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89 ‘ – Depay walks quietly in the defense but does not strike. It’s hard.
82′ – The Belgians still can’t do it.
81 ‘ – And now the post of Mertens following a good infiltration. There has been a little improvement in the last few minutes.
77′ – Honor is safe! Castagne made it 1-4 following a little mess around Batshuayi. But it would be too good: the goal is canceled for an offside striker.
74′ – Cillessen takes out a nice save on a deflected shot.
70′ – De Bruyne tries from distance, it’s countered.
67′ – Meunier and Witsel come out, Carrasco and Batshuayi go up.
66′ – And the fourth goal. Depay, who strikes alone once morest the goalkeeper. It’s a fix.
62′ – The third goal. The Belgians are not there at all. On a second ball from Blind, Dumfries places in the empty goal. It’s 0-3.
61 ‘ – Here is the beautiful Belgian opportunity. Mertens launches Trossard well on the left side of the surface. Trossard frame, but Cillessen is on it.
58′ – Construction is non-existent on the Belgian side. The Netherlands seem in total control.
53′ – Volley from Vertonghen, who inherits the ball in the small rectangle. He puts it above.
51′ – THE SECOND GOAL! Boyata ventures away from his cages, misses his pass. The ball is given deep to Depay, who plays with all our central defense and crosses. 0-2.
50′ – It starts like the first period. Belgians are overwhelmed and imprecise.
48′ – Mertens takes a yellow entry for a buffer on Blind.
45 ‘ – We leave for 45 minutes which we hope will be more convincing. Hazard and Vanaken went out, Onana and Mertens went up.
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45 + 4 ‘ – It’s the break and Belgium is very logically led. Onana and Mertens come into play. Vanaken and Eden Hazard come out at the break.
44 ‘ – The Red Devils conceded a penalty, the referee thinking of a hand fault. Castagne actually deviates from the face.
40′ – WE FELT IT COMING! Bergwijn unleashes an absolutely luminous ranged strike. He deceives Mignolet logically, it’s 0-1.
40′ – De Bruyne tries a direct free kick from a good distance. It’s too central.
37′ – Memphis Depay is now trying from a distance. Mignolet is vigilant. The Dutch domination is very clear.
34′ – The Dutch once more! Berwijn is also served at the entrance to the area. His coiled strike flies away.
29′ – The Dutch are very dangerous. Blind is served at the entrance to the surface, his cross sending goes alongside.
21′ – Ouch. Lukaku claims a foul on a ball deep in Aké’s back. He stays on the ground. His ankle turned out a little bit. Fortunately he goes back on the ground, but sits down. It’s over. Trossard replaces him.
17′ – Depay! The Barçe player receives the ball straight at the entrance to the area. He knocks, it’s next.
16′ – And the Dutch reply! Loss of ball of the Belgians, Berghuis finds himself alone once morest Mignolet, who leaves the fundamental parade.
13′ – OH L’OCCASION ! Castagne inherits a good ball on the left side following a combination between Hazard and Lukaku. Place it on the post!
11 ‘ – No opportunity in this beginning of the match, the two groups observe each other very strongly from the start.
7 ‘ – De Bruyne serves Hazard in depth. His center is countered.
4′ – Interesting start to the game, both teams want the ball.
1′ – De Bruyne already breaks through with a nice opening. The cross from the right is cleared.
0′ – Let’s go, the match begins! Who will win? Answer in 90 minutes!
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8:18 p.m. Eden Hazard received a standing ovation upon his arrival on the pitch.
19h53 – In the spans, the atmosphere is good between the opponents. The proof with Memphis Depay, welcomed as a friend by Lukaku and company.
19h39 – Goodnight all ! The Red Devils are preparing to face the Netherlands in what is shaping up to be a magnificent derby. The bus has brought everyone, the fans arrive: it smells like football!
The essays
Belgium: Mignolet, Alderweireld, Boyata, Vertonghen, Meunier, De Bruyne, Witsel, Castagne, Vanaken, E. Hazard, Lukaku
Netherlands: Cillessen, Aké, Van Dijk, Timber, Blind, Dumfries, De Jong, Berghuis, Klaassen, Memphis, Bergwijn.
The pre-game
If the attraction of the Nations League seems all relative for some players, as Kevin De Bruyne has declared without pretense, that of a duel once morest the Netherlands is not the shadow of a doubt. Friday evening (8:45 p.m.) in a King Baudouin stadium which is sold out, Belgians and Dutch will face off on the first day of the A4 group of the competition.
This 128th derby of flat countries in history, the first with a stake since the draw and virgin division at the 1998 World Cup, is also the start of preparation for the World Cup at the end of the year. The two coaches did not hide it, these June matches will also and above all serve them to draw the outlines of their list of 23 for Qatar. The Belgians, like Jan Vertonghen and Toby Alderweireld, who have special ties with the Netherlands through their careers, will be keen to keep their patent of invincibility once morest ‘Oranje’ weaned from victory once morest Belgium since September 1997. To achieve this, coach Roberto Martinez, who declared Eden Hazard “ready to play”, can count on a selection of 30 players where only Romelu Lukaku is uncertain.
Loïs Openda, newcomer, is suspended. The Catalan will also have to deal with the absences of Thibaut Courtois and Jason Denayer, injured and forfeited for this rally. After this derby, the Devils will still have three exams to pass at the end of the season with the reception of Poland on Wednesday June 8, still in Brussels, before moving to Wales, in Cardiff on June 11 (8:45 p.m.), then in Poland, June 14 in Warsaw (8:45 p.m.). They will then have two matches left in September, once morest the Welsh (22/09) and in the Netherlands (25/09), before turning definitively to the high mass of football.
