Germany vs Belarus, 2020 European Championship Qualifying, Group Stage

· UEFA European Championship Qualifying

Germany

41': Matthias Ginter
49': Leon Goretzka
55': Toni Kroos
83': Toni Kroos

FT
4 - 0

Belarus

Ginter the inspiration as Germany clinch Euro 2020 spot

GER vs BLR LIVE (team celeb) 191116 [1296x729]

Defender Matthias Ginter scored one goal and was involved in two more as Germany clinched their place at Euro 2020.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
1': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Aleksandr Gutor.
2': Attempt blocked. Timo Werner (Germany) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Toni Kroos with a cross.
3': Attempt missed. Leon Goretzka (Germany) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Serge Gnabry.
4': Foul by Nico Schulz (Germany).
4': Yuri Kovalev (Belarus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
7': Attempt blocked. Ilkay Gündogan (Germany) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lukas Klostermann.
8': Foul by Ivan Maevski (Belarus).
8': Ilkay Gündogan (Germany) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
9': Offside, Belarus. Denis Laptev tries a through ball, but Yuri Kovalev is caught offside.
10': Attempt blocked. Toni Kroos (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Serge Gnabry.
10': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Sergey Matveychik.
10': Attempt missed. Joshua Kimmich (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Ilkay Gündogan following a corner.
12': Attempt missed. Timo Werner (Germany) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Lukas Klostermann with a cross.
12': Attempt blocked. Serge Gnabry (Germany) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lukas Klostermann with a headed pass.
14': Denis Laptev (Belarus) wins a free kick on the left wing.
14': Foul by Matthias Ginter (Germany).
15': Attempt saved. Matthias Ginter (Germany) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Serge Gnabry.
15': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Aleksandr Gutor.
15': Attempt missed. Lukas Klostermann (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Joshua Kimmich following a corner.
18': Attempt saved. Toni Kroos (Germany) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Joshua Kimmich.
19': Attempt missed. Timo Werner (Germany) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Lukas Klostermann with a headed pass.
20': Attempt missed. Toni Kroos (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Ilkay Gündogan.
23': Attempt blocked. Timo Werner (Germany) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lukas Klostermann with a cross.
23': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Sergey Matveychik.
24': Attempt missed. Serge Gnabry (Germany) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Leon Goretzka.
25': Attempt missed. Lukas Klostermann (Germany) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left.
27': Foul by Pavel Nekhajchik (Belarus).
27': Lukas Klostermann (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
29': Attempt missed. Serge Gnabry (Germany) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Lukas Klostermann with a headed pass.
29': Attempt blocked. Timo Werner (Germany) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Toni Kroos.
29': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Denis Polyakov.
30': Denis Polyakov (Belarus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
30': Foul by Leon Goretzka (Germany).
30': Hand ball by Ilkay Gündogan (Germany).
34': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Pavel Nekhajchik.
34': Attempt saved. Toni Kroos (Germany) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
34': Foul by Joshua Kimmich (Germany).
34': Igor Stasevich (Belarus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
37': Foul by Pavel Nekhajchik (Belarus).
37': Toni Kroos (Germany) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
38': Attempt saved. Toni Kroos (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
39': Attempt missed. Timo Werner (Germany) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Serge Gnabry with a headed pass.
40': Attempt blocked. Stanislav Dragun (Belarus) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Igor Stasevich.
40': Attempt saved. Igor Stasevich (Belarus) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nikita Naumov.
40': Attempt blocked. Pavel Nekhajchik (Belarus) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Yuri Kovalev with a cross.
40': Attempt saved. Denis Laptev (Belarus) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the top left corner.
41': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Aleksandr Martynovich.
41': Goal! Germany 1, Belarus 0. Matthias Ginter (Germany) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Serge Gnabry.
43': Foul by Pavel Nekhajchik (Belarus).
43': Ilkay Gündogan (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
43': Attempt blocked. Serge Gnabry (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Toni Kroos.
44': Foul by Timo Werner (Germany).
44': Ivan Maevski (Belarus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45': Attempt missed. Ilkay Gündogan (Germany) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
45'+1': First Half ends, Germany 1, Belarus 0.
45': Second Half begins Germany 1, Belarus 0.
48': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Aleksandr Martynovich.
49': Goal! Germany 2, Belarus 0. Leon Goretzka (Germany) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Toni Kroos following a corner.
50': Denis Polyakov (Belarus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
50': Foul by Leon Goretzka (Germany).
53': Attempt saved. Timo Werner (Germany) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Toni Kroos.
53': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Aleksandr Gutor.
54': Offside, Germany. Serge Gnabry tries a through ball, but Timo Werner is caught offside.
55': Goal! Germany 3, Belarus 0. Toni Kroos (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Matthias Ginter.
56': Attempt missed. Yuri Kovalev (Belarus) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ivan Maevski.
57': Attempt missed. Leon Goretzka (Germany) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Serge Gnabry.
59': Attempt blocked. Stanislav Dragun (Belarus) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
59': Attempt missed. Pavel Nekhajchik (Belarus) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Igor Stasevich.
61': Foul by Nico Schulz (Germany).
61': Yuri Kovalev (Belarus) wins a free kick on the right wing.
63': Foul by Denis Laptev (Belarus).
63': Joshua Kimmich (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
65': Foul by Igor Stasevich (Belarus).
65': Toni Kroos (Germany) wins a free kick on the left wing.
66': Foul by Igor Stasevich (Belarus).
66': Matthias Ginter (Germany) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
67': Attempt missed. Pavel Nekhajchik (Belarus) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Igor Stasevich.
68': Offside, Germany. Toni Kroos tries a through ball, but Timo Werner is caught offside.
68': Substitution, Belarus. Vitali Lisakovich replaces Denis Laptev.
68': Substitution, Germany. Julian Brandt replaces Timo Werner.
69': Attempt missed. Stanislav Dragun (Belarus) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Igor Stasevich with a cross.
70': Attempt missed. Toni Kroos (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Nico Schulz.
71': Attempt saved. Leon Goretzka (Germany) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Matthias Ginter with a cross.
72': Attempt saved. Vitali Lisakovich (Belarus) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ivan Maevski.
72': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Nikita Naumov.
73': Foul by Robin Koch (Germany).
73': Yuri Kovalev (Belarus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
73': Attempt saved. Pavel Nekhajchik (Belarus) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Vitali Lisakovich with a through ball.
74': Penalty Belarus. Pavel Nekhajchik draws a foul in the penalty area.
74': Penalty conceded by Robin Koch (Germany) after a foul in the penalty area.
75': Robin Koch (Germany) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
75': Penalty saved! Igor Stasevich (Belarus) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
75': Corner, Belarus. Conceded by Manuel Neuer.
78': Foul by Serge Gnabry (Germany).
78': Nikita Naumov (Belarus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
78': Substitution, Belarus. Maksim Skavysh replaces Yuri Kovalev.
81': Attempt blocked. Serge Gnabry (Germany) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ilkay Gündogan.
83': Goal! Germany 4, Belarus 0. Toni Kroos (Germany) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ilkay Gündogan.
84': Substitution, Germany. Gian-Luca Waldschmidt replaces Serge Gnabry.
84': Substitution, Belarus. Dmitry Bessmertny replaces Pavel Nekhajchik.
88': Aleksandr Gutor (Belarus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
88': Foul by Gian-Luca Waldschmidt (Germany).
90'+1': Corner, Belarus. Conceded by Robin Koch.
90'+1': Substitution, Germany. Sebastian Rudy replaces Gian-Luca Waldschmidt because of an injury.
90'+1': Attempt missed. Nikita Naumov (Belarus) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Igor Stasevich with a cross following a corner.
90'+2': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Dmitry Bessmertny.
90'+4': Second Half ends, Germany 4, Belarus 0.
0': Match ends, Germany 4, Belarus 0.

Statistics

BLR		GER
7	Fouls	12
0	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	2
2	Corner Kicks	11
6	Saves	5
29	Possession	71
13	SHOTS	31
5	ON GOAL	10
0.4	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
1	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
233	Accurate Passes	713
331	Passes	806
0.7	Pass Completion %	0.9
3	Accurate Crosses	9
8	Crosses	26
0.4	Cross %	0.3
59	Long Balls	36
24	Accurate Long Balls	24
0.4	Long Balls %	0.7
3	Blocked Shots	8
11	Effective Tackles	7
18	Tackles	13
0.6	Tackle %	0.5
12	Interceptions	7
38	Effective Clearances	4
38	Clearances	4

Game Information

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifying

Venue: BORUSSIA-PARK
Location: Mönchengladbach, Germany
Attendance: 33,164

EURO Qualifying Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	England	8	+18	20
2	Italy	8	+7	14
3	Ukraine	8	+3	14
4	North Macedonia	8	-10	8

Full Table

Line-Ups

Germany (4-3-3)

No.	Name
1	Manuel Neuer (GK)
2	Robin Koch
4	Matthias Ginter
14	Nico Schulz
13	Lukas Klostermann
6	Joshua Kimmich
8	Toni Kroos
21	Ilkay Gündogan
20	Serge Gnabry
9	Timo Werner
18	Leon Goretzka

Germany Substitutes:

Sebastian Rudy, Luca Waldschmidt, Niklas Stark, Suat Serdar, Jonathan Tah, Bernd Leno, Jonas Hector, Nadiem Amiri, Julian Brandt, Marc-André ter Stegen.

Belarus (4-4-2)

No.	Name
1	Alyaksandr Hutar (GK)
4	Nikita Naumov
3	Alyaksandr Martynovich
5	Denis Polyakov
21	Sergey Matsveychik
2	Stanislaw Dragun
18	Ivan Maevski
23	Pavel Nekhajchik
7	Yuri Kovalev
19	Denis Laptev
22	Ihar Stasevich

Belarus Substitutes:

Maksim Skavysh, Syarhey Kislyak, Dmitry Bessmertny, Vitali Lisakovic, Oleg Veretilo, Aleksandr Pavlovets, Evgeni Yablonski, Vladislav Klimovich, Nikolai Zolotov, Aleksandr Sachivko, Anton Chichkan, Sergey Chernik.

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