UEFA European Championship Qualifying

FT Saturday, March 28, 2015
Cyprus LWLLW 0
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Belgium WWDWD 5
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BEL235
Koning Boudewijn Stadion · 45,000 att.

Match Report

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.

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Team Stats

6
Fouls
6
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
1
Corner Kicks
10
3
Saves
0
38
Possession
62
1
SHOTS
11
0
ON GOAL
8
0.0
On Target %
0.7
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
0
Accurate Crosses
0
0
Crosses
1
0.0
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
1
Blocked Shots
0
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
3
Clearances
1

Lineups

BEL

  1. 1Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 2Toby AlderweireldD
  3. 4Vincent KompanyD
  4. 3Nicolas LombaertsD
  5. 5Jan VertonghenD
  6. 16Radja NainggolanM
  7. 6Axel WitselM
  8. 7Kevin De BruyneM
  9. 8Marouane FellainiM
  10. 10Eden HazardM
  11. 9Christian BentekeF

CYP

  1. 12Tasos KissasG
  2. 8Charalambos KyriakouD
  3. 4Giorgos MerkisD
  4. 19Constantinos LaifisD
  5. 15Marios AntoniadesD
  6. 21Andreas MakrisM
  7. 23Marios NikolaouM
  8. 14Vincent LabanM
  9. 9Pieros SoteriouM
  10. 13Konstantinos MakridisM
  11. 10Nestoras MitidisF

Timeline

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 57' Cyprus makes a sub: Giorgos Economides enters for Vincent Laban. Reason: Tactical
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 69' Belgium makes a sub: Yannick Ferreira-Carrasco enters for Marouane Fellaini. Reason: Tactical
  7. 70' Belgium makes a sub: Dries Mertens enters for Eden Hazard. Reason: Tactical
  8. 71' Cyprus makes a sub: Giorgos Eleftheriou enters for Andreas Makris. Reason: Tactical
  9. 77' Belgium makes a sub: Michy Batshuayi enters for Christian Benteke. Reason: Tactical
  10. 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
  11. 84' Cyprus makes a sub: Grigoris Kastanos enters for Konstantinos Makridis. Reason: Tactical
  12. 90' End of the game

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