Belgium vs Cyprus, 2016 European Championship Qualifying, Group Stage 2016

Marouane Fellaini scores two as Belgium dominate Cyprus

A Marouane Fellaini brace and further strikes from Christian Benteke, Eden Hazard and Michy Batshuayi earned Belgium a 5-0 victory over Cyprus in their Euro 2016 qualifier in Brussels.

• 0': Game on!
• 3': Throw-in: Marios Antoniades takes it (Defending)
• 3': Throw-in: Marios Antoniades takes it (Defending)
• 4': Throw-in: Toby Alderweireld takes it (Defending)
• 4': Kevin De Bruyne takes the corner kick from the right byline with his right foot and hits an outswinger to the centre, resulting in: clearance
• 4': Konstantinos Makridis clears the ball from danger.
• 5': Throw-in: Toby Alderweireld takes it (Defending)
• 5': Toby Alderweireld crosses the ball. Outcome: save
• 5': Tasos Kissas makes a good save (Catch)
• 6': Throw-in: Marios Antoniades takes it (Defending)
• 7': Tasos Kissas takes a long goal kick
• 7': Throw-in: Toby Alderweireld takes it (Attacking)
• 8': Kevin De Bruyne takes the corner kick from the left byline with his right foot and hits an inswinger to the centre, resulting in: shot
• 9': Radja Nainggolan drills a right footed shot, but it is off target. Outcome: miss left
• 9': Tasos Kissas takes a long goal kick
• 10': Throw-in: Charalambos Kyriakou takes it (Attacking)
• 10': Christian Benteke commits a foul on Vincent Laban resulting on a free kick for Cyprus
• 10': Marios Antoniades takes a direct freekick with his right foot from his own half. Outcome: open play
• 12': Kevin De Bruyne drills a good right footed shot. Outcome: save
• 12': Tasos Kissas makes a very good save (Tip Over)
• 12': Kevin De Bruyne takes the corner kick from the left byline with his right foot and passes it to a teammate resulting in: open play
• 13': Kevin De Bruyne takes the corner kick from the right byline with his right foot and hits an outswinger to the far post, resulting in: open play
• 15': Axel Witsel hits a header, but it is off target. Outcome: miss left
• 17': Tasos Kissas takes a long goal kick
• 18': Axel Witsel drills a good right footed shot. Outcome: blocked
• 18': Constantinos Laifis blocks the shot
• 18': Kevin De Bruyne takes the corner kick from the right byline with his right foot and hits an outswinger to the centre, resulting in: clearance
• 19': Nestoras Mitidis clears the ball from danger.
• 19': Handball called on Eden Hazard
• 19': Tasos Kissas takes a direct freekick with his right foot from his own half. Outcome: open play
• 20': Kevin De Bruyne takes the corner kick from the left byline with his right foot and hits an inswinger to the centre, resulting in: open play
• 21': Marouane Fellaini hits a good left footed shot. Outcome: goal
• 21': Goal!! Marouane Fellaini hits a very good left footed shot to the lower left corner from the centre penalty area (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! Belgium now leads 1 - 0
• 23': Nicolas Lombaerts commits a foul on Marios Nicolaou resulting on a free kick for Cyprus
• 23': Charalambos Kyriakou takes a direct freekick with his right foot from his own half. Outcome: pass
• 25': Radja Nainggolan commits a foul on Nestoras Mitidis resulting on a free kick for Cyprus
• 25': Konstantinos Makridis takes a direct freekick with his right foot from his own half. Outcome: pass
• 26': Throw-in: Charalambos Kyriakou takes it (Attacking)
• 28': Handball called on Axel Witsel
• 28': Tasos Kissas takes a direct freekick with his right foot from his own half. Outcome: open play
• 30': Marouane Fellaini commits a foul on Constantinos Laifis resulting on a free kick for Cyprus
• 30': Constantinos Laifis takes a direct freekick with his left foot from his own half. Outcome: open play
• 33': Christian Benteke hits a good right footed shot. Outcome: save
• 34': Tasos Kissas makes a good save (Catch)
• 34': Throw-in: Marios Antoniades takes it (Attacking)
• 35': Christian Benteke hits a good header. Outcome: goal
• 35': Goal!! Christian Benteke hits a very good header high through the middle from the centre penalty area (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! Belgium now leads 2 - 0
• 35': That last goal was assisted by Eden Hazard (Cross from Right Wing)
• 38': Throw-in: Eden Hazard takes it (Attacking)
• 39': Throw-in: Jan Vertonghen takes it (Attacking)
• 41': Throw-in: Jan Vertonghen takes it (Attacking)
• 42': Throw-in: Toby Alderweireld takes it (Attacking)
• 43': Tasos Kissas takes a long goal kick
• 44': Tasos Kissas takes a long goal kick
• 45': The referee has signaled the end of the first half
• 45'+2': Offside called on Christian Benteke
• 45'+2': Tasos Kissas takes an indirect freekick with his right foot from his own half. Outcome: open play
• 45': The second half is under way
• 49': Nestoras Mitidis hits a good header, but it is off target. Outcome: over bar
• 49': Thibaut Courtois takes a long goal kick
• 49': Throw-in: Charalambos Kyriakou takes it (Attacking)
• 51': Marouane Fellaini commits a foul on Vincent Laban resulting on a free kick for Cyprus
• 51': Marios Antoniades takes a direct freekick with his right foot from his own half. Outcome: pass
• 52': Vincent Laban commits a foul on Eden Hazard resulting on a free kick for Belgium
• 52': Eden Hazard takes a direct freekick with his right foot from the left channel. Outcome: pass
• 53': Throw-in: Charalambos Kyriakou takes it (Attacking)
• 54': Throw-in: Charalambos Kyriakou takes it (Defending)
• 55': Throw-in: Jan Vertonghen takes it (Defending)
• 57': Konstantinos Makridis commits a foul on Eden Hazard resulting on a free kick for Belgium
• 57': Cyprus makes a sub: Giorgos Economides enters for Vincent Laban. Reason: Tactical
• 57': Kevin De Bruyne takes a direct freekick with his right foot from the right wing. Outcome: open play
• 58': Kevin De Bruyne takes the corner kick from the left byline with his right foot and hits an inswinger to the centre, resulting in: open play
• 60': Marouane Fellaini commits a foul on Pieros Sotiriou resulting on a free kick for Cyprus
• 60': Constantinos Laifis takes a direct freekick with his right foot from the right channel. Outcome: pass
• 63': Giorgos Economides commits a foul on Radja Nainggolan resulting on a free kick for Belgium
• 63': Axel Witsel takes a direct freekick with his right foot from the right channel. Outcome: pass
• 63': Throw-in: Toby Alderweireld takes it (Attacking)
• 63': Throw-in: Toby Alderweireld takes it (Attacking)
• 65': Pieros Sotiriou commits a foul on Nicolas Lombaerts resulting on a free kick for Belgium
• 65': Vincent Kompany takes a direct freekick with his right foot from his own half. Outcome: pass
• 66': That last goal was assisted by Toby Alderweireld (Pass from Right Wing)
• 66': Marouane Fellaini curls a good left footed shot. Outcome: goal
• 66': Goal!! Marouane Fellaini hits a very good left footed shot to the upper left corner from the right channel (aprox. 20 yards) and scores!! Belgium now leads 3 - 0
• 67': That last goal was assisted by Axel Witsel (Pass from Left Channel)
• 67': Eden Hazard curls a good right footed shot. Outcome: goal
• 67': Goal!! Eden Hazard hits a very good right footed shot to the lower right corner from the left penalty area (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! Belgium now leads 4 - 0
• 69': Belgium makes a sub: Yannick Ferreira-Carrasco enters for Marouane Fellaini. Reason: Tactical
• 70': Belgium makes a sub: Dries Mertens enters for Eden Hazard. Reason: Tactical
• 71': Cyprus makes a sub: Giorgos Eleftheriou enters for Andreas Makris. Reason: Tactical
• 72': Kevin De Bruyne takes the corner kick from the right byline with his right foot and hits an outswinger to the far post, resulting in: open play
• 72': Vincent Kompany drills a right footed shot, but it is off target. Outcome: miss right
• 72': Tasos Kissas takes a long goal kick
• 73': Throw-in: Charalambos Kyriakou takes it (Defending)
• 76': Marios Nicolaou takes the corner kick from the right byline with his right foot and hits an outswinger to the centre, resulting in: clearance
• 77': Toby Alderweireld clears the ball from danger.
• 77': Offside called on Marios Nicolaou
• 77': Belgium makes a sub: Michy Batshuayi enters for Christian Benteke. Reason: Tactical
• 77': Jan Vertonghen takes an indirect freekick with his left foot from his own half. Outcome: open play
• 78': Throw-in: Jan Vertonghen takes it (Defending)
• 79': Dries Mertens takes the corner kick from the left byline with his right foot and hits an inswinger to the far post, resulting in: open play
• 80': Tasos Kissas takes a long goal kick
• 80': That last goal was assisted by Radja Nainggolan (Pass from Left Channel)
• 80': Michy Batshuayi curls a good right footed shot. Outcome: goal
• 80': Goal!! Michy Batshuayi hits a very good right footed shot to the lower right corner from the left channel (aprox. 18 yards) and scores!! Belgium now leads 5 - 0
• 84': Konstantinos Makridis commits a foul on Axel Witsel resulting on a free kick for Belgium
• 84': Cyprus makes a sub: Grigoris Kastanos enters for Konstantinos Makridis. Reason: Tactical
• 85': Jan Vertonghen takes a direct freekick with his left foot from his own half. Outcome: pass
• 86': Kevin De Bruyne takes the corner kick from the right byline with his right foot and hits an outswinger to the centre, resulting in: clearance
• 86': Constantinos Laifis clears the ball from danger.
• 87': Offside called on Kevin De Bruyne
• 87': Tasos Kissas takes an indirect freekick with his right foot from his own half. Outcome: open play
• 88': Throw-in: Charalambos Kyriakou takes it (Defending)
• 89': Offside called on Michy Batshuayi
• 89': Tasos Kissas takes an indirect freekick with his right foot from his own half. Outcome: open play
• 90': Throw-in: Charalambos Kyriakou takes it (Attacking)
• 90': The referee has signaled the end of the second half
• 90': End of the game
• 90'+2': Giorgos Eleftheriou commits a foul on Jan Vertonghen resulting on a free kick for Belgium
• 90'+2': Kevin De Bruyne takes a direct freekick with his right foot from his own half. Outcome: pass