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National Stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Marco Assendelft got the match started through his kick off. Hette Lans hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. U21 Netherlands's Eddy Luirink played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jean-Louis Rijniers in the 8th minute of play. 12 minutes into the match, Christian Weets dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Eddy Luirink, 1-0. U21 Belgium's Jannis Roeland played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marco Assendelft in the 17th minute of play. U21 Netherlands's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Erben Spiljard in the 18th minute. The corner ended in Erben Spiljard almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but U21 Belgium's Jannis Roeland did a great save. 20 minutes into the match, U21 Netherlands's goalkeeper Eddy Luirink had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ignace Uytterhaegen. In the 22nd minute Christian Weets 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 Christian Weets in the 23rd minute of play. The audience was convinced that Christian Weets's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eddy Luirink was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. In the 26th minute, Jean-Louis Rijniers made a precise shot to the right of Eddy Luirink. U21 Netherlands's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. The supporters of U21 Belgium booed when U21 Netherlands was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 30 match minutes in a wonderful position. Erben Spiljard didn't get a good kick on the ball. Eddy Luirink was a little too slow when Christian Weets got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 31st minute. The score was now 3-0. Laurent Grauwen received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Eddy Luirink came out and tried to block the shot, but Laurent Grauwen slotted it home off the left post making it 4-0 in the 34th minute. In the 41st minute Christian Weets 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. Wouter Matthijs's late challenge caught a U21 Belgium's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Wouter Matthijs helped the player get up and apologised. In the 46th match minute, U21 Netherlands was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Wouter Matthijs to maneuver through the defense. After 47 played minutes U21 Netherlands got a freekick which was hit by Wouter Matthijs. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 4-0.

The wind increased when Christian Weets made the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute Laurent Grauwen 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. After 53 minutes of play U21 Netherlands's Wouter Matthijs 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. In the 53rd match minute, U21 Netherlands was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Wouter Matthijs to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of U21 Belgium booed when U21 Netherlands was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 54 match minutes in a wonderful position. Wouter Matthijs didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of U21 Belgium booed when U21 Netherlands was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 55 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hette Lans didn't get a good kick on the ball. Eddy Luirink showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christian Weets in the 56th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, U21 Belgium's Jean-Louis Rijniers got a free kick in the 57th minute. U21 Belgium's Jannis Roeland proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 58th minute of the match, managed to save U21 Belgium from getting a goal against them. Jannis Roeland stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Marco Assendelft's shot from short distance in the 59th minute. In the 64th minute of the game Jaspar Gijselinkx made a throw-in which Laurent Grauwen played forward. In the 65th minute Christian Weets 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. 66 minutes into the game, Jaspar Gijselinkx threw the ball into play from the sideline. U21 Netherlands's Ramon Achterberg quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. After 68 played minutes U21 Netherlands got a freekick which was hit by Bor Do. Eddy Luirink showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jean-Louis Rijniers in the 69th minute of the match. Jaspar Gijselinkx charged in rather forcefully in the 70th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jaspar Gijselinkx the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of U21 Netherlands booed when U21 Belgium was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jaspar Gijselinkx didn't get a good kick on the ball. U21 Netherlands's Eddy Luirink played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Laurent Grauwen in the 73rd minute of play. 75 minutes into the game, Laurent Grauwen cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-0. Eddy Luirink was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. U21 Netherlands's Robert Collen was substituted for Marco Assendelft. When Robert Collen came up free with the goalie in the 82nd minute, the U21 Netherlands fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Robert Collen couldn't finish the play. U21 Netherlands's Eddy Luirink played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jean-Louis Rijniers in the 85th minute of play. The supporters of U21 Belgium booed when U21 Netherlands was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ramon Achterberg didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Robert Collen got free with Jannis Roeland in the 90th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Jannis Roeland made a fantastic save in the 92nd minute, when Robert Collen sent off a good shot on target. Eddy Luirink stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jean-Louis Rijniers's shot from short distance in the 95th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Jean-Louis Rijniers in the 95th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Eddy Luirink prevented the ball from getting in the gole. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. U21 Belgium fully deserved thier win.