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BELGIUM vs. RUSSIA
A TALE OF TWO NATIONS

THE OCTOPUS'S SOCCER ALMANAC _

📍 Shizouka Stadium Ecopa

⚽ MATCH RESULT

FULL TIME
BELGIUM
3 – 2
RUSSIA
✦ REFEREE: Kim Milton Nielsen
▶ GOALS & CARDS
  • 7' ⚽ Johan Walem
  • 34' •
  • 42' •
  • 52' ⚽ Vladimir Beschastnykh
  • 70' •
  • 78' •
  • 78' ⚽ Wesley Sonck
  • 82' ⚽ Marc Wilmots
  • 83' •
  • 88' ⚽ Dmitry Sychev
  • 90' •
▶ MATCH STATS
BEL 0% POSSESSION 0% RUS
BEL 16 SHOTS 11 RUS
BEL 6 SHOTS ON TARGET 5 RUS
BEL 19 FOULS 19 RUS
BEL 3 SAVES 3 RUS
BEL 0 RED CARDS 0 RUS
▶ LINE-UPS
BELGIUM
STARTING XI
  1. GKGeert De Vlieger
  2. DFGlen De Boeck
  3. DFJacky Peeters
  4. DFDaniel Van Buyten
  5. DFNico Van Kerckhoven
  6. MFBart Goor
  7. MFYves Vanderhaeghe
  8. MFGert Verheyen
  9. MFJohan Walem⚽
  10. FWMbo Mpenza
  11. FWMarc Wilmots⚽
SUBSTITUTES
  • Eric Van Meir▲ 90'
  • Timmy Simons▲ 78'
  • Wesley Sonck▲ 70'⚽
RUSSIA
STARTING XI
  1. GKRusian Nigmatullin
  2. DFYuri Kovtun
  3. DFYuri Nikiforov
  4. DFVictor Onopko
  5. DFAndrei Solomatin
  6. MFDmitri Alenichev
  7. MFValeri Karpin
  8. MFDmitri Khokhlov
  9. MFAlexei Smertin
  10. MFYegor Titov
  11. FWVladimir Beschastnykh⚽
SUBSTITUTES
  • Dmitry Sennikov▲ 42'
  • Dmitry Sychev▲ 34'⚽
  • Alexander Kerzhakov▲ 83'

⚔ HEAD-TO-HEAD ARCHIVE

BELGIUM
The Red Devils
EST. 1895
🐙 TEAM ALMANAC ›
VS
RUSSIA
Sbornaya
EST. 1912

📊 PIXEL STAT CHARTS

▶ BELGIUM
▶ RUSSIA
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