Goal and Highlights Belarus vs Belgium (0-1)

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With five wins so far, Belgium has reached 16 points and has a nine-point lead over the Czech Republic, second in Group E. Belarus has 3, Wales and Estonia complete the group. The teams will only meet again in October. The Belgian team is facing the semi-final of the Nations League on the 7th against France, while the Belarussians visit Estonia on the 8th in the qualifiers.

Unlike the first meeting between the teams in March, which ended 8-0, this time Belgium managed a narrow victory over Belarus, 1-0 with a goal by Dennis Praet. The leadership of the group E made the coach Roberto Martínez call an alternative team, preserving some starters, such as Hazard, who started on the bench. The top scorer Lukaku did not even play, as well as goalkeeper Courtois and other important names in the Belgian team. Despite the minimal score, the Red Devils led the action and did not suffer any scares.

Goals: 0-1
Attempts: 4-12
Shots on target: 2-6
Corner kicks: 1-4
Offsides: 0-2
Ball possession - Belarus: 31%, Belgium: 69%
Passes attempted: 280-774
Passes completed: 204-695
Tackles: 7-2
Fouls: 13-7

48' The referee blows his whistle! Paweł Raczkowski ends the second half in Kazan. Belgium maintain their 100% record while Belarus remain winless, their fourth defeat in five matches.

46' Hazard makes a pass to Castagne on the left side of the box, he hits the ball with his right leg but overdoes it, the ball goes too high

45' Three minutes to end the match

43' Max Ebong, from Belarus, for pulling Hazard and interrupting a counterattack

41' Hazard sends a ball to Benteke, who is caught offside

40' Roberto Martínez, Belgium's coach, for complaining

40' Thomas Foket and Leander Dendoncker go on the pitch, Saelemaekers and Batshuayi leave the field

39' Michy Batshuayi, from Belgium 

40' Hazard takes the free-kick with his right foot, over the barrier, searching for the right corner of the goalkeeper, who spreads it to the left and then the defender kicks it away

38' Dmitri Podstrelov, from Belarus, for committing the foul in the previous move

38' Saelemaekers moves towards the box, turns, but is fouled on the halfway line. Chernik puts five players in the box. Hazard and Alderweireld on the ball. 

37' Roman Begunov, from Belarus, for stepping on Castagne's right foot

36' Roman Begunov and Dmitri Podstrelov in, Shauchenka and Zolotov out

31' Christian Benteke replaces Lukebakio 

30' Nikolai Zolotov, from Belarus, for pulling his shirt and stepping on Alderweireld's foot

24' Pavel Sedko and Max Ebong in, Skavysh and Lisakovich  out

23' Batshuayi unleashes a left-footed shot from outside the box, Chernik saves without giving a rebound

18' Tielemans makes a deep pass to Batshuayi, but he was too far ahead  
 

14' Eden Hazard in place of Trossard

9' Saelemaekers crosses, but Lukebakio is caught offside

6' Lukebakio appears inside the box, shoots with his left foot, but misses and the ball goes too high and to the left of the goal 

3' Check is completed, polish Paweł Raczkowski calls out Klimovich and gives him a hard time, but shows no card

2' Klimovich fights a ball with Praet in midfield. The referee calls a foul and does not caution the Belarussian, but the video team examines whether an ejection is necessary

00' The second half begins at the Centralniy Stadion. The teams come back unchanged. Belarus touch the ball for the first time.

Belarus: Roman Stepanov, Pavel Pavlyuchenko,  Kirill Pechenin, Ruslan Khadarkevich, Max Ebong, Roman Begunov, Roman Yuzepchuk, Pavel Sedko, Artem Kontsevoi, Dmitri Podstrelov.
Bélgica: Thomas Kaminski, Matz Sels, Zinho Vanheusden, Eden Hazard, Yari Verschaeren, Charles De Ketelaere, Thomas Foket, Hans Vanaken, Leander Dendoncker, Christian Benteke, Brandon Mechele.

Goals: 0-1
Attempts: 3-8
Shots on target: 2-4
Corner kicks: 1-4
Offsides: 0-2
Ball possession - Belarus: 25%, Belgium: 75%
Passes attempted: 125-405
Passes completed: 84-362
Tackles: 3-1
Fouls: 4-4

45' Referee brings the first half to an end in Kazan without adding time

45' Denayer brings on Batshuayi again, but he was too far ahead

42' Defence misplaced, Tielemans takes a chance from outside the box, but goalkeeper Chernik is attentive and drops to make a safe save

35' Lisakovich's corner from the left side of the box is lifted by Bykov, who outpaces everyone else in the middle of the box, but he heads in a loose header that the Belgian goalkeeper easily handles.
 

33' PRAET! He shoots a low cross from the right side of the box with Saelemaekers and Trossard....

30' Alderweireld takes a corner kick, Boyata picks up the ball on the edge of the box, his right foot hits the post, Batshuayi scores on the rebound, but the assistant signals an irregular position for the striker.  

29' Castagne sets up Batshuayi in the middle of the box, he deflects the ball with his head and it goes to Chernik's right 

26' Trossard takes a corner, but no one is able to complete the goal 

23' Saelemaekers goes forward on the right, the ball is crossed towards Castagne, but Sergei Chernik rises higher than anyone else and gets a firm grip on the ball

20' Alderweireld crosses in the direction of Batshuayi, the defender cuts it off with his head, but the rebound falls to the Belgian striker, who controls the ball and knocks it low to the goalkeeper's right post

18' Zolotov charges down the left side in the middle of the box towards Klimovich, he makes the wall and the Belarus player shoots with his right foot, but without force, and Casteels saves in the middle of the goal. This was the best chance for Belarus so far in the match.

15' Trossard receives from Lukébakio, fills his right foot and shoots a shot from outside the box, but the ball goes wide

10' Trossard gets in on the left wing, goes to the back line and rolls a low ball back into the middle of the box, but no Belgian can reach the ball and the defense clears it away.

9' Saelemaekers comes forward from the right wing, breaks into the box, but is off balance and falls. The referee signals a goal kick only to Sergei Chernik.

5' Lisakovich breaks forward at speed, but Koen Casteels comes out of his goal and makes the cut in midfield to stop the promising attack 

4' Tielemans sets up Batshuayi on the left, he breaks into the box and shoots, but Sergey Chernik saves to the left corner

3' Belgium takes the initiative in the game, occupying more the field of attack, Belarus defends

00' The first half begins in Kazan. Belgium touches the ball for the first time.

If they receive a yellow card in this match, the following players will be absent from their respective teams for the next round: Sergei Chernik, goalkeeper, and Artem Bykov, midfielder (Belarus), Timothy Castagne, full-back, and Alexis Saelemaekers, midfielder (Belgium).

Teams on the field. Players are lined up for the Belarusian and Belgian national anthems. There are less than five minutes until kickoff at the Centralniy Stadion in Kazan.

After five matches, Belgium is undefeated, winning four (3-1 in Wales, 8-0 in Belarus, 5-2 in Estonia and 3-0 in the Czech Republic) and drawing one (1-1 in the Czech Republic). Belarus, on the other hand, played four times, winning only once (4-2 over Estonia) and losing the other three (8-0 to Belgium, 1-0 to the Czech Republic, and 3-2 to Wales).

Casteels; Boyata, Denayer, Alderweireld; Saelemaekers, Tielemans, Praet, Castagne; Lukebakio, Batshuayi, Trossard. 
Head coach: Roberto Martínez.

Substitutes: Thomas Kaminski, Matz Sels, Zinho Vanheusden, Eden Hazard, Yari Verschaeren, Charles De Ketelaere, Thomas Foket, Hans Vanaken, Leander Dendoncker, Christian Benteke, Brandon Mechele.

Chernik; Rakhmanov, Shvetsov, Sachivko, Zolotov; Shauchenka, Bykov, Klimovich, Lisakovich, Klimovich; Skavysh.
Head coach: Georgi Kondratiev.

Substitutes: Roman Stepanov, Pavel Pavlyuchenko,  Kirill Pechenin, Ruslan Khadarkevich, Max Ebong, Roman Begunov, Roman Yuzepchuk, Pavel Sedko, Artem Kontsevoi, Dmitri Podstrelov.

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Belarus vs Belgium match.

Match: Belarus vs Belgium
Competition: 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers
Matchday: #6
Date: September 8th
Kickoff: 2:45pm ET
Venue: Centralniy Stadion, in Kazan (Morocco)
Where to watch: Belarus TV/Almasport (Belarus), RTBF/DPG Media/Eleven Sports (Belgium), Estadio TNT Sports (Brazil), Sky Mexico (Mexico), ESPN/TUDN (USA)
Real time: VAVEL

Belarus and Belgium will be broadcast live on Belarus TV/Almasport (Belarus), RTBF/DPG Media/Eleven Sports (Belgium), Estadio TNT Sports (Brazil), Sky Mexico (Mexico), ESPN/TUDN (USA) Stadium streaming service, showing everything from 2:45pm ET. You can also check all the action in real time here on VAVEL minute by minute, with a pre-match preview one hour before the match in Russia.

Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (POL)
1st Assistant Referee: Radosław Siejka (POL)
2nd Assistant Referee: Adam Kupsik (POL)
Fourth official: Tomasz Musiał (POL)
Video Assistant Referee (VAR): Pawel Gil (POL)
Assistant Video Assistant Referee (AVAR): Tomasz Kwiatkowski (POL)
UEFA Delegate: Olzhas Abrayev (KAZ)
UEFA Referee observer: Sokol Jareci (ALB)

The Belgian team leads the ranking, followed by Brazil, France, England, and Italy. Belarus, in turn, is in the Top100 - it occupies position 89.

Goalkeepers: Koen Casteels (VfL Wolfsburg), Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid), Thomas Kaminski (Blackburn Rovers), Matz Sels (Racing Strasbourg)
Defenders: Toby Alderweireld (Al Duhail), Dedryck Boyata (Hertha Berlin), Timothy Castagne (Leicester City), Hannes Delcroix (Anderlecht), Jason Denayer (Olympique Lyonnais), Brandon Mechele (Club Brugge), Thomas Meunier (Borussia Dortmund), Zinho Vanheusden (Genoa), Jan Vertonghen (Benfica)
Midfielders: Charles De Ketelaere (Club Brugge), Leander Dendoncker (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Thomas Foket (Stade Reims), Eden Hazard (Real Madrid), Thorgan Hazard (Borussia Dortmund), Dennis Praet (Leicester City), Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan), Albert Sambi Lokonga (Arsenal), Youri Tielemans (Leicester City), Hans Vanaken (Club Brugge), Axel Witsel (Borussia Dortmund)
Forwards: Michy Batshuayi (Besiktas), Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), Yannick Carrasco (Atletico Madrid), Romelu Lukaku (Chelsea), Dodi Lukebakio (Hertha Berlin), Leandro Trossard (Brighton & Hove Albion), Yari Verschaeren (Anderlecht)

Goalkeepers: Syarhey Chernik (Shakhtyor Soligorsk), Yahor Khatkevich (Dinamo Minsk), Pavel Pavlyuchenko (Rukh Brest)
Defenders: Roman Yuzepchuk, Kiryl Pyachenin, Artsiom Rakhmanau (Rukh Brest), Alyaksandr Sachywka, Roman Begunov, Ruslan Khadarkevich, Gleb Shevchenko (Shakhtyor Soligorsk), Nikolay Zolotov, Aleksandr Pavlovets (Kolos, Ukraine), Maksim Shvyatsow (Dinamo Minsk)
Midfielders: Nikita Korzun, Dzmitry Padstrelaw (Shakhtyor Soligorsk), Max Ebong (Astana, Kazakhstan), Vladislav Klimovich, Artyom Bykov (Dinamo Minsk), Pavel Sedko (Dinamo Brest), Denis Grechikho, Artem Kontsevoy (Rukh Brest)
Forwards: Maksim Skavysh (Shaktyor Soligorsk), Vitali Lisakovich (Lokomotiv, Russia), Dmitry Antilevski (Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino)

This stage gathers 55 countries in 10 groups and only the first of each group gets the passport to the World Cup in Qatar, while the runners-up play a playoff. We are in the 6th round, so there are only four more rounds to go before we know who qualifies.

12:00pm - Armenia-Liechtenstein
2:45pm - Iceland-Germany
2:45pm - Belarus-Belgium
2:45pm - Hungary-Andorra
2:45pm - North Macedonia-Romania
2:45pm - Poland-England
2:45pm - Albania-San Marino
2:45pm - Kosovo-Spain
2:45pm - Italy-Lithuania
2:45pm - Northern Ireland-Switzerland 
2:45pm - Wales - Estonia
2:45pm - Greece-Sweden

This match between Belarus and Belgium is at the Centralniy Stadion, also known as Kazan Central Stadium, the home of two-time Russian champions FC Rubin Kazan. A European Union punishment of the Belarusian government has prevented games of this Fifa date from being held in the country.

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