National cup

National Stadium
Spectators: 1028 (Terracing: 772, Seating: 236, VIP seats: 20) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Jean-Claude Bauschinger kicked off to start the match. After 4 minutes of play, U21 Belgium's Robbrecht Van Leempoel made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Franck Babineaux was left in no man's land by his defense there! Jasper Göbl'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. Jasper Göbl helped the player get up and apologised. 9 minutes into the game, one of U21 Luxembourg:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. After a defensive mix-up in U21 Luxembourg's zone, Laurend Wilmots stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Franck Babineaux came out of the goal and Laurend Wilmots tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience was convinced that Janes Vanooteghem's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Franck Babineaux was relentless in the 12th minute of the game. When the match had gone on for 12 minutes, Janes Vanooteghem put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Franck Babineaux. U21 Belgium's Charles-Antoine Eggermont got a good chance for a goal in the 17th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Franck Babineaux didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Laurend Wilmots went, in the 20th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. When the match clock showed 25 minutes, the score became 0-4 when Janes Vanooteghem sped through U21 Luxembourg's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Franck Babineaux. An unexpectedly hard shot by Robbrecht Van Leempoel in the 28th minute of play forced U21 Luxembourg's goalkeeper Franck Babineaux to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Maarten Decremer kicked well hit freekick during the 30th minute of the match. In the 32nd match minute, U21 Belgium was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Robbrecht Van Leempoel to maneuver through the defense. Franck Babineaux made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Robbrecht Van Leempoel in the 35th minute of play. Franck Babineaux made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Robbrecht Van Leempoel in the 37th minute of play. A collision led to U21 Belgium getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Maarten Decremer hit a great ball. A collision led to U21 Luxembourg getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Willy Hönig hit a great ball. If Charles-Antoine Eggermont had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

U21 Luxembourg's Wladimir Wasilewski was substituted for Joseph Zimmermann. The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Janes Vanooteghem stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, U21 Luxembourg's Jonas Schleck got a free kick in the 60th minute. When U21 Belgium's Janes Vanooteghem in the 61st minute got a chance for a shot 61st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye U21 Luxembourg's goalie prevented a goal. Guido Render showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jean-Claude Bauschinger, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. Guido Render showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wladimir Wasilewski in the 71st minute of the match. After 73 minutes, Jonas Schleck mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the U21 Luxembourg and the U21 Belgium players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 73 played minutes U21 Luxembourg got a freekick which was hit by Jonas Schleck. U21 Belgium's Luckas Delamenin was substituted for Robbrecht Van Leempoel. In the 74th match minute, U21 Luxembourg was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jonas Schleck to maneuver through the defense. Franck Babineaux showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Janes Vanooteghem, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. Guido Render came out of the goal in the 77th minute to try and stop a shot by U21 Luxembourg's Jean-Claude Bauschinger. But to his dismay, Jean-Claude Bauschinger quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-4. Dion Apfelbaum hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. The supporters of U21 Belgium booed when U21 Luxembourg was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 82 match minutes in a wonderful position. Wladimir Wasilewski didn't get a good kick on the ball. Franck Babineaux showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Laurend Wilmots, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. In the 85th minute, Luckas Delamenin 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: 1-5. U21 Luxembourg's Franck Babineaux played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Laurend Wilmots in the 88th minute of play. U21 Luxembourg's defense didn't have a chance, in the 90th minute, when Janes Vanooteghem scored to the left of an out of position Franck Babineaux, making the score, 1-6. Franck Babineaux took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Janes Vanooteghem, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 93 minutes into the match, U21 Luxembourg's goal looked a bit too open when Laurend Wilmots came free, but Franck Babineaux reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Franck Babineaux took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Charles-Antoine Eggermont, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. U21 Belgium played a much better game than U21 Luxembourg and deserved their victory. The U21 Luxembourg players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.