On March 24, one of the matches of Euro 2024 on soccer. Team Sweden and Team Belgium met.
Euro-2024.
Sweden - Belgium - 0:3 (0:1)
Goals: Lukaku (35), Lukaku (49), Lukaku (83)
Warnings: Kristoffer Olsson (39), S. Gustafson (63), V. Lindelof (78), Kulusevski (90+4)
In the European Championship qualifying match at the Friends Arena, Sweden faced Belgium. In the first half of the game, the only goal was scored by Belgian R. Lukaku not long before halftime. Sweden was given a yellow card in the 39th minute. The second half began with Belgium taking the lead thanks to a goal by Lukaku. С. Gustafson of Sweden was given a yellow card in the 63rd minute. Belgium made the first two substitutions in the match: J. Bakayoko replaced D. Lucebakio and L. Trossard replaced O. Mangal. Sweden made their first substitution in the 64th minute: K. Olsson was replaced by V. Gökeres.
This was quickly followed by three more substitutions: A. Isak, E. Forsberg and R. Lukaku (Belgium) replaced Z. Ibrahimovic, W. Klaesson and S. Bornauve respectively. In the 78th minute a yellow card was shown to Swedish player W. Lindelof of Sweden. Belgium continued their unstoppable play and Lukaku scored his third goal of the game in the 83rd minute. Belgium also made two more substitutions: A. Teate and J. Carrasco replaced A. Salemakers and R. Lukaku respectively. Sweden made one last substitution in the 85th minute: L. Augustinsson was replaced by G. Gudmundsson. Belgium made the last substitution and also received a yellow card in the 90th minute: J. Carrasco was replaced by L. O. Gudmundsson. Carrasco was replaced by L. Openda. The match ended 0-3 in Belgium's favor. Despite Sweden's valiant efforts, Lukaku's hat-trick was the main outcome of the match, in which he played a key role in Belgium's victory.
In the next round, the rivals are waiting for the following matches: Sweden - Azerbaijan, Belgium - Austria.
| Sweden national team | Belgian national team | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Goals on goal | 5 |
| 9 | Kicks | 14 |
| 3 | Blocked kicks | 6 |
| 5 | Kicks from the penalty area | 12 |
| 4 | Kicks from behind the penalty box | 2 |
| 9 | Violations | 9 |
| 5 | Corner | 9 |
| 1 | Offsides | 0 |
| 44% | Ball possession | 56% |
| 3 | Yellow cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 2 | Saves by goalkeeper | 3 |
| 394 | Total assists | 492 |
| 313 | Accurate passes | 418 |
| 79% | Accuracy of transmissions | 85% |