UEFA Nations League

FT Wednesday, June 8, 2022
Poland WLDWW 1
–
Belgium WDDWL 6
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POL101
BEL156
King Baudouin Stadium · 27,409 att.

Match Report

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Belgium crush Poland to put Dutch misery behind them

Substitute Leandro Trossard scored twice as Belgium put their Netherlands nightmare behind them to thump Poland 6-1 in the Nations League A game.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
12
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
3
1
Corner Kicks
7
5
Saves
0
34.4
Possession
65.6
6
SHOTS
18
2
ON GOAL
11
0.3
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
268
Accurate Passes
599
346
Passes
662
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
0
7
Crosses
20
0.0
Cross %
0.0
57
Long Balls
52
30
Accurate Long Balls
36
0.5
Long Balls %
0.7
2
Blocked Shots
2
9
Effective Tackles
5
13
Tackles
8
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
7
Interceptions
7
19
Effective Clearances
8
19
Clearances
8

Head to Head

POL leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

BEL · 3-4-3

  1. 12Simon MignoletG
  2. 2Toby AlderweireldCD
  3. 5Jan VertonghenCD-L
  4. 19Leander DendonckerCD-R
  5. 8Youri TielemansCM-L
  6. 6Axel WitselCM-R
  7. 11Yannick CarrascoLM
  8. 21Timothy CastagneRM
  9. 23Michy BatshuayiF
  10. 10Eden HazardCF-L
  11. 7Kevin De BruyneCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 13Koen CasteelsSUB
  2. 16Thorgan HazardSUB
  3. 3Arthur TheateSUB
  4. 9Loïs OpendaSUB
  5. 18Charles De KetelaereSUB
  6. 1Matz SelsSUB
  7. 20Hans VanakenSUB
  8. 17Leandro TrossardSUB
  9. 4Dedryck BoyataSUB
  10. 15Thomas MeunierSUB
  11. 14Dries MertensSUB
  12. 22Wout FaesSUB

POL · 4-5-1

  1. 22Bartlomiej DragowskiG
  2. 5Jan BednarekCD-L
  3. 15Kamil GlikCD-R
  4. 4Tymoteusz PuchaczLB
  5. 16Robert GumnyRB
  6. 20Piotr ZielinskiCM-L
  7. 6Szymon ZurkowskiCM-R
  8. 10Grzegorz KrychowiakAM
  9. 19Sebastian SzymanskiLM
  10. 13Jakub KaminskiRM
  11. 9Robert LewandowskiF

Substitutes

  1. 12Lukasz SkorupskiSUB
  2. 21Nicola ZalewskiSUB
  3. 2Matty CashSUB
  4. 3Mateusz WieteskaSUB
  5. 17Damian SzymanskiSUB
  6. 23Przemyslaw FrankowskiSUB
  7. 1Wojciech SzczesnySUB
  8. 8Karol LinettySUB
  9. 14Mateusz KlichSUB
  10. 7Adam BuksaSUB
  11. 18Bartosz BereszynskiSUB
  12. 11Karol SwiderskiSUB

Timeline

  1. 14' Grzegorz Krychowiak (Poland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 28' Goal! Belgium 0, Poland 1. Robert Lewandowski (Poland) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sebastian Szymanski with a through ball.
  3. 36' Axel Witsel (Belgium) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 42' Goal! Belgium 1, Poland 1. Axel Witsel (Belgium) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Timothy Castagne.
  5. 45' Substitution, Poland. Bartosz Bereszynski replaces Tymoteusz Puchacz.
  6. 45' Substitution, Poland. Damian Szymanski replaces Grzegorz Krychowiak.
  7. 59' Goal! Belgium 2, Poland 1. Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Eden Hazard.
  8. 66' Substitution, Belgium. Leandro Trossard replaces Eden Hazard.
  9. 66' Substitution, Poland. Matthew Cash replaces Sebastian Szymanski.
  10. 69' Substitution, Poland. Adam Buksa replaces Robert Lewandowski.
  11. 73' Goal! Belgium 3, Poland 1. Leandro Trossard (Belgium) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Michy Batshuayi.
  12. 75' Substitution, Belgium. Charles De Ketelaere replaces Kevin De Bruyne.
  13. 80' Goal! Belgium 4, Poland 1. Leandro Trossard (Belgium) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Yannick Carrasco following a corner.
  14. 81' Substitution, Poland. Nicola Zalewski replaces Jakub Kaminski.
  15. 83' Goal! Belgium 5, Poland 1. Leander Dendoncker (Belgium) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Youri Tielemans.
  16. 84' Substitution, Belgium. Thorgan Hazard replaces Timothy Castagne.
  17. 84' Substitution, Belgium. Loïs Openda replaces Michy Batshuayi.
  18. 85' Substitution, Belgium. Wout Faes replaces Axel Witsel.
  19. 90'+3' Goal! Belgium 6, Poland 1. Loïs Openda (Belgium) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Thorgan Hazard with a through ball.

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