UEFA European Championship

FT Friday, July 1, 2016
Belgium WLWWW 1
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Wales LWLWW 3
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BEL101
WAL123
Decathlon Arena - Stade Pierre-Mauroy · 45,936 att. · ESPN2

Match Report

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Wales shock Belgium to reach semifinals at Euro 2016

Wales rallied from an early deficit to defeat Belgium 3-1 and advance to the semifinals in their first European Championship.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
8
Corner Kicks
7
4
Saves
3
52
Possession
48
14
SHOTS
15
4
ON GOAL
7
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
410
Accurate Passes
355
472
Passes
421
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
7
Accurate Crosses
6
35
Crosses
14
0.2
Cross %
0.4
44
Long Balls
57
30
Accurate Long Balls
34
0.7
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
3
12
Effective Tackles
8
15
Tackles
11
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
11
Effective Clearances
23
14
Clearances
31

Head to Head

WAL leads series 1-0-3

Lineups

WAL · 3-5-1-1

  1. 1Wayne HennesseyG
  2. 6Ashley WilliamsCD
  3. 4Ben DaviesCD-L
  4. 5James ChesterCD-R
  5. 10Aaron RamseyCM-L
  6. 7Joe AllenCM-R
  7. 16Joe LedleyAM
  8. 3Neil TaylorLM
  9. 2Chris GunterRM
  10. 9Hal Robson-KanuF
  11. 11Gareth BaleRCF

BEL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 15Jason DenayerCD-L
  3. 2Toby AlderweireldCD-R
  4. 21Jordan LukakuLB
  5. 16Thomas MeunierRB
  6. 7Kevin De BruyneAM
  7. 6Axel WitselLM
  8. 4Radja NainggolanRM
  9. 9Romelu LukakuF
  10. 10Eden HazardAM-L
  11. 11Yannick CarrascoAM-R

Timeline

  1. 5' Ben Davies (Wales) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 13' Goal! Wales 0, Belgium 1. Radja Nainggolan (Belgium) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Eden Hazard.
  3. 16' James Chester (Wales) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 24' Chris Gunter (Wales) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 30' Goal! Wales 1, Belgium 1. Ashley Williams (Wales) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Aaron Ramsey with a cross following a corner.
  6. 45' Substitution, Belgium. Marouane Fellaini replaces Yannick Carrasco.
  7. 55' Goal! Wales 2, Belgium 1. Hal Robson-Kanu (Wales) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Aaron Ramsey.
  8. 59' Marouane Fellaini (Belgium) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 75' Aaron Ramsey (Wales) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  10. 75' Substitution, Belgium. Dries Mertens replaces Jordan Lukaku.
  11. 78' Substitution, Wales. Andy King replaces Joe Ledley.
  12. 80' Substitution, Wales. Sam Vokes replaces Hal Robson-Kanu.
  13. 83' Substitution, Belgium. Michy Batshuayi replaces Romelu Lukaku.
  14. 85' Toby Alderweireld (Belgium) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 85' Goal! Wales 3, Belgium 1. Sam Vokes (Wales) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Chris Gunter with a cross.
  16. 90' Substitution, Wales. James Collins replaces Aaron Ramsey.

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