UEFA European Championship Qualifying

FT Thursday, October 10, 2019
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King Baudouin Stadium · 34,504 att. · ESPN3

Match Report

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Belgium qualify for Euro 2020 with nine-goal onslaught against San Marino

Romelu Lukaku scored as Belgium thrashed San Marino 9-0 on Thursday and became the first side through to the Euro 2020 finals.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
0
Corner Kicks
17
9
Saves
0
16.9
Possession
83.1
0
SHOTS
44
0
ON GOAL
17
0.0
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
86
Accurate Passes
706
163
Passes
770
0.5
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
13
0
Crosses
36
0.0
Cross %
0.4
50
Long Balls
38
18
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.4
Long Balls %
0.8
0
Blocked Shots
6
5
Effective Tackles
10
14
Tackles
14
0.4
Tackle %
0.7
9
Interceptions
5
36
Effective Clearances
3
36
Clearances
3

Head to Head

BEL leads series 3-0

Lineups

BEL · 3-4-3

  1. 1Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 3Thomas VermaelenCD
  3. 5Jan VertonghenCD-L
  4. 2Toby AlderweireldCD-R
  5. 8Youri TielemansCM-L
  6. 7Hans VanakenCM-R
  7. 22Nacer ChadliLM
  8. 21Timothy CastagneRM
  9. 9Romelu LukakuF
  10. 10Eden HazardCF-L
  11. 14Dries MertensCF-R

SMR · 5-3-2

  1. 12Simone BenedettiniG
  2. 6Davide SimonciniCD
  3. 3Mirko PalazziCD-L
  4. 15Cristian BrolliCD-R
  5. 13Andrea GrandoniLB
  6. 11Manuel BattistiniRB
  7. 21Enrico GolinucciCM
  8. 10Mattia GiardiCM-L
  9. 9Marcello MularoniCM-R
  10. 18Filippo BerardiCF-L
  11. 16Nicola NanniCF-R

Timeline

  1. 28' Goal! Belgium 1, San Marino 0. Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Youri Tielemans.
  2. 31' Goal! Belgium 2, San Marino 0. Nacer Chadli (Belgium) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Romelu Lukaku.
  3. 35' Cristian Brolli (San Marino) Own Goal at 35'
  4. 41' Goal! Belgium 4, San Marino 0. Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Eden Hazard.
  5. 43' Goal! Belgium 5, San Marino 0. Toby Alderweireld (Belgium) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Timothy Castagne.
  6. 45'+1' Goal! Belgium 6, San Marino 0. Youri Tielemans (Belgium) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Eden Hazard.
  7. 45' Substitution, San Marino. Adolfo Hirsch replaces Mattia Giardi.
  8. 45' Substitution, San Marino. Alessandro Golinucci replaces Filippo Berardi.
  9. 51' Dries Mertens (Belgium) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 63' Substitution, Belgium. Yari Verschaeren replaces Dries Mertens.
  11. 63' Substitution, Belgium. Yannick Carrasco replaces Eden Hazard.
  12. 76' Substitution, Belgium. Christian Benteke replaces Romelu Lukaku.
  13. 78' Substitution, San Marino. Lorenzo Lunadei replaces Andrea Grandoni.
  14. 79' Goal! Belgium 7, San Marino 0. Christian Benteke (Belgium) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Yannick Carrasco.
  15. 82' Marcello Mularoni (San Marino) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 84' Goal! Belgium 8, San Marino 0. Yari Verschaeren (Belgium) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  17. 90' Goal! Belgium 9, San Marino 0. Timothy Castagne (Belgium) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  18. 90'+1' Davide Simoncini (San Marino) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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