Match Report
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Ammar Raheel (9')
Walter Jansens (36')
Julian Siquet (24')
| Egypt Under-21 | Belgium Under-21 | ||
| Formation | 4-4-2_v19  | 5-2-3_v11 | |
| Style | Defensive / Long Passing | Attacking / Mixed Passing | |
| Offside Trap | No | No | |
| Tackling | Hard | Normal | |
| Pressing | High | Normal | |
| Counter Attack | Yes | No | |
| One-on-Ones | No | Yes | |
| Marking | Zonal | Man to Man | |
| High Balls | No | Yes | |
| Keeping Style | Not Defined | Stand In | |
| First Time Shots | No | Yes | |
| Long Shots | Yes | Yes | |
| Possession | 49% | 51% | |
| Shots | 1 | 9 | |
| Shots on Goal | 1 | 3 | |
| Effectiveness | 0% | 11% | |
| Short Passes (%) | 72% | 72% | |
| Long Passes (%) | 28% | 28% | |
| Fouls | 39 | 33 | |
| Comment |
| A crowd of 42000 arrived at the stadium (with a full capacity of 42000 terraces) to see Egypt Under-21 - Belgium Under-21! These are some great conditions for football as the sun shines in the sky! Two players from Belgium Under-21 seem to be switching their positions on the field: Julian Siquet changes with Remi Meesschaert. The players of Belgium Under-21 are able to use their long shots ability. The players of Belgium Under-21 seem to be successfully using their first-time shots ability. The players of Belgium Under-21 are winning the majority of one-on-one confrontations. The players of Egypt Under-21 are able to use their long shots ability. The players of Belgium Under-21 are in general not as fast as their opponents, and they seem to be not taking advantage of the good pitch conditions. The players of Belgium Under-21 are playing the high ball very well. They are winning almost all of the aerial plays. The marking style applied by Belgium Under-21's players is working very well today. 17 minutes according to the clock, Saad Radwan recovers the ball with great effort, gets around two opposition players and with a subtle pass puts the ball on Abuzaid's foot who hits a strong first time shot straight into the hands of Kevin Rapol. He has no trouble at all in grabbing the ball there. The players of Egypt Under-21 are managing to carry out some dangerous counter-attacks throughout this match. At 20 minute(s), the first substitution for Egypt Under-21 is done. Messi came in, replacing Hamada Elshater. Around 20 minutes, Egypt Under-21 makes its second substitution. Wael Khairy enters in the place of Abdullah Hendawy. At 20 minute(s), the third substitution for Egypt Under-21 is done. Mostafa El-Sherif came in, replacing Bakkar El-Merghany. The time is now 21 minutes, when Remi Meesschaert combines with Frederick Deschuymer... Remi Meesschaert gets around one opponent but he's tackled by a second in the name of Ziad Mansour, who sends the ball out for a corner kick. Next, Rainer Van Deuren replaces Julian Siquet who cannot play on after suffering a leg injury. All this at 24 minutes. Belgium Under-21 seems to be changing their style even though they continue to attack. Despite continuing to play in the same style, Egypt Under-21 seems to be trying to pass in a different way. After 36 minutes, Mats Jbari recovers the ball and dribbles around one, another, and yet another defender before passing the ball to Walter Jansens... who without wasting any time, shoots strong from outside the box for the goal. The goalkeeper didn't even move. The scoreboard now reads 0-1! Belgium Under-21 abandoned their attacking style shown until this moment. They are now playing with a much more defensive style. The game went to half time, with the score at 0-1. In this first-half, the visitors dominated the match with 64% and the home team with 36%. At this moment the result is appropriate for what we saw in the first-half. The difference could have been even larger! At 46 minutes, with the scoreboard marking 0-1, Remi Meesschaert crosses brilliantly to the box where Frederick Deschuymer gains position and heads the ball... but Ali Toulan was paying attention and saves it easily. The marking style applied by Egypt Under-21's players is working very well today. After 57 minutes, Frederick Deschuymer crosses brilliantly to the box where Remi Meesschaert gains position and heads the ball... but Ammar Raheel was in Remi Meesschaert's way and the ball goes out the field! The goal-keeper of Belgium Under-21 is doing his job very well. His style is confusing the opposite forwards in this game. Another play at 61 minutes, Remi Meesschaert passes to Frederick Deschuymer, who immediately returns the pass. Remi Meesschaert dribbles his way into the box... nobody appears in front of Remi Meesschaert, so he takes a chance on a shot. However, Ali Toulan is well placed in goal and has no difficulties saving this one. The pressing made by the players of Egypt Under-21 seems to be working alright. Their opponents show some problems when they try to pass the ball among themselves. At the end of the match, Belgium Under-21 wins as they kept the advantage they had at half-time. |
