Match Report
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Steven de Ruijter (9')
Celino Cerejeira (5', 9', 54')
| Netherlands Under-21 | Portugal Under-21 | ||
| Formation | 4-5-1_v6  | 5-2-3_v11 | |
| Style | Defensive / Mixed Passing | Neutral / Short Passing | |
| Offside Trap | No | No | |
| Tackling | Normal | Normal | |
| Pressing | High | Normal | |
| Counter Attack | Yes | No | |
| One-on-Ones | No | Yes | |
| Marking | Not Defined | Man to Man | |
| High Balls | No | Yes | |
| Keeping Style | Not Defined | Not Defined | |
| First Time Shots | No | Yes | |
| Long Shots | Yes | Yes | |
| Possession | 38% | 62% | |
| Shots | 1 | 7 | |
| Shots on Goal | 0 | 5 | |
| Effectiveness | 0% | 43% | |
| Short Passes (%) | 13% | 72% | |
| Long Passes (%) | 87% | 28% | |
| Fouls | 36 | 39 | |
| Comment |
| A crowd of 38870 arrived at the stadium (with a full capacity of 46000 terraces) to see Netherlands Under-21 - Portugal Under-21! The weather is very bad today, it is snowing heavily. It will be a hard game! The time is now 5 minutes, when some great play from Portugal Under-21. Joaquim Bilro gets the ball near the touch line, and crosses it to the edge of the penalty area where Celino Cerejeira is waiting with his foot held back for the shot... and the ball goes into the top corner!! Fantastic goal by Celino Cerejeira! The goalkeeper couldn't do anything to stop this one. The result is now 0-1. Netherlands Under-21 changes their style. They seem to be advancing more up the field in play. Changes by Netherlands Under-21. They have clearly changed the direction of their attack flow. The players of Netherlands Under-21 seem to be following orders from their manager as they are now playing in another formation. A change is evident from Portugal Under-21. They seem to playing more defensive now. The players of Portugal Under-21 are able to use their long shots ability. The players of Portugal Under-21 are playing the high ball very well. They are winning almost all of the aerial plays. The players of Portugal Under-21 are winning the majority of one-on-one confrontations. The players of Portugal Under-21 seem to be successfully using their first-time shots ability. At 9 minutes, with the scoreboard marking 0-1, Joaquim Bilro passes to Celino Cerejeira, who hits it first time home... the powerful shot squirms through the defense, and only stops once in the back of the net!! Fantastic goal for Portugal Under-21! With this goal for Portugal Under-21 the result is now 0-2. A change is evident from Netherlands Under-21. They seem to playing more defensive now. Netherlands Under-21's players seem to be lacking some strength in comparison with their opponents on the hard pitch. The players of Netherlands Under-21 are managing to carry out some dangerous counter-attacks throughout this match. The game went to half time, with the score at 0-2. In this first-half, the visitors dominated the match with 67% and the home team with 33%. At this moment the result is appropriate for what we saw in the first-half. The marking style applied by Portugal Under-21's players is working very well today. Around 54 minutes, Joaquim Bilro dribbles through the opponent's defensive line, and passes the ball to Celino Cerejeira, who controls the ball and makes a divine chip over the goalkeeper! Nice goal for Portugal Under-21! With this goal, the result is now 0-3. Substitution for Netherlands Under-21: at 60 minutes, Wessel Seuters replaces Lennard Bokhorst. At 60 minute(s), the second substitution for Netherlands Under-21 is done. Jop Roodenburg came in, replacing Otto Kool. At minute 60, Netherlands Under-21 makes its third substitution. Freek van der Werff leaves for Mats Beudeker. Despite continuing to play in the same style, Portugal Under-21 seems to be trying to pass in a different way. Substitution for Portugal Under-21 at minute 60: in the place of Joaquim Bilro goes Paulo Corte-Real. At 60 minutes, Portugal Under-21 makes its second substitution. Artur Granado leaves and Filipe Monteiro enters in his place. Two players from Portugal Under-21 seem to be switching their positions on the field: Paulo Corte-Real changes with Filipe Monteiro. The pressing made by the players of Netherlands Under-21 seems to be working alright. Their opponents show some problems when they try to pass the ball among themselves. With such a big advantage, the attacking plays of Portugal Under-21 seem to have been reduced somewhat. The players now look like they are just playing on to enjoy the time left and to soak in the atmosphere of the crowd. After 75 minutes, Filipe Monteiro makes a pass to Celino Cerejeira all the way on the other wing. He is going to make a cross... the goalkeeper moves off his goal line for the hooked ball from the wing, and the ball almost goes in. Mats Beudeker adjusted quickly, and had to make a harder effort than intended to avoid what would of been a spectacular goal. Around 87 minutes, Celino Cerejeira passes to Filipe Monteiro who cleverly waits for Celino Cerejeira to get himself clear to receive the return ball... Celino Cerejeira stylishly gets around an opponent player, but when he gets to Mats Beudeker he lacks the talent to beat him. Good save. After 89 minutes, Sem Zwart recovers the ball in the opponent's midfield, and with a magnificent pass manages to play Wessel Seuters clear who in turn makes a strong shot from the wing, but the ball barely misses the post by a few millimeters! Great goal opportunity! At the end of the 90 minutes, it confirmed what was foreseen after the first-half. Easy win of Portugal Under-21. |
