International Friendly

FT Thursday, September 1, 2016
Spain LWWLL 2
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Belgium LWWWL 0
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King Baudouin Stadium · ESPN Deportes

Match Report

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David Silva scores twice as Spain beat Belgium ahead of WCQ

David Silva scored twice as new Spain coach Julen Lopetegui made a winning start with a deserved 2-0 friendly victory over Roberto Martinez's Belgium.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
12
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
2
5
Corner Kicks
4
1
Saves
2
62.9
Possession
37.1
10
SHOTS
3
4
ON GOAL
1
0.4
On Target %
0.3
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
697
Accurate Passes
359
780
Passes
448
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
3
8
Crosses
14
0.1
Cross %
0.2
63
Long Balls
53
47
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.7
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
0
12
Effective Tackles
12
17
Tackles
17
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
6
Effective Clearances
14
12
Clearances
17

Head to Head

ESP leads series 5-0

Lineups

BEL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 5Jan VertonghenCD-L
  3. 2Toby AlderweireldCD-R
  4. 21Jordan LukakuLB
  5. 15Thomas MeunierRB
  6. 7Kevin De BruyneAM
  7. 6Axel WitselLM
  8. 4Radja NainggolanRM
  9. 17Divock OrigiF
  10. 10Eden HazardAM-L
  11. 8Yannick CarrascoAM-R

ESP · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1David de GeaG
  2. 15Sergio RamosCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 5Sergio BusquetsDM
  5. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  6. 20Dani CarvajalRB
  7. 8KokeCM-L
  8. 10Thiago AlcantaraCM-R
  9. 21David SilvaLM
  10. 11VitoloRM
  11. 7Álvaro MorataF

Timeline

  1. 27' Substitution, Spain. Diego Costa replaces Álvaro Morata because of an injury.
  2. 34' Goal! Belgium 0, Spain 1. David Silva (Spain) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Diego Costa.
  3. 45' Substitution, Belgium. Mousa Dembélé replaces Radja Nainggolan.
  4. 59' Substitution, Spain. Marc Bartra replaces Gerard Piqué.
  5. 59' Substitution, Spain. César Azpilicueta replaces Jordi Alba.
  6. 62' Goal! Belgium 0, Spain 2. David Silva (Spain) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  7. 67' Substitution, Belgium. Romelu Lukaku replaces Divock Origi.
  8. 75' Substitution, Spain. Saúl Ñíguez replaces Vitolo.
  9. 75' Substitution, Spain. Lucas Vázquez replaces David Silva.
  10. 77' Substitution, Belgium. Kevin Mirallas replaces Yannick Carrasco.
  11. 85' Substitution, Spain. Sergi Roberto replaces Daniel Carvajal.
  12. 87' Substitution, Belgium. Steven Defour replaces Kevin De Bruyne.

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