UEFA European Championship

FT Saturday, June 12, 2021
Russia WWLDW 0
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Belgium WDWDW 3
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RUS000
BEL213
Gazprom Arena · 26,264 att. · ABC

Match Report

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Belgium's Romelu Lukaku pays tribute to Christian Eriksen in win over Russia

Belgium beat Russia 3-0 on the back of a Romelu Lukaku double to open their European Championship campaign on Saturday.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
9
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
2
1
Saves
1
38
Possession
62
5
SHOTS
9
1
ON GOAL
4
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
263
Accurate Passes
647
354
Passes
722
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
0
15
Crosses
8
0.2
Cross %
0.0
60
Long Balls
44
23
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
2
16
Effective Tackles
7
23
Tackles
8
0.7
Tackle %
0.9
9
Interceptions
9
15
Effective Clearances
14
15
Clearances
14

Head to Head

BEL leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

BEL · 3-4-3

  1. 1Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 4Dedryck BoyataCD
  3. 5Jan VertonghenCD-L
  4. 2Toby AlderweireldCD-R
  5. 8Youri TielemansCM-L
  6. 19Leander DendonckerCM-R
  7. 16Thorgan HazardLM
  8. 21Timothy CastagneRM
  9. 9Romelu LukakuF
  10. 11Yannick CarrascoCF-L
  11. 14Dries MertensCF-R

RUS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Anton ShuninG
  2. 14Georgi DzhikiyaCD-L
  3. 5Andrei SemenovCD-R
  4. 18Yuri ZhirkovLB
  5. 2Mário FernandesRB
  6. 17Aleksandr GolovinAM
  7. 7Magomed OzdoevLM
  8. 8Dmitri BarinovRM
  9. 22Artem DzyubaF
  10. 23Daler KuzyaevAM-L
  11. 11Roman ZobninAM-R

Timeline

  1. 10' Goal! Belgium 1, Russia 0. Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  2. 27' Substitution, Belgium. Thomas Meunier replaces Timothy Castagne because of an injury.
  3. 29' Substitution, Russia. Denis Cheryshev replaces Daler Kuzyaev because of an injury.
  4. 34' Goal! Belgium 2, Russia 0. Thomas Meunier (Belgium) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  5. 43' Substitution, Russia. Vyacheslav Karavaev replaces Yuri Zhirkov because of an injury.
  6. 45' Substitution, Russia. Igor Diveev replaces Dimitri Barinov.
  7. 63' Substitution, Russia. Maksim Mukhin replaces Roman Zobnin.
  8. 63' Substitution, Russia. Aleksey Miranchuk replaces Denis Cheryshev.
  9. 72' Substitution, Belgium. Eden Hazard replaces Dries Mertens.
  10. 77' Substitution, Belgium. Thomas Vermaelen replaces Jan Vertonghen because of an injury.
  11. 77' Substitution, Belgium. Dennis Praet replaces Yannick Carrasco.
  12. 88' Goal! Belgium 3, Russia 0. Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Thomas Meunier with a through ball.

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