UEFA European Championship Qualifying

Belarus vs Germany, 2020 European Championship Qualifying, Group Stage

· UEFA European Championship Qualifying
Belarus
    FT
    0 - 2
    Germany
    • 12': Leroy Sané
    • 62': Marco Reus

    Sane, Reus seal Germany win over Belarus

    Germany eased past hosts Belarus 2-0 with goals from Leroy Sane and Marco Reus on Saturday to make it two wins from their first two Euro qualifiers.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Foul by Matthias Ginter (Germany).
    • 1': Yuri Kovalev (Belarus) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 2': Attempt blocked. Ilkay Gündogan (Germany) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 3': Attempt blocked. Valeri Gromyko (Belarus) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Maksim Volodko.
    • 3': Corner, Belarus. Conceded by Matthias Ginter.
    • 3': Offside, Belarus. Maksim Volodko tries a through ball, but Aleksandr Martynovich is caught offside.
    • 6': Hand ball by Valeri Gromyko (Belarus).
    • 8': Attempt blocked. Serge Gnabry (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Leroy Sané.
    • 8': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Denis Polyakov.
    • 9': Attempt saved. Serge Gnabry (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Niklas Süle.
    • 9': Attempt saved. Lukas Klostermann (Germany) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Marco Reus.
    • 11': Foul by Denis Laptev (Belarus).
    • 11': Joshua Kimmich (Germany) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 12': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Denis Polyakov.
    • 12': Attempt missed. Marco Reus (Germany) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is close, but misses to the right following a corner.
    • 12': Goal! Belarus 0, Germany 1. Leroy Sané (Germany) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Joshua Kimmich.
    • 15': Attempt blocked. Joshua Kimmich (Germany) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 18': Attempt blocked. Yuri Kovalev (Belarus) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Maksim Volodko.
    • 18': Offside, Germany. Joshua Kimmich tries a through ball, but Marco Reus is caught offside.
    • 21': Foul by Ilkay Gündogan (Germany).
    • 21': Valeri Gromyko (Belarus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 25': Attempt blocked. Joshua Kimmich (Germany) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Leroy Sané.
    • 25': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Nikita Naumov.
    • 25': Attempt blocked. Lukas Klostermann (Germany) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Joshua Kimmich with a cross.
    • 27': Corner, Belarus. Conceded by Niklas Süle.
    • 28': Foul by Stanislav Dragun (Belarus).
    • 28': Leroy Sané (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 28': Attempt saved. Nico Schulz (Germany) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
    • 29': Attempt blocked. Stanislav Dragun (Belarus) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Igor Shitov with a cross.
    • 29': Corner, Belarus. Conceded by Lukas Klostermann.
    • 30': Attempt saved. Nikita Naumov (Belarus) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Valeri Gromyko with a cross.
    • 30': Corner, Belarus. Conceded by Manuel Neuer.
    • 32': Attempt missed. Leroy Sané (Germany) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Lukas Klostermann with a cross.
    • 33': Foul by Niklas Süle (Germany).
    • 33': Yuri Kovalev (Belarus) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 34': Foul by Marco Reus (Germany).
    • 34': Ivan Maevski (Belarus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 36': Attempt blocked. Ilkay Gündogan (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Serge Gnabry.
    • 36': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Aleksandr Martynovich.
    • 37': Foul by Yuri Kovalev (Belarus).
    • 37': Nico Schulz (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 38': Foul by Ivan Maevski (Belarus).
    • 38': Marco Reus (Germany) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 39': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Maksim Volodko.
    • 42': Attempt missed. Joshua Kimmich (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
    • 45'+1': First Half ends, Belarus 0, Germany 1.
    • 45': Second Half begins Belarus 0, Germany 1.
    • 48': Attempt blocked. Leroy Sané (Germany) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ilkay Gündogan.
    • 48': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Igor Shitov.
    • 52': Foul by Matthias Ginter (Germany).
    • 52': Yuri Kovalev (Belarus) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 54': Attempt missed. Lukas Klostermann (Germany) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Marco Reus.
    • 56': Offside, Belarus. Aleksandr Gutor tries a through ball, but Denis Laptev is caught offside.
    • 57': Substitution, Belarus. Nikita Korzun replaces Valeri Gromyko.
    • 58': Attempt blocked. Leroy Sané (Germany) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Marco Reus.
    • 62': Goal! Belarus 0, Germany 2. Marco Reus (Germany) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Matthias Ginter.
    • 63': Substitution, Belarus. Maksim Skavysh replaces Denis Laptev.
    • 65': Foul by Nico Schulz (Germany).
    • 65': Nikita Korzun (Belarus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 66': Attempt missed. Serge Gnabry (Germany) left footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
    • 68': Foul by Stanislav Dragun (Belarus).
    • 68': Ilkay Gündogan (Germany) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 68': Attempt missed. Serge Gnabry (Germany) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Nico Schulz.
    • 69': Attempt blocked. Ilkay Gündogan (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 69': Substitution, Belarus. Mikhail Gordeychuk replaces Yuri Kovalev.
    • 71': Substitution, Germany. Julian Draxler replaces Serge Gnabry.
    • 73': Foul by Stanislav Dragun (Belarus).
    • 73': Joshua Kimmich (Germany) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 74': Attempt blocked. Leroy Sané (Germany) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 74': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Nikita Naumov.
    • 76': Substitution, Germany. Julian Brandt replaces Marco Reus.
    • 77': Foul by Igor Shitov (Belarus).
    • 77': Nico Schulz (Germany) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 77': Igor Shitov (Belarus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 78': Foul by Maksim Skavysh (Belarus).
    • 78': Niklas Süle (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 79': Attempt blocked. Maksim Skavysh (Belarus) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mikhail Gordeychuk.
    • 81': Foul by Julian Draxler (Germany).
    • 81': Ivan Maevski (Belarus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 81': Substitution, Germany. Leon Goretzka replaces Ilkay Gündogan.
    • 82': Attempt blocked. Julian Draxler (Germany) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nico Schulz.
    • 83': Leroy Sané (Germany) hits the left post with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Matthias Ginter with a cross.
    • 85': Foul by Nikita Korzun (Belarus).
    • 85': Julian Draxler (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 87': Attempt blocked. Maksim Skavysh (Belarus) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mikhail Gordeychuk.
    • 88': Foul by Joshua Kimmich (Germany).
    • 88': Nikita Korzun (Belarus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 90'+3': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Nikita Naumov.
    • 90'+4': Nikita Korzun (Belarus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Belarus 0, Germany 2.
    • 90'+5': Match ends, Belarus 0, Germany 2.

    Statistics

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    8 Fouls 10
    0 Yellow Cards 2
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 2
    8 Corner Kicks 4
    1 Saves 3
    74.7 Possession 25.3
    23 SHOTS 6
    5 ON GOAL 1
    0.2 On Target % 0.2
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    782 Accurate Passes 212
    858 Passes 286
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.7
    3 Accurate Crosses 5
    25 Crosses 9
    0.1 Cross % 0.6
    40 Long Balls 51
    30 Accurate Long Balls 24
    0.8 Long Balls % 0.5
    11 Blocked Shots 5
    4 Effective Tackles 9
    9 Tackles 17
    0.4 Tackle % 0.5
    12 Interceptions 22
    6 Effective Clearances 46
    6 Clearances 46

    Game Information

    Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifying

    Venue: Borisov Arena
    Location: Borisov, Belarus
    Attendance: 12,510

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    # TEAM GP GD PTS
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    Line-Ups

    BLR Belarus (5-3-2)

    No. Name
    1 Alyaksandr Hutar (GK)
    3 Alyaksandr Martynovich
    17 Nikita Naumov
    5 Dzyanis Palyakow
    19 Maksim Valadzko
    4 Igor Shitov Yellow Card
    18 Ivan Maevski
    2 Stanislaw Dragun
    10 Valeri Gromyko
    7 Yuri Kovalev
    9 Denis Laptev
    Belarus Substitutes:
    Pavel Nekhajchik, Yevgeniy Shikavka, Mikhail Gordeychuk, Maksim Skavysh, Kirill Pechenin, Nikita Korzun, Syarhey Kislyak, Ihar Stasevich, Zakhar Volkov, Pavel Pavlyuchenko, Oleg Veretilo, Andrey Klimovich.

    GER Germany (3-4-2-1)

    No. Name
    1 Manuel Neuer (GK)
    15 Niklas Süle
    5 Jonathan Tah
    4 Matthias Ginter
    21 Ilkay Gündogan
    6 Joshua Kimmich
    14 Nico Schulz
    13 Lukas Klostermann
    20 Serge Gnabry
    19 Leroy Sané
    11 Marco Reus
    Germany Substitutes:
    Julian Brandt, Marcel Halstenberg, Jonas Hector, Timo Werner, Kevin Trapp, Thilo Kehrer, Niklas Stark, Leon Goretzka, Julian Draxler, Kai Havertz, Sven Ulreich.

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