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FT Tuesday, October 16, 2018
Netherlands DDWLW 1
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Belgium LWWWW 1
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NED101
BEL101
King Baudouin Stadium · 34,747 att.

Match Report

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Arnaut Groeneveld scores first for Netherlands in draw with Belgium

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Head to Head

BEL leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

BEL · 3-4-3

  1. 12Simon MignoletG
  2. 20Dedryck BoyataCD
  3. 5Jason DenayerCD-L
  4. 2Toby AlderweireldCD-R
  5. 6Axel WitselCM-L
  6. 8Youri TielemansCM-R
  7. 22Nacer ChadliLM
  8. 21Timothy CastagneRM
  9. 14Dries MertensF
  10. 10Eden HazardCF-L
  11. 9Romelu LukakuCF-R

NED · 5-3-2

  1. 1Jasper CillessenG
  2. 4Stefan de VrijCD
  3. 5Nathan AkéCD-L
  4. 3Matthijs de LigtCD-R
  5. 11Arnaut DanjumaLB
  6. 2Denzel DumfriesRB
  7. 6Daley BlindCM
  8. 8Kevin StrootmanCM-L
  9. 7Donny van de BeekCM-R
  10. 10Memphis DepayCF-L
  11. 9Quincy PromesCF-R

Timeline

  1. 5' Goal! Belgium 1, Netherlands 0. Dries Mertens (Belgium) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner.
  2. 27' Goal! Belgium 1, Netherlands 1. Arnaut Danjuma Groeneveld (Netherlands) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Memphis Depay with a through ball following a fast break.
  3. 45' Substitution, Netherlands. Hans Hateboer replaces Denzel Dumfries.
  4. 45' Substitution, Belgium. Thorgan Hazard replaces Eden Hazard.
  5. 45' Substitution, Belgium. Michy Batshuayi replaces Romelu Lukaku.
  6. 45' Substitution, Netherlands. Pablo Rosario replaces Matthijs de Ligt.
  7. 45' Substitution, Belgium. Dennis Praet replaces Dries Mertens.
  8. 61' Substitution, Netherlands. Tonny Vilhena replaces Arnaut Danjuma Groeneveld.
  9. 61' Substitution, Netherlands. Patrick van Aanholt replaces Donny van de Beek.
  10. 73' Substitution, Netherlands. Steven Bergwijn replaces Quincy Promes.
  11. 73' Substitution, Netherlands. Luuk de Jong replaces Kevin Strootman.
  12. 73' Substitution, Belgium. Thomas Meunier replaces Timothy Castagne.
  13. 82' Dedryck Boyata (Belgium) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 83' Substitution, Belgium. Yannick Carrasco replaces Youri Tielemans.
  15. 84' Tonny Vilhena (Netherlands) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 90'+1' Hans Hateboer (Netherlands) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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