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  • European World Cup Qualifiers
  • 11 September 2012, 7:45pm
  • King Baudouin Stadium
BelgiumBelgiumvCroatiaCroatia
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  • Gillet, 45+2
1
  • Perisic, 6

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Match ends, Belgium 1, Croatia 1.

90+4 mins:Second Half ends, Belgium 1, Croatia 1.

90+2 mins:Hand ball by Kevin Mirallas (Belgium).

90+2 mins:Foul by Marouane Fellaini (Belgium).

90+2 mins:Gordon Schildenfeld (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

90+1 mins:Marouane Fellaini (Belgium) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

90+1 mins:Foul by Ognjen Vukojevic (Croatia).

90+1 mins:Attempt missed. Domagoj Vida (Croatia) header from very close range is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Josip Simunic with a headed pass following a corner.

90 mins:Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Guillaume Gillet.

89 mins:Foul by Christian Benteke (Belgium).

89 mins:Stipe Pletikosa (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

89 mins:Eden Hazard (Belgium) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

89 mins:Foul by Ognjen Vukojevic (Croatia).

88 mins:Substitution, Croatia. Nikola Kalinic replaces Mario Mandzukic.

87 mins:Attempt missed. Kevin Mirallas (Belgium) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne with a cross.

84 mins:Hand ball by Christian Benteke (Belgium).

83 mins:Foul by Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium).

83 mins:Ivan Strinic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

82 mins:Hand ball by Ivica Olic (Croatia).

81 mins:Substitution, Belgium. Kevin Mirallas replaces Dries Mertens.

80 mins:Delay over. They are ready to continue.

80 mins:Delay in match Domagoj Vida (Croatia) because of an injury.

79 mins:Foul by Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium).

79 mins:Domagoj Vida (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

78 mins:Substitution, Croatia. Ognjen Vukojevic replaces Josip Radosevic.

77 mins:Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium) wins a free kick on the right wing.

77 mins:Foul by Ivan Strinic (Croatia).

74 mins:Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Josip Simunic.

74 mins:Attempt blocked. Christian Benteke (Belgium) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne with a through ball.

73 mins:Attempt missed. Mario Mandzukic (Croatia) header from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Ivan Strinic with a cross.

72 mins:Substitution, Belgium. Kevin De Bruyne replaces Mousa Dembélé.

72 mins:Foul by Marouane Fellaini (Belgium).

72 mins:Luka Modric (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

68 mins:Foul by Axel Witsel (Belgium).

68 mins:Ivan Strinic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

67 mins:Substitution, Belgium. Marouane Fellaini replaces Defour.

67 mins:Guillaume Gillet (Belgium) is shown the yellow card.

65 mins:Mousa Dembélé (Belgium) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

65 mins:Foul by Mousa Dembélé (Belgium).

65 mins:Mario Mandzukic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

63 mins:Foul by Thomas Vermaelen (Belgium).

63 mins:Mario Mandzukic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

61 mins:Foul by Eden Hazard (Belgium).

61 mins:Ivan Strinic (Croatia) wins a free kick on the left wing.

60 mins:Jan Vertonghen (Belgium) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

60 mins:Foul by Mario Mandzukic (Croatia).

60 mins:Hand ball by Christian Benteke (Belgium).

59 mins:Substitution, Croatia. Ivica Olic replaces Nikica Jelavic.

59 mins:Foul by Eden Hazard (Belgium).

59 mins:Darijo Srna (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

58 mins:Attempt blocked. Axel Witsel (Belgium) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Eden Hazard.

56 mins:Foul by Jan Vertonghen (Belgium).

56 mins:Josip Radosevic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

56 mins:Attempt missed. Mousa Dembélé (Belgium) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Dries Mertens following a corner.

56 mins:Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Gordon Schildenfeld.

55 mins:Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Luka Modric.

54 mins:Dries Mertens (Belgium) wins a free kick on the left wing.

54 mins:Foul by Domagoj Vida (Croatia).

51 mins:Attempt missed. Christian Benteke (Belgium) header from the centre of the box is too high.

51 mins:Attempt blocked. Christian Benteke (Belgium) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Axel Witsel.

48 mins:Gordon Schildenfeld (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

48 mins:Christian Benteke (Belgium) wins a free kick on the left wing.

48 mins:Foul by Gordon Schildenfeld (Croatia).

47 mins:Jan Vertonghen (Belgium) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

47 mins:Foul by Mario Mandzukic (Croatia).

47 mins:Delay over. They are ready to continue.

46 mins:Delay in match Gordon Schildenfeld (Croatia) because of an injury.

Second Half begins Belgium 1, Croatia 1.

45+3 mins:First Half ends, Belgium 1, Croatia 1.

45+2 mins:Goal! Belgium 1, Croatia 1. Guillaume Gillet (Belgium) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner.

45+1 mins:Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Gordon Schildenfeld.

45+1 mins:Attempt blocked. Dries Mertens (Belgium) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Eden Hazard.

45+1 mins:Attempt missed. Axel Witsel (Belgium) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Defour with a cross.

42 mins:Attempt missed. Christian Benteke (Belgium) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Defour.

37 mins:Offside, Belgium. Eden Hazard tries a through ball, but Christian Benteke is caught offside.

35 mins:Attempt blocked. Eden Hazard (Belgium) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

35 mins:Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Josip Simunic.

34 mins:Foul by Axel Witsel (Belgium).

34 mins:Luka Modric (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

30 mins:Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Ivan Strinic.

29 mins:Attempt missed. Josip Radosevic (Croatia) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.

26 mins:Eden Hazard (Belgium) has gone down, but that's a dive.

25 mins:Foul by Christian Benteke (Belgium).

25 mins:Ivan Strinic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

21 mins:Foul by Christian Benteke (Belgium).

21 mins:Gordon Schildenfeld (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

17 mins:Thomas Vermaelen (Belgium) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

17 mins:Foul by Nikica Jelavic (Croatia).

15 mins:Delay over. They are ready to continue.

14 mins:Delay in match Mario Mandzukic (Croatia) because of an injury.

13 mins:Attempt blocked. Christian Benteke (Belgium) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mousa Dembélé with a cross.

13 mins:Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Gordon Schildenfeld.

11 mins:Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Mario Mandzukic.

10 mins:Darijo Srna (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

10 mins:Dries Mertens (Belgium) wins a free kick on the left wing.

10 mins:Foul by Darijo Srna (Croatia).

9 mins:Foul by Axel Witsel (Belgium).

9 mins:Luka Modric (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

7 mins:Attempt missed. Mario Mandzukic (Croatia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Ivan Perisic with a cross.

7 mins:Foul by Axel Witsel (Belgium).

7 mins:Nikica Jelavic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

6 mins:Goal! Belgium 0, Croatia 1. Ivan Perisic (Croatia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.

4 mins:Attempt saved. Axel Witsel (Belgium) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Christian Benteke.

3 mins:Axel Witsel (Belgium) wins a free kick on the right wing.

3 mins:Foul by Josip Radosevic (Croatia).

2 mins:Foul by Josip Radosevic (Croatia).

2 mins:Mousa Dembélé (Belgium) wins a free kick on the right wing.

First Half begins.

Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

team line-up

1Thibaut Courtois
4Vincent Kompany
5Jan Vertonghen
3Thomas Vermaelen
11Dries Mertens81
2Guillaume Gillet
6Steven Defour67
8Axel Witsel
10Eden Hazard
7Mousa Dembélé72
9Christian Benteke

substitutes

19Nicolas Lombaerts
20Romelu Lukaku
16Daniel van Buyten
13Toby Alderweireld
15Kevin De Bruyne72
12Simon Mignolet
17Igor de Camargo
21Jean-François Gillet
18Marouane Fellaini67
23Sébastien Pocognoli
14Kevin Mirallas81
22Timmy Simons

referee

Alberto Undiano Mallenco

team line-up

1Stipe Pletikosa
13Gordon Schildenfeld
3Josip Simunic
21Domagoj Vida
2Ivan Strinic
10Luka Modric
20Ivan Perisic
4Josip Radosevic78
11Darijo Srna
9Nikica Jelavic59
17Mario Mandzukic88

substitutes

19Niko Kranjcar
7Ivan Rakitic
5Vedran Corluka
12Ivan Kelava
8Ognjen Vukojevic78
6Manuel Pamic
23Danijel Subasic
14Nikola Kalinic88
18Ivica Olic59
22Eduardo
15Ivo Ilicevic
16Ante Vukusic

referee

Alberto Undiano Mallenco

match stats

possession %6435
shots on target31
shots off target54
corners81
tackles won1521
offsides10