Match Report
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Walter Jansens (80')
Frederick Deschuymer (65')
Stephan Petitjean (45')
| Belgium Under-21 | France Under-21 | ||
| Formation | 4-3-3_v1  | 5-4-1_v6 | |
| Style | Neutral / Short Passing | Neutral / Mixed Passing | |
| Offside Trap | No | Yes | |
| Tackling | Normal | Easy | |
| Pressing | Normal | High | |
| Counter Attack | No | Yes | |
| One-on-Ones | Yes | No | |
| Marking | Man to Man | Zonal | |
| High Balls | Yes | No | |
| Keeping Style | Not Defined | Not Defined | |
| First Time Shots | No | No | |
| Long Shots | Yes | Yes | |
| Possession | 59% | 41% | |
| Shots | 4 | 5 | |
| Shots on Goal | 2 | 1 | |
| Effectiveness | 25% | 0% | |
| Short Passes (%) | 93% | 73% | |
| Long Passes (%) | 7% | 27% | |
| Fouls | 31 | 33 | |
| Comment |
| A crowd of 42000 arrived at the stadium (with a full capacity of 42000 terraces) to see Belgium Under-21 - France Under-21! The sky is pretty cloudy and it might rain! However, with a little luck the rain won't fall and we will have a good match! The players of Belgium Under-21 are playing the high ball very well. They are winning almost all of the aerial plays. The players of Belgium Under-21 are winning the majority of one-on-one confrontations. The time is now 5 minutes, when France Under-21's players are calmly passing the ball near Belgium Under-21's box. Thimothée Belmin passes to Hilaire Bonaparte who is able to find some space. He is going to shoot... but Stan De Cock, safely, takes two steps ahead and saves it. The players of Belgium Under-21 are able to use their long shots ability. 9 minutes according to the clock, Thimothée Belmin passes to Hilaire Bonaparte, who hits it first time home... the ball hits Roger Sonck and almost deceives the goalkeeper... but it's a corner kick. At 21 minutes, with the scoreboard marking 0-0, Samir Servat recovers the ball with great effort, gets around two opposition players and with a subtle pass puts the ball on Hilaire Bonaparte's foot who shoots first time home, but the ball hits the bar and goes wide. Great shot. The marking style applied by Belgium Under-21's players is working very well today. The players of France Under-21 are managing to carry out some dangerous counter-attacks throughout this match. After 39 minutes, Hilaire Bonaparte passes to Thimothée Belmin, who immediately returns the pass. Hilaire Bonaparte dribbles his way into the box... Hilaire Bonaparte shoots powerfully but the ball goes over the bar. The defensive line of France Under-21 is able to put the opponent forwards in offside frequently. The pressing made by the players of France Under-21 seems to be working alright. Their opponents show some problems when they try to pass the ball among themselves. A few minutes later, Julian Siquet replaces Stephan Petitjean who cannot play on after suffering a leg injury. This injury happened at 45 minutes. Half time is finally here. Time to get your hot dogs and soda pop refills. The result is 0-0. The statistics are pretty clear. Ball possession was clearly controlled by the home team. Belgium Under-21 dominated with 58% while France Under-21 held it much less with 42%. Even though this difference, France Under-21 seems to be holding on quite well. Let's see for how long. The marking style applied by France Under-21's players is working very well today. 65 minutes according to the clock, Hilaire Bonaparte receives a short pass from Thimothée Belmin. Still very far away from the box, he slowly moves towards the goal... with nobody expecting it, Hilaire Bonaparte fires a 30-yard shot that doesn't miss the target by much at all! That was a close one. Substitution for Belgium Under-21 at minute 75: in the place of Harald Volders goes André Van Bauwel. After 75 minutes, Remi Meesschaert combines with Mats Jbari... Remi Meesschaert gets himself clear and goes into the box where Gabi Barbier blocks the ball near his feet and puts an end to the potentially dangerous play. At 80 minutes, with the scoreboard marking 0-0, Mats Jbari makes a pass to Walter Jansens all the way on the other wing. He is going to make a cross... the cross goes towards the goal and into the back of the net!! Walter Jansens doesn't even know how he scored that one. An unusual goal for Belgium Under-21! The result is now 1-0. Suddenly, France Under-21 are now passing in another way. At the end of the 90 minutes, the home team undid the draw after the end of the 90 minutes and won with a lot of difficulties. |
