UEFA Nations League

FT Sunday, March 23, 2025
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2nd Leg - Belgium win 4-3 on aggregate · Cegeka Arena · 19,446 att.

Match Report

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Lukaku's late double leads Belgium win over Ukraine

Belgium retained their place in League A of the Nations League with a stunning 3-0 home win over Ukraine on Sunday as Romelu Lukaku's late double helped them secure a 4-3 aggregate victory.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
10
4
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
1
Corner Kicks
10
3
Saves
1
30.5
Possession
69.5
6
SHOTS
19
1
ON GOAL
6
0.2
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
172
Accurate Passes
494
257
Passes
571
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
3
6
Crosses
32
0.3
Cross %
0.1
61
Long Balls
33
24
Accurate Long Balls
15
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
0
Blocked Shots
6
12
Effective Tackles
3
19
Tackles
9
0.6
Tackle %
0.3
11
Interceptions
6
43
Effective Clearances
21
43
Clearances
21

Head to Head

UKR leads series 1-0-1

Lineups

BEL · 4-3-3

  1. 13Matz SelsG
  2. 2Zeno DebastCD-L
  3. 4Wout FaesCD-R
  4. 21Timothy CastagneLB
  5. 15Thomas MeunierRB
  6. 6Nicolas RaskinCM
  7. 20Hans VanakenLM
  8. 7Kevin De BruyneRM
  9. 10Romelu LukakuF
  10. 22Jérémy DokuLF
  11. 11Leandro TrossardRF

UKR · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Andriy LuninG
  2. 4Oleksandr SvatokCD
  3. 22Mykola MatviyenkoCD-L
  4. 13Illia ZabarnyiCD-R
  5. 18Yehor YarmoliukCM-L
  6. 6Ivan KalyuzhnyiCM-R
  7. 16Vitaliy MykolenkoLM
  8. 17Oleksandr ZinchenkoRM
  9. 21Vladyslav VanatF
  10. 8Georgiy SudakovCF-L
  11. 19Oleksii HutsulyakCF-R

Timeline

  1. 5' Nicolas Raskin (Belgium) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 12' Illia Zabarnyi (Ukraine) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 29' Oleksandr Zinchenko (Ukraine) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 45'+2' Oleksii Hutsuliak (Ukraine) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 58' Vladyslav Vanat (Ukraine) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 69' Substitution, Ukraine. Artem Dovbyk replaces Vladyslav Vanat.
  7. 69' Substitution, Ukraine. Viktor Tsygankov replaces Heorhii Sudakov.
  8. 69' Substitution, Ukraine. Bohdan Mykhailichenko replaces Vitalii Mykolenko because of an injury.
  9. 69' Substitution, Belgium. Maxim De Cuyper replaces Thomas Meunier.
  10. 69' Substitution, Belgium. Alexis Saelemaekers replaces Leandro Trossard.
  11. 70' Goal! Belgium 1, Ukraine 0. Maxim De Cuyper (Belgium) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jérémy Doku.
  12. 75' Goal! Belgium 2, Ukraine 0. Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne with a cross.
  13. 86' Goal! Belgium 3, Ukraine 0. Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Hans Vanaken with a through ball following a fast break.
  14. 89' Substitution, Ukraine. Roman Yaremchuk replaces Oleksandr Svatok.
  15. 89' Substitution, Ukraine. Andrii Yarmolenko replaces Oleksii Hutsuliak.
  16. 90' Substitution, Belgium. Bryan Heynen replaces Nicolas Raskin.
  17. 90'+4' Hans Vanaken (Belgium) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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