One of the Euro 2024 football matches took place on 20 June. The Estonian national team and the Belgian national team met.
Euro 2024
Estonia - Belgium - 0:3 (0:2)
Goals: Lukaku (37), Lukaku (40), J. Bakayoko (90)
Warnings: Kastan (4), A. Vranckx (22), V. Sinyavsky (23), H. Ojamaa (27), G. Tunjov (74)
Overview of the match Estonia v Belgium:
In the European Championship qualifying match held at the A. Le Coq, Estonia and Belgium faced each other in a tense game in which Belgium prevailed 3-0. Belgium took control of the game in the first half, receiving two yellow cards in succession, T. Castaigne and A. Vranks. Estonia also received two yellow cards for sending off V. Sinyavski and H. Ojamaa. However, it was Belgium who scored the first goal of the match in the 37th minute when R. Lukaku found himself in the net. Just three minutes later, Lukaku scored again to make the score 0-2 in Belgium's favour at the break. At the beginning of the second half, Estonia made their first substitution: H. Ojamaa was replaced by G. Tunjov.
Belgium also made three substitutions: M. Trezor Ndayisimie, J. Vertonghen and A. Vranks were replaced by Y. Doku, A. Al Dakhila and O. Mangala respectively. Estonia also made a few more substitutions at the end of the match, with M. Poom replacing H. Agnier, M. Miller replacing R. R. Schein, R. Sappinen replacing E. Sorgi and Teniste replacing S. Reincourt. Belgium made one last substitution in the 88th minute: A. Theaté replaced O. Deman. Despite some good chances by both teams, it was Belgium who scored the last goal of the match in the 90th minute: J. Bakayoko hit the net and ensured a 3-0 win for Belgium. Overall, it was a tense match involving both teams, but in the end Belgium came out on top thanks to their impressive play on the pitch.
In the next round, the opponents will be Estonia-Sweden and Azerbaijan-Belgium.
Estonia v Belgium match statistics:
Team Estonia | Belgium national team | |
---|---|---|
1 | Goals on goal | 3 |
8 | Shots | 10 |
2 | Blocked kicks | 2 |
4 | Kicks from the penalty area | 8 |
4 | Kicks from behind the penalty box | 2 |
13 | Offences | 5 |
4 | Corner | 5 |
3 | Offsides | 1 |
32% | Possession of the ball | 68% |
3 | Yellow cards | 2 |
0 | Red cards | 0 |
1 | Safeties by goalkeeper | 1 |
276 | Total assists | 602 |
211 | Accurate passes | 520 |
76% | Accuracy of transmissions | 86% |