FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

North Macedonia vs Belgium, 2014 World Cup Qualifying - UEFA, Playoffs

· FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA
North Macedonia
    FT
    0 - 2
    Belgium
    • 26': Kevin De Bruyne
    • 62': Eden Hazard (P)

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    North Macedonia are hosting Belgium at Tose Proeski Arena, Skopje, North Macedonia, starting on . The match is a part of the FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA.

    Match Commentary

    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 1': Attempt saved. Adis Jahovic (Macedonia) header from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Goran Pandev with a cross.
    • 1': Corner, Macedonia. Conceded by Thibaut Courtois.
    • 3': Adis Jahovic (Macedonia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 14': Foul by Marouane Fellaini (Belgium).
    • 17': Attempt missed. Ivan Trickovski (Macedonia) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Agim Ibraimi following a set piece situation.
    • 17': Axel Witsel (Belgium) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 19': Foul by Ferhan Hasani (Macedonia).
    • 20': Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Muhamed Demiri.
    • 21': Aleksandar Lazevski (Macedonia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 21': Foul by Christian Benteke (Belgium).
    • 22': Attempt saved. Christian Benteke (Belgium) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.
    • 26': Foul by Adis Jahovic (Macedonia).
    • 28': Thomas Vermaelen (Belgium) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 28': Eden Hazard (Belgium) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 29': Foul by Ferhan Hasani (Macedonia).
    • 29': Foul by Marouane Fellaini (Belgium).
    • 31': Muhamed Demiri (Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 33': Offside, Macedonia. Goran Pandev tries a through ball, but Adis Jahovic is caught offside.
    • 34': Foul by Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium).
    • 34': Ivan Trickovski (Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 36': Attempt saved. Agim Ibraimi (Macedonia) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 36': Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Boban Grncarov.
    • 36': Attempt saved. Daniel van Buyten (Belgium) header from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Jan Vertonghen with a headed pass.
    • 37': Attempt saved. Toby Alderweireld (Belgium) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
    • 40': Attempt missed. Christian Benteke (Belgium) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne with a headed pass.
    • 40': Agim Ibraimi (Macedonia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 40': Foul by Jan Vertonghen (Belgium).
    • 40': Corner, Macedonia. Conceded by Thibaut Courtois.
    • 42': Goal! Macedonia 0, Belgium 1. Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the bottom right corner.
    • 42': Foul by Christian Benteke (Belgium).
    • 43': Muhamed Demiri (Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 44': Foul by Marouane Fellaini (Belgium).
    • 45'+1': Muhamed Demiri (Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 31': Attempt saved. Agim Ibraimi (Macedonia) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Goran Pandev.
    • 33': Attempt saved. Eden Hazard (Belgium) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marouane Fellaini.
    • 45'+1': Ferhan Hasani (Macedonia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 34': Foul by Mousa Dembélé (Belgium).
    • 45'+1': Foul by Thomas Vermaelen (Belgium).
    • 36': Goran Pandev (Macedonia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 44': Thomas Vermaelen (Belgium) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 45'+1': Attempt saved. Agim Ibraimi (Macedonia) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 40': Foul by Muhamed Demiri (Macedonia).
    • 40': Marouane Fellaini (Belgium) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 43': Muhamed Demiri (Macedonia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 44': Attempt missed. Goran Pandev (Macedonia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Ivan Trickovski.
    • 45'+1': Eden Hazard (Belgium) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 42': Foul by Ferhan Hasani (Macedonia).
    • 43': Attempt missed. Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium) right footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Mousa Dembélé.
    • 44': Attempt saved. Agim Ibraimi (Macedonia) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ivan Trickovski.
    • 46': Attempt missed. Aleksandar Todorovski (Macedonia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
    • 47': First Half ends, Macedonia 0, Belgium 1.
    • 50': Match ends, Macedonia 0, Belgium 2.
    • 50': Second Half begins Macedonia 0, Belgium 1.
    • 50': Attempt blocked. Eden Hazard (Belgium) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mousa Dembélé.
    • 51': Offside, Belgium. Toby Alderweireld tries a through ball, but Christian Benteke is caught offside.
    • 51': Offside, Macedonia. Ivan Trickovski tries a through ball, but Vlade Lazarevski is caught offside.
    • 53': Foul by Toby Alderweireld (Belgium).
    • 53': Ivan Trickovski (Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 54': Foul by Adis Jahovic (Macedonia).
    • 54': Thomas Vermaelen (Belgium) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 53': Boban Grncarov (Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 59': Foul by Christian Benteke (Belgium).
    • 59': Eden Hazard (Belgium) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 60': Foul by Ferhan Hasani (Macedonia).
    • 61': Attempt blocked. Christian Benteke (Belgium) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.
    • 61': Substitution, Macedonia. Mirko Ivanovski replaces Adis Jahovic.
    • 61': Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Nikolce Noveski.
    • 62': Attempt saved. Thomas Vermaelen (Belgium) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne with a cross.
    • 62': Attempt blocked. Ivan Trickovski (Macedonia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Agim Ibraimi.
    • 64': Penalty Belgium. Eden Hazard draws a foul in the penalty area.
    • 61': Penalty conceded by Aleksandar Lazevski (Macedonia) after a foul in the penalty area.
    • 68': Aleksandar Lazevski (Macedonia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 68': Goal! Macedonia 0, Belgium 2. Eden Hazard (Belgium) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
    • 68': Offside, Belgium. Eden Hazard tries a through ball, but Christian Benteke is caught offside.
    • 69': Corner, Macedonia. Conceded by Toby Alderweireld.
    • 71': Foul by Nikolce Noveski (Macedonia).
    • 71': Mousa Dembélé (Belgium) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 71': Boban Grncarov (Macedonia) is shown the yellow card.
    • 72': Attempt missed. Agim Ibraimi (Macedonia) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Ivan Trickovski.
    • 72': Agim Ibraimi (Macedonia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 73': Foul by Marouane Fellaini (Belgium).
    • 73': Attempt missed. Ivan Trickovski (Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
    • 75': Foul by Ferhan Hasani (Macedonia).
    • 75': Mousa Dembélé (Belgium) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 76': Attempt blocked. Mirko Ivanovski (Macedonia) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Agim Ibraimi.
    • 76': Corner, Macedonia. Conceded by Marouane Fellaini.
    • 77': Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Nikolce Noveski.
    • 78': Attempt missed. Thomas Vermaelen (Belgium) header from the right side of the six yard box misses to the right. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne with a cross following a corner.
    • 80': Mirko Ivanovski (Macedonia) has gone down, but that's a dive.
    • 80': Mirko Ivanovski (Macedonia) is shown the yellow card.
    • 80': Attempt missed. Marouane Fellaini (Belgium) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jan Vertonghen with a cross.
    • 78': Corner, Macedonia. Conceded by Toby Alderweireld.
    • 80': Attempt missed. Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Jan Vertonghen.
    • 81': Boban Grncarov (Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 80': Foul by Marouane Fellaini (Belgium).
    • 83': Attempt blocked. Mirko Ivanovski (Macedonia) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Goran Pandev.
    • 83': Corner, Macedonia. Conceded by Thomas Vermaelen.
    • 84': Attempt missed. Muhamed Demiri (Macedonia) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Agim Ibraimi.
    • 84': Substitution, Macedonia. Darko Tasevski replaces Ferhan Hasani.
    • 81': Substitution, Macedonia. Aleksandar Trajkovski replaces Ivan Trickovski.
    • 86': Attempt blocked. Goran Pandev (Macedonia) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Aleksandar Trajkovski.
    • 87': Corner, Macedonia. Conceded by Thomas Vermaelen.
    • 87': Darko Tasevski (Macedonia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 88': Foul by Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium).
    • 88': Substitution, Belgium. Nacer Chadli replaces Christian Benteke.
    • 88': Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Aleksandar Todorovski.
    • 89': Attempt missed. Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Eden Hazard following a corner.
    • 87': Attempt saved. Agim Ibraimi (Macedonia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
    • 88': Attempt missed. Aleksandar Trajkovski (Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
    • 88': Aleksandar Todorovski (Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 88': Foul by Nacer Chadli (Belgium).
    • 89': Hand ball by Muhamed Demiri (Macedonia).
    • 90'+3': Second Half ends, Macedonia 0, Belgium 2.

    Statistics

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    15 Fouls 12
    1 Yellow Cards 4
    0 Red Cards 0
    2 Offsides 2
    5 Corner Kicks 7
    6 Saves 5
    61.7 Possession 38.3
    15 SHOTS 17
    7 ON GOAL 6
    0.5 On Target % 0.4
    1 Penalty Goals 0
    1 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    397 Accurate Passes 225
    497 Passes 308
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.7
    5 Accurate Crosses 5
    17 Crosses 15
    0.3 Cross % 0.3
    49 Long Balls 36
    23 Accurate Long Balls 21
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.6
    2 Blocked Shots 4
    24 Effective Tackles 16
    28 Tackles 23
    0.9 Tackle % 0.7
    0 Interceptions 0
    14 Effective Clearances 16
    24 Clearances 32

    Game Information

    Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

    Venue: Tose Proeski Arena
    Location: Skopje, North Macedonia
    Attendance: 20,000

    Line-Ups

    MKD North Macedonia (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Tomislav Pacovski (GK)
    4 Nikolce Noveski
    5 Boban Grncarov Yellow Card
    18 Aleksandar Lazevski Yellow Card
    2 Aleksandar Todorovski
    10 Goran Pandev
    17 Muhamed Demiri Yellow Card
    11 Ferhan Hasani
    9 Adis Jahovic
    7 Ivan Trickovski
    19 Agim Ibraimi
    North Macedonia Substitutes:
    Daniel Mojsov, Dejan Blazevski, Ostoja Stjepanovic, Stefan Ristovski, Kristijan Naumovski, Mirko Ivanovski, Aleksandar Trajkovski, Martin Bogatinov, Vance Sikov, Darko Tasevski.

    BEL Belgium (4-1-4-1)

    No. Name
    1 Thibaut Courtois (GK)
    3 Thomas Vermaelen Yellow Card
    15 Daniel van Buyten
    6 Axel Witsel
    5 Jan Vertonghen
    2 Toby Alderweireld
    8 Mousa Dembélé
    11 Marouane Fellaini
    10 Eden Hazard
    7 Kevin De Bruyne
    9 Christian Benteke
    Belgium Substitutes:
    Sébastien Pocognoli, Kevin Mirallas, Laurent Ciman, Jelle Vossen, Romelu Lukaku, Nacer Chadli, Simon Mignolet, Timmy Simons, Vincent Kompany, Jean-Francois Gillet, Steven Defour, Dries Mertens.

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