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FT Tuesday, March 27, 2018
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Match Report

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Romelu Lukaku matches Belgium's goals record with brace

Romelu Lukaku scored twice in the first half to match the Belgium all-time goals record in a 4-0 win over Saudi Arabia.

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Head to Head

Series tied 1-1

Lineups

BEL · 3-4-3

  1. 12Simon MignoletG
  2. 4Vincent KompanyCD
  3. 5Jan VertonghenCD-L
  4. 2Toby AlderweireldCD-R
  5. 6Axel WitselCM-L
  6. 7Kevin De BruyneCM-R
  7. 21Yannick CarrascoLM
  8. 15Thomas MeunierRM
  9. 9Romelu LukakuF
  10. 14Dries MertensCF-L
  11. 10Eden HazardCF-R

KSA · 4-3-3

  1. 22Fawaz Al-QarniG
  2. 25Motaz HawsawiCD-L
  3. 5Omar OthmanCD-R
  4. 2Mansour Al-HarbiLB
  5. 12Hassan Muath FallatahRB
  6. 14Abdullah OtayfCM
  7. 17Taisir Al-JassimLM
  8. 16Hussain AlmoqahwiRM
  9. 10Mohammed Al-SahlawiF
  10. 18Salem Al-DawsariLF
  11. 19Fahad Al-MuwalladRF

Timeline

  1. 13' Goal! Belgium 1, Saudi Arabia 0. Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.
  2. 39' Goal! Belgium 2, Saudi Arabia 0. Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Eden Hazard.
  3. 43' Motaz Hawsawi (Saudi Arabia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, Belgium. Thomas Vermaelen replaces Vincent Kompany.
  5. 45' Substitution, Belgium. Anthony Limbombe replaces Yannick Carrasco.
  6. 45' Substitution, Saudi Arabia. Mohammed Al Owais replaces Fawaz Al-Qarni because of an injury.
  7. 45' Substitution, Saudi Arabia. Yasir Al Shahrani replaces Hassan Muath.
  8. 54' Substitution, Saudi Arabia. Salman Muwashar replaces Mohammed Al Sahlawi.
  9. 59' Substitution, Belgium. Radja Nainggolan replaces Dries Mertens.
  10. 59' Substitution, Belgium. Michy Batshuayi replaces Eden Hazard.
  11. 67' Omar Hawsawi (Saudi Arabia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 69' Substitution, Saudi Arabia. Yahya Al Shehri replaces Fahad Al Muwallad.
  13. 77' Goal! Belgium 3, Saudi Arabia 0. Michy Batshuayi (Belgium) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne with a cross.
  14. 78' Goal! Belgium 4, Saudi Arabia 0. Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Romelu Lukaku.
  15. 79' Substitution, Belgium. Kevin Mirallas replaces Romelu Lukaku.
  16. 82' Substitution, Saudi Arabia. Abdulmalek Al-Khaibri replaces Taiseer Al Jassam.
  17. 84' Substitution, Belgium. Mousa Dembélé replaces Kevin De Bruyne.
  18. 86' Substitution, Saudi Arabia. Mohammed Jahfali replaces Motaz Hawsawi because of an injury.

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