Belgium vs Croatia, 2021 International Friendly

· International Friendly

Belgium

38': Romelu Lukaku

FT
1 - 0

Croatia

Romelu Lukaku fires Belgium to pre-Euro win over Croatia

Belgium's Romelu Lukaku underlined his status as one of the world's top strikers with his 60th international goal to secure a 1-0 win over Croatia.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
2': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Jason Denayer.
7': Offside, Croatia. Domagoj Vida tries a through ball, but Ante Rebic is caught offside.
7': Foul by Ante Rebic (Croatia).
7': Nacer Chadli (Belgium) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
9': Foul by Sime Vrsaljko (Croatia).
9': Yannick Carrasco (Belgium) wins a free kick on the left wing.
11': Attempt missed. Nacer Chadli (Belgium) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right.
13': Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Ante Rebic.
14': Dominik Livakovic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
14': Foul by Romelu Lukaku (Belgium).
19': Attempt blocked. Yannick Carrasco (Belgium) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Toby Alderweireld.
19': Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Duje Caleta-Car.
20': Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Borna Barisic.
20': Attempt blocked. Ante Rebic (Croatia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Luka Modric.
20': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Jan Vertonghen.
21': Foul by Ivan Perisic (Croatia).
21': Youri Tielemans (Belgium) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
23': Dries Mertens (Belgium) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
23': Foul by Mateo Kovacic (Croatia).
25': Foul by Sime Vrsaljko (Croatia).
25': Jan Vertonghen (Belgium) wins a free kick on the left wing.
28': Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Domagoj Vida.
29': Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Marcelo Brozovic.
29': Ante Rebic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
29': Foul by Jan Vertonghen (Belgium).
31': Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) hits the left post with a left footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Toby Alderweireld.
31': Yannick Carrasco (Belgium) hits the bar with a header from the centre of the box.
31': Attempt blocked. Ivan Perisic (Croatia) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ante Rebic.
33': Attempt saved. Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jan Vertonghen.
33': Foul by Marcelo Brozovic (Croatia).
33': Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
34': Attempt blocked. Dries Mertens (Belgium) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
34': Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Bruno Petkovic.
35': Attempt blocked. Toby Alderweireld (Belgium) header from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Yannick Carrasco with a cross.
36': Attempt saved. Yannick Carrasco (Belgium) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Romelu Lukaku.
37': Offside, Croatia. Ante Rebic tries a through ball, but Sime Vrsaljko is caught offside.
38': Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Ivan Perisic.
38': Attempt blocked. Youri Tielemans (Belgium) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
38': Goal! Belgium 1, Croatia 0. Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal following a corner.
39': Foul by Yannick Carrasco (Belgium).
39': Luka Modric (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
42': Offside, Croatia. Bruno Petkovic tries a through ball, but Ivan Perisic is caught offside.
42': Foul by Mateo Kovacic (Croatia).
42': Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+1': Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Marcelo Brozovic.
45'+1': First Half ends, Belgium 1, Croatia 0.
45': Second Half begins Belgium 1, Croatia 0.
45': Substitution, Belgium. Thomas Vermaelen replaces Jan Vertonghen.
45': Substitution, Croatia. Josko Gvardiol replaces Borna Barisic.
48': Attempt saved. Bruno Petkovic (Croatia) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sime Vrsaljko with a cross.
51': Attempt saved. Bruno Petkovic (Croatia) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
52': Attempt missed. Yannick Carrasco (Belgium) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Timothy Castagne with a cross.
55': Foul by Sime Vrsaljko (Croatia).
55': Yannick Carrasco (Belgium) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
56': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Jason Denayer.
57': Foul by Domagoj Vida (Croatia).
57': Youri Tielemans (Belgium) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
58': Attempt blocked. Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Nacer Chadli with a cross.
58': Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Josko Gvardiol.
59': Attempt blocked. Toby Alderweireld (Belgium) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nacer Chadli.
61': Substitution, Croatia. Mario Pasalic replaces Luka Modric.
61': Substitution, Croatia. Andrej Kramaric replaces Ante Rebic.
61': Substitution, Croatia. Nikola Vlasic replaces Mateo Kovacic.
63': Offside, Croatia. Sime Vrsaljko tries a through ball, but Andrej Kramaric is caught offside.
66': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Timothy Castagne.
68': Substitution, Belgium. Hans Vanaken replaces Dries Mertens.
69': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Toby Alderweireld.
70': Substitution, Croatia. Josip Brekalo replaces Bruno Petkovic.
71': Substitution, Belgium. Thorgan Hazard replaces Nacer Chadli.
73': Foul by Youri Tielemans (Belgium).
73': Marcelo Brozovic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
75': Foul by Sime Vrsaljko (Croatia).
75': Thorgan Hazard (Belgium) wins a free kick on the left wing.
75': Offside, Croatia. Marcelo Brozovic tries a through ball, but Ivan Perisic is caught offside.
78': Attempt saved. Nikola Vlasic (Croatia) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marcelo Brozovic.
79': Foul by Josko Gvardiol (Croatia).
79': Leander Dendoncker (Belgium) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
80': Substitution, Croatia. Mislav Orsic replaces Ivan Perisic.
81': Substitution, Belgium. Jéremy Doku replaces Yannick Carrasco.
82': Substitution, Belgium. Eden Hazard replaces Leander Dendoncker.
83': Attempt missed. Mislav Orsic (Croatia) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Nikola Vlasic.
85': Attempt missed. Marcelo Brozovic (Croatia) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Nikola Vlasic.
86': Foul by Mario Pasalic (Croatia).
86': Jéremy Doku (Belgium) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
87': Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Domagoj Vida.
88': Attempt saved. Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Hans Vanaken with a cross.
88': Attempt saved. Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal.
90': Foul by Youri Tielemans (Belgium).
90': Mario Pasalic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90'+2': Attempt saved. Josip Brekalo (Croatia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nikola Vlasic.
90'+2': Eden Hazard (Belgium) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+2': Foul by Nikola Vlasic (Croatia).
90'+3': Second Half ends, Belgium 1, Croatia 0.
0': Match ends, Belgium 1, Croatia 0.

Statistics

CRO		BEL
13	Fouls	5
0	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
5	Offsides	0
5	Corner Kicks	10
4	Saves	4
50.3	Possession	49.7
8	SHOTS	15
4	ON GOAL	5
0.5	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
523	Accurate Passes	507
580	Passes	572
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.9
4	Accurate Crosses	5
21	Crosses	19
0.2	Cross %	0.3
58	Long Balls	36
48	Accurate Long Balls	19
0.8	Long Balls %	0.5
2	Blocked Shots	6
6	Effective Tackles	6
9	Tackles	14
0.7	Tackle %	0.4
7	Interceptions	5
17	Effective Clearances	13
17	Clearances	13

Game Information

Competition: International Friendly

Venue: King Baudouin Stadium
Location: Brussels, Belgium

Line-Ups

Belgium (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
1	Thibaut Courtois (GK)
18	Jason Denayer
5	Jan Vertonghen
2	Toby Alderweireld
8	Youri Tielemans
19	Leander Dendoncker
22	Nacer Chadli
21	Timothy Castagne
9	Romelu Lukaku
11	Yannick Carrasco
14	Dries Mertens

Belgium Substitutes:

Thorgan Hazard, Matz Sels, Hans Vanaken, Thomas Meunier, Simon Mignolet, Eden Hazard, Brandon Mechele, Thomas Vermaelen, Jérémy Doku, Christian Benteke, Michy Batshuayi.

Croatia (4-3-3)

No.	Name
1	Dominik Livakovic (GK)
5	Duje Caleta-Car
21	Domagoj Vida
3	Borna Barisic
2	Sime Vrsaljko
11	Marcelo Brozovic
8	Mateo Kovacic
10	Luka Modric
20	Bruno Petkovic
4	Ivan Perisic
17	Ante Rebic

Croatia Substitutes:

Josip Juranovic, Ante Budimir, Josip Brekalo, Lovre Kalinic, Milan Badelj, Josko Gvardiol, Simon Sluga, Mile Skoric, Mario Pasalic, Nikola Vlasic, Mislav Orsic, Andrej Kramaric.

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