International Friendly

Belgium vs Mexico, 2017 International Friendly, International Friendly

· International Friendly
Belgium
  • 17': Eden Hazard
  • 55': Romelu Lukaku
  • 70': Romelu Lukaku
FT
3 - 3
Mexico
  • 38': Andrés Guardado (P)
  • 56': Hirving Lozano
  • 60': Hirving Lozano

Lukaku, Lozano each score twice as Belgium, Mexico draw

Belgium beat Mexico 3-3 in a thrilling friendly match in Brussels on Friday.

Match Timeline

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 1': Offside, Mexico. Néstor Araújo tries a through ball, but Carlos Vela is caught offside.
  • 4': Offside, Mexico. Diego Reyes tries a through ball, but Hirving Lozano is caught offside.
  • 5': Attempt saved. Miguel Layún (Mexico) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Héctor Herrera.
  • 6': Eden Hazard (Belgium) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 6': Foul by Andrés Guardado (Mexico).
  • 9': Eden Hazard (Belgium) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 9': Foul by Andrés Guardado (Mexico).
  • 10': Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Néstor Araújo.
  • 10': Attempt missed. Axel Witsel (Belgium) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne following a corner.
  • 13': Foul by Axel Witsel (Belgium).
  • 13': Héctor Herrera (Mexico) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 15': Dedryck Boyata (Belgium) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 15': Foul by Chicharito (Mexico).
  • 17': Attempt saved. Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Eden Hazard.
  • 17': Goal! Belgium 1, Mexico 0. Eden Hazard (Belgium) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  • 21': Offside, Mexico. Andrés Guardado tries a through ball, but Hirving Lozano is caught offside.
  • 21': Carlos Vela (Mexico) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 21': Foul by Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium).
  • 22': Attempt saved. Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Thomas Meunier.
  • 23': Offside, Belgium. Eden Hazard tries a through ball, but Thomas Meunier is caught offside.
  • 26': Dedryck Boyata (Belgium) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 26': Foul by Carlos Vela (Mexico).
  • 29': Foul by Nacer Chadli (Belgium).
  • 29': Héctor Herrera (Mexico) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 32': Eden Hazard (Belgium) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 32': Foul by Héctor Herrera (Mexico).
  • 32': Attempt blocked. Youri Tielemans (Belgium) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.
  • 32': Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Diego Reyes.
  • 32': Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Diego Reyes.
  • 34': Andrés Guardado (Mexico) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 34': Foul by Eden Hazard (Belgium).
  • 35': Attempt missed. Carlos Vela (Mexico) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Héctor Herrera.
  • 38': Penalty Mexico. Chicharito draws a foul in the penalty area.
  • 38': Penalty conceded by Laurent Ciman (Belgium) after a foul in the penalty area.
  • 38': Laurent Ciman (Belgium) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 38': Goal! Belgium 1, Mexico 1. Andrés Guardado (Mexico) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  • 40': Attempt saved. Eden Hazard (Belgium) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nacer Chadli.
  • 40': Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Francisco Guillermo Ochoa.
  • 40': Chicharito (Mexico) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 40': Foul by Youri Tielemans (Belgium).
  • 41': Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the right side of the box. Assisted by Romelu Lukaku.
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, Belgium 1, Mexico 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins Belgium 1, Mexico 1.
  • 45': Substitution, Belgium. Dries Mertens replaces Kevin De Bruyne.
  • 45': Substitution, Belgium. Mousa Dembélé replaces Youri Tielemans.
  • 48': Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Héctor Moreno.
  • 48': Delay in match Chicharito (Mexico) because of an injury.
  • 49': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 51': Eden Hazard (Belgium) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 51': Foul by Diego Reyes (Mexico).
  • 51': Substitution, Mexico. Raúl Jiménez replaces Chicharito because of an injury.
  • 52': Foul by Diego Reyes (Mexico).
  • 52': Mousa Dembélé (Belgium) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 52': Diego Reyes (Mexico) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 53': Attempt missed. Dries Mertens (Belgium) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
  • 54': Attempt missed. Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left misses to the right.
  • 55': Goal! Belgium 2, Mexico 1. Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dries Mertens.
  • 56': Goal! Belgium 2, Mexico 2. Hirving Lozano (Mexico) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Héctor Moreno.
  • 57': Foul by Carlos Vela (Mexico).
  • 57': Thomas Vermaelen (Belgium) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 58': Foul by Laurent Ciman (Belgium).
  • 58': Hirving Lozano (Mexico) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 59': Substitution, Mexico. Edson Álvarez replaces Diego Reyes.
  • 59': Substitution, Mexico. Giovani dos Santos replaces Carlos Vela.
  • 60': Attempt saved. Hirving Lozano (Mexico) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Andrés Guardado.
  • 60': Goal! Belgium 2, Mexico 3. Hirving Lozano (Mexico) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner.
  • 62': Attempt missed. Héctor Herrera (Mexico) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Hirving Lozano.
  • 64': Attempt saved. Dries Mertens (Belgium) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Romelu Lukaku.
  • 65': Offside, Mexico. Héctor Herrera tries a through ball, but Hirving Lozano is caught offside.
  • 70': Substitution, Mexico. Jürgen Damm replaces Andrés Guardado.
  • 70': Hand ball by Jürgen Damm (Mexico).
  • 70': Goal! Belgium 3, Mexico 3. Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) with an attempt from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Dries Mertens.
  • 71': Foul by Raúl Jiménez (Mexico).
  • 71': Thomas Vermaelen (Belgium) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 73': Corner, Mexico. Conceded by Thomas Vermaelen.
  • 74': Foul by Thomas Vermaelen (Belgium).
  • 74': Giovani dos Santos (Mexico) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 75': Attempt blocked. Néstor Araújo (Mexico) header from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 75': Offside, Mexico. Raúl Jiménez tries a through ball, but Giovani dos Santos is caught offside.
  • 77': Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Néstor Araújo.
  • 81': Attempt missed. Raúl Jiménez (Mexico) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Edson Álvarez.
  • 82': Foul by Carlos Salcedo (Mexico).
  • 82': Nacer Chadli (Belgium) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 83': Attempt missed. Hirving Lozano (Mexico) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Héctor Herrera with a through ball.
  • 85': Edson Álvarez (Mexico) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 85': Foul by Mousa Dembélé (Belgium).
  • 85': Substitution, Belgium. Thorgan Hazard replaces Eden Hazard.
  • 87': Foul by Dries Mertens (Belgium).
  • 87': Raúl Jiménez (Mexico) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 88': Substitution, Belgium. Divock Origi replaces Romelu Lukaku.
  • 88': Delay in match Edson Álvarez (Mexico) because of an injury.
  • 89': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 89': Substitution, Mexico. Jonathan dos Santos replaces Edson Álvarez because of an injury.
  • 90'+1': Substitution, Mexico. Javier Aquino replaces Hirving Lozano.
  • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Belgium 3, Mexico 3.
  • 90'+4': Match ends, Belgium 3, Mexico 3.

Statistics

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11 Fouls 10
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
5 Offsides 1
1 Corner Kicks 6
4 Saves 2
55.7 Possession 44.3
10 SHOTS 12
5 ON GOAL 7
0.5 On Target % 0.6
1 Penalty Goals 0
1 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
457 Accurate Passes 351
532 Passes 417
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
0 Accurate Crosses 1
8 Crosses 11
0.0 Cross % 0.1
88 Long Balls 49
58 Accurate Long Balls 31
0.7 Long Balls % 0.6
1 Blocked Shots 1
17 Effective Tackles 9
19 Tackles 11
0.9 Tackle % 0.8
0 Interceptions 0
13 Effective Clearances 15
13 Clearances 15

Game Information

Competition: International Friendly

Venue:
Location: ,
Attendance: 40,965

Line-Ups

BEL Belgium (5-3-2)

No. Name
1 Thibaut Courtois (GK)
20 Dedryck Boyata
3 Thomas Vermaelen
23 Laurent Ciman Yellow Card
22 Nacer Chadli
15 Thomas Meunier
6 Axel Witsel
8 Youri Tielemans
7 Kevin De Bruyne
10 Eden Hazard
9 Romelu Lukaku
Belgium Substitutes:
Adnan Januzaj, Mousa Dembélé, Leander Dendoncker, Jordan Lukaku, Kevin Mirallas, Dries Mertens, Koen Casteels, Divock Origi, Simon Mignolet, Steven Defour, Jan Vertonghen, Laurent Depoitre, Thorgan Hazard.

MEX Mexico (4-3-3)

No. Name
13 Guillermo Ochoa (GK)
15 Héctor Moreno
2 Néstor Araujo
7 Miguel Layún
3 Carlos Salcedo
5 Diego Reyes Yellow Card
16 Héctor Herrera
18 Andrés Guardado
14 Javier Hernández
11 Carlos Vela
8 Hirving Lozano
Mexico Substitutes:
César Montes, Rodolfo Cota, Hugo Ayala, José Corona, Giovani Dos Santos, Jürgen Damm, Edson Álvarez, Oribe Peralta, Jonathan dos Santos, Jesús Gallardo, Javier Aquino, Raúl Jiménez.

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