in the 93 minute. Eddy Luirink stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tony Degraef's shot from short distance in the 97th minute.