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FT Thursday, June 3, 2021
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Belgium WWWDW 1
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King Baudouin Stadium · ESPN+

Match Report

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Spirited Greece hold top ranked Belgium to a 1-1 draw

A spirited Greece fought back to hold top ranked Belgium to a 1-1 draw in their friendly international in Brussels.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
14
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
2
Corner Kicks
2
2
Saves
4
42.1
Possession
57.9
9
SHOTS
7
5
ON GOAL
3
0.6
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
369
Accurate Passes
535
441
Passes
607
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
2
11
Crosses
17
0.2
Cross %
0.1
63
Long Balls
44
33
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
0
Blocked Shots
2
9
Effective Tackles
2
13
Tackles
4
0.7
Tackle %
0.5
14
Interceptions
6
16
Effective Clearances
11
16
Clearances
11

Head to Head

BEL leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

BEL · 3-4-3

  1. 12Simon MignoletG
  2. 4Dedryck BoyataCD
  3. 18Jason DenayerCD-L
  4. 2Toby AlderweireldCD-R
  5. 19Leander DendonckerCM-L
  6. 26Dennis PraetCM-R
  7. 16Thorgan HazardLM
  8. 15Thomas MeunierRM
  9. 9Romelu LukakuF
  10. 11Yannick CarrascoCF-L
  11. 25Jérémy DokuCF-R

GRE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Odisseas VlachodimosG
  2. 3Giorgos TzavellasCD-L
  3. 4Kyriakos PapadopoulosCD-R
  4. 21Kostas TsimikasLB
  5. 15Thanasis AndroutsosRB
  6. 11Anastasios BakasetasAM
  7. 5Andreas BouchalakisLM
  8. 6Konstantinos GalanopoulosRM
  9. 16Vangelis PavlidisF
  10. 18Dimitris GiannoulisAM-L
  11. 7Georgios MasourasAM-R

Timeline

  1. 20' Goal! Belgium 1, Greece 0. Thorgan Hazard (Belgium) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Yannick Carrasco.
  2. 45' Substitution, Belgium. Dries Mertens replaces Jéremy Doku.
  3. 45' Substitution, Belgium. Michy Batshuayi replaces Romelu Lukaku.
  4. 60' Substitution, Greece. Leonardo Koutris replaces Vangelis Pavlidis.
  5. 60' Substitution, Greece. Dimitrios Pelkas replaces Konstantinos Tsimikas.
  6. 66' Goal! Belgium 1, Greece 1. Georgios Tzavellas (Greece) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal following a set piece situation.
  7. 69' Substitution, Greece. Manolis Siopis replaces Andreas Bouchalakis.
  8. 69' Substitution, Greece. Zeca replaces Konstantinos Galanopoulos.
  9. 74' Substitution, Belgium. Leandro Trossard replaces Yannick Carrasco.
  10. 74' Substitution, Belgium. Nacer Chadli replaces Thorgan Hazard.
  11. 80' Substitution, Greece. Manolis Saliakas replaces Thanasis Androutsos.
  12. 80' Substitution, Greece. Petros Mantalos replaces Anastasios Bakasetas.
  13. 82' Substitution, Belgium. Youri Tielemans replaces Toby Alderweireld.
  14. 90' Substitution, Belgium. Matz Sels replaces Simon Mignolet.

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