UEFA European Championship Qualifying

Belarus vs Switzerland, 2024 European Championship Qualifying, Group Stage

· UEFA European Championship Qualifying
Belarus
    FT
    0 - 5
    Switzerland
    • 4': Renato Steffen
    • 17': Renato Steffen
    • 29': Renato Steffen
    • 62': Granit Xhaka
    • 65': Zeki Amdouni

    Swift Steffen hat trick helps Swiss to 5-0 victory against Belarus

    Switzerland's Renato Steffen scored an early hat trick to lead his team to a 5-0 win over Belarus at the start of Euro 2024 qualifying.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Vladimir Khvashchinskiy (Belarus) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Roman Yuzepchuk.
    • 4': Cedric Itten (Switzerland) hits the left post with a right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box. Assisted by Rubén Vargas.
    • 4': Goal! Belarus 0, Switzerland 1. Renato Steffen (Switzerland) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.
    • 7': Evgeni Yablonski (Belarus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 7': Foul by Remo Freuler (Switzerland).
    • 7': Attempt missed. Silvan Widmer (Switzerland) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
    • 11': Denis Zakaria (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 11': Foul by Vladimir Khvashchinskiy (Belarus).
    • 11': Vladimir Khvashchinskiy (Belarus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 11': Delay in match because of an injury Denis Zakaria (Switzerland).
    • 12': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 14': Offside, Belarus. Roman Yuzepchuk tries a through ball, but Yuri Kovalev is caught offside.
    • 15': Offside, Switzerland. Nico Elvedi tries a through ball, but Cedric Itten is caught offside.
    • 16': Denis Zakaria (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 16': Foul by Roman Yuzepchuk (Belarus).
    • 17': Goal! Belarus 0, Switzerland 2. Renato Steffen (Switzerland) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the top left corner.
    • 18': Foul by Renato Steffen (Switzerland).
    • 18': Vladislav Malkevich (Belarus) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 20': Foul by Silvan Widmer (Switzerland).
    • 20': Vladislav Malkevich (Belarus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 21': Attempt missed. Rubén Vargas (Switzerland) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Granit Xhaka.
    • 25': Attempt blocked. Denis Zakaria (Switzerland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Granit Xhaka.
    • 25': Hand ball by Evgeni Yablonski (Belarus).
    • 25': Evgeni Yablonski (Belarus) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
    • 27': Attempt blocked. Granit Xhaka (Switzerland) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Manuel Akanji.
    • 29': Goal! Belarus 0, Switzerland 3. Renato Steffen (Switzerland) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ricardo Rodríguez.
    • 31': Attempt missed. Remo Freuler (Switzerland) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Rubén Vargas.
    • 33': Substitution, Belarus. Artem Bykov replaces Roman Yuzepchuk.
    • 34': Foul by Manuel Akanji (Switzerland).
    • 34': Vladimir Khvashchinskiy (Belarus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 35': Corner, Belarus. Conceded by Ricardo Rodríguez.
    • 36': Attempt blocked. Vladimir Khvashchinskiy (Belarus) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Yuri Kovalev with a cross.
    • 39': Evgeni Yablonski (Belarus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 39': Foul by Manuel Akanji (Switzerland).
    • 40': Attempt blocked. Vladimir Khvashchinskiy (Belarus) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 40': Attempt blocked. Artem Bykov (Belarus) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 40': Hand ball by Cedric Itten (Switzerland).
    • 40': Cedric Itten (Switzerland) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
    • 41': Attempt missed. Evgeni Yablonski (Belarus) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
    • 43': Foul by Denis Zakaria (Switzerland).
    • 43': Max Ebong (Belarus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+1': Attempt missed. Remo Freuler (Switzerland) right footed shot from the right side of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Renato Steffen.
    • 45'+2': First Half ends, Belarus 0, Switzerland 3.
    • 45': Second Half begins Belarus 0, Switzerland 3.
    • 45': Substitution, Belarus. Ivan Bakhar replaces Yuri Kovalev.
    • 45': Substitution, Belarus. Vladislav Klimovich replaces Evgeni Yablonski.
    • 47': Foul by Nico Elvedi (Switzerland).
    • 47': Vladimir Khvashchinskiy (Belarus) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 48': Aleksandr Selyava (Belarus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 48': Foul by Granit Xhaka (Switzerland).
    • 48': Granit Xhaka (Switzerland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 52': Foul by Cedric Itten (Switzerland).
    • 52': Vladislav Malkevich (Belarus) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 55': Artem Bykov (Belarus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 55': Foul by Granit Xhaka (Switzerland).
    • 57': Attempt saved. Ivan Bakhar (Belarus) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Vladislav Malkevich.
    • 58': Corner, Switzerland. Conceded by Denis Polyakov.
    • 58': Substitution, Switzerland. Noah Okafor replaces Cedric Itten.
    • 58': Substitution, Switzerland. Zeki Amdouni replaces Renato Steffen.
    • 60': Attempt missed. Vladislav Malkevich (Belarus) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Denis Polyakov.
    • 61': Substitution, Belarus. Vladislav Morozov replaces Vladimir Khvashchinskiy.
    • 62': Goal! Belarus 0, Switzerland 4. Granit Xhaka (Switzerland) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Noah Okafor.
    • 64': Offside, Switzerland. Manuel Akanji tries a through ball, but Rubén Vargas is caught offside.
    • 65': Goal! Belarus 0, Switzerland 5. Zeki Amdouni (Switzerland) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Granit Xhaka with a through ball.
    • 66': Substitution, Switzerland. Fabian Rieder replaces Granit Xhaka.
    • 66': Substitution, Switzerland. Christian Fassnacht replaces Rubén Vargas.
    • 70': Foul by Vladislav Morozov (Belarus).
    • 70': Ricardo Rodríguez (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 72': Hand ball by Aleksandr Selyava (Belarus).
    • 74': Attempt missed. Vladislav Morozov (Belarus) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Max Ebong.
    • 76': Attempt saved. Zeki Amdouni (Switzerland) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Christian Fassnacht.
    • 76': Foul by Denis Zakaria (Switzerland).
    • 76': Vladislav Klimovich (Belarus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 79': Offside, Belarus. Zakhar Volkov tries a through ball, but Ivan Bakhar is caught offside.
    • 79': Foul by Vladislav Morozov (Belarus).
    • 79': Nico Elvedi (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 80': Foul by Noah Okafor (Switzerland).
    • 80': Zakhar Volkov (Belarus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 80': Substitution, Belarus. Valery Bocherov replaces Aleksandr Selyava.
    • 81': Foul by Vladislav Klimovich (Belarus).
    • 81': Manuel Akanji (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 82': Substitution, Switzerland. Cédric Zesiger replaces Manuel Akanji.
    • 83': Foul by Denis Grechikho (Belarus).
    • 83': Silvan Widmer (Switzerland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 84': Foul by Max Ebong (Belarus).
    • 84': Zeki Amdouni (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 84': Max Ebong (Belarus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 87': Attempt missed. Ivan Bakhar (Belarus) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Valery Bocherov.
    • 89': Christian Fassnacht (Switzerland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 89': Foul by Vladislav Malkevich (Belarus).
    • 89': Corner, Switzerland. Conceded by Denis Polyakov.
    • 90'+1': Delay in match because of an injury Denis Polyakov (Belarus).
    • 90'+1': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 90'+1': Nico Elvedi (Switzerland) hits the bar with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Remo Freuler with a cross following a corner.
    • 90'+3': Second Half ends, Belarus 0, Switzerland 5.
    • 0': Match ends, Belarus 0, Switzerland 5.

    Statistics

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    13 Fouls 10
    2 Yellow Cards 3
    0 Red Cards 0
    2 Offsides 2
    2 Corner Kicks 1
    1 Saves 1
    70.8 Possession 29.2
    14 SHOTS 9
    6 ON GOAL 1
    0.4 On Target % 0.1
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    596 Accurate Passes 199
    682 Passes 281
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.7
    2 Accurate Crosses 1
    13 Crosses 7
    0.2 Cross % 0.1
    58 Long Balls 66
    36 Accurate Long Balls 32
    0.6 Long Balls % 0.5
    2 Blocked Shots 3
    5 Effective Tackles 6
    10 Tackles 11
    0.5 Tackle % 0.5
    10 Interceptions 11
    14 Effective Clearances 16
    14 Clearances 16

    Game Information

    Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifying

    Venue: Karadjordje Stadium
    Location: Novi Sad, Serbia

    EURO Qualifying Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Romania 10 +11 22
    2 Switzerland 10 +11 17
    3 Israel 10 0 15
    4 Belarus 10 -5 12
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    BLR Belarus (5-4-1)

    No. Name
    16 Andrey Kudravets (GK)
    20 Zakhar Volkov
    5 Dzyanis Palyakow
    6 Aleksandr Selyava
    22 Vladislav Malkevich
    15 Roman Yuzepchuk
    14 Evgeni Yablonski Yellow Card
    9 Max Ebong Yellow Card
    19 Denis Grechikho
    17 Yuri Kovalev
    11 Vladimir Khvashchinsky Yellow Card
    Belarus Substitutes:
    Nikita Stepanov, Valeri Bocherov, Vladislav Morozov, Maksim Shvetsov, Artem Makavchik, Artem Bykov, Gleb Shevchenko, Ruslan Khadarkevich, Kirill Kaplenko, Maskim Plotnikov, Vladislav Klimovich, Ivan Bakhar.

    SUI Switzerland (4-3-2-1)

    No. Name
    1 Yann Sommer (GK)
    4 Nico Elvedi
    5 Manuel Akanji
    13 Ricardo Rodríguez
    3 Silvan Widmer
    6 Denis Zakaria
    10 Granit Xhaka Yellow Card
    8 Remo Freuler
    19 Cedric Itten Yellow Card
    17 Rubén Vargas
    11 Renato Steffen
    Switzerland Substitutes:
    Michael Lang, Cédric Zesiger, Dominik Schmid, Jonas Omlin, Eray Cömert, Edimilson Fernandes, Zeki Amdouni, Fabian Rieder, Noah Okafor, Christian Fassnacht, Djibril Sow, Jeremy Frick.

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