Croatia vs Belgium, 2026 International Friendly

· International Friendly

Croatia

FT
0 - 2

Belgium

38': Youri Tielemans
90'+6': Romelu Lukaku

About

Croatia are hosting Belgium at Stadion HNK Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia, starting on . The match is a part of the International Friendly.

Match Commentary

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
5': Foul by Alexis Saelemaekers (Belgium).
5': Martin Baturina (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
7': Attempt saved. Jérémy Doku (Belgium) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Dominik Livakovic (Croatia). Assisted by Maxim De Cuyper.
8': Foul by Martin Baturina (Croatia).
8': Nathan Ngoy (Belgium) wins a free kick on the right wing.
11': Attempt missed. Petar Musa (Croatia) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Luka Modric following a fast break.
13': Martin Baturina (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
13': Foul by Nathan Ngoy (Belgium).
14': Foul by Arthur Theate (Belgium).
14': Petar Sucic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
16': Offside, Croatia. Petar Sucic is caught offside.
18': Petar Musa (Croatia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
18': Foul by Amadou Onana (Belgium).
19': Youri Tielemans (Belgium) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
19': Foul by Mateo Kovacic (Croatia).
20': Martin Baturina (Croatia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
20': Foul by Alexis Saelemaekers (Belgium).
21': Offside, Croatia. Petar Musa is caught offside.
24': Delay in match for a drinks break.
26': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
27': Delay in match because of an injury Amadou Onana (Belgium).
28': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
29': Foul by Luka Vuskovic (Croatia).
29': Jérémy Doku (Belgium) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
31': Attempt missed. Maxim De Cuyper (Belgium) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner from a direct free kick.
31': Foul by Petar Musa (Croatia).
31': Amadou Onana (Belgium) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
32': Arthur Theate (Belgium) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
32': Foul by Petar Sucic (Croatia).
37': Offside, Croatia. Petar Musa is caught offside.
38': Foul by Petar Sucic (Croatia).
38': Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
38': Goal! Croatia 0, Belgium 1. Youri Tielemans (Belgium) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Maxim De Cuyper.
41': Attempt saved. Jérémy Doku (Belgium) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Dominik Livakovic (Croatia). Assisted by Youri Tielemans.
41': Attempt saved. Luka Modric (Croatia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Thibaut Courtois (Belgium). Assisted by Mateo Kovacic.
41': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Thibaut Courtois.
42': Foul by Martin Baturina (Croatia).
42': Jérémy Doku (Belgium) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
42': Martin Baturina (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
43': Foul by Alexis Saelemaekers (Belgium).
43': Ivan Perisic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
44': Offside, Belgium. Maxim De Cuyper is caught offside.
45': Mateo Kovacic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45': Foul by Nicolas Raskin (Belgium).
45': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
45'+1': Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+1': Foul by Luka Modric (Croatia).
45'+3': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Arthur Theate.
45'+5': First Half ends, Croatia 0, Belgium 1.
45': Second Half begins Croatia 0, Belgium 1.
48': Offside, Croatia. Ivan Perisic is caught offside.
49': Luka Vuskovic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
49': Foul by Charles De Ketelaere (Belgium).
49': Charles De Ketelaere (Belgium) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
50': Mateo Kovacic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
50': Foul by Nicolas Raskin (Belgium).
54': Attempt missed. Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jérémy Doku.
58': Substitution, Croatia. Ante Budimir replaces Petar Musa.
58': Substitution, Croatia. Luka Sucic replaces Mateo Kovacic.
58': Substitution, Croatia. Mario Pasalic replaces Luka Modric.
58': Substitution, Croatia. Marco Pasalic replaces Josip Stanisic.
59': Substitution, Croatia. Marin Pongracic replaces Josko Gvardiol.
59': Substitution, Croatia. Dominik Kotarski replaces Dominik Livakovic.
60': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Maxim De Cuyper.
61': Ante Budimir (Croatia) hits the bar with a header from very close range. Assisted by Luka Sucic with a cross following a corner.
62': Foul by Ante Budimir (Croatia).
62': Youri Tielemans (Belgium) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
62': Ante Budimir (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
65': Foul by Ivan Perisic (Croatia).
65': Alexis Saelemaekers (Belgium) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
65': Foul by Youri Tielemans (Belgium).
65': Petar Sucic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
67': Delay in match because of an injury Luka Vuskovic (Croatia).
67': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
67': Substitution, Belgium. Thomas Meunier replaces Kevin De Bruyne.
67': Substitution, Belgium. Koni De Winter replaces Alexis Saelemaekers.
67': Substitution, Belgium. Joaquin Seys replaces Amadou Onana.
68': Substitution, Belgium. Hans Vanaken replaces Nathan Ngoy.
68': Substitution, Belgium. Brandon Mechele replaces Maxim De Cuyper.
69': Foul by Koni De Winter (Belgium).
69': Ante Budimir (Croatia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
69': Koni De Winter (Belgium) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
70': Attempt blocked. Ante Budimir (Croatia) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Ivan Perisic with a cross.
70': Delay in match for a drinks break.
71': Substitution, Croatia. Kristijan Jakic replaces Josip Sutalo.
71': Substitution, Croatia. Andrej Kramaric replaces Petar Sucic.
71': Substitution, Croatia. Nikola Vlasic replaces Martin Baturina.
71': Substitution, Croatia. Nikola Moro replaces Ivan Perisic.
73': Substitution, Belgium. Romelu Lukaku replaces Charles De Ketelaere.
73': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
73': Substitution, Belgium. Matias Fernandez-Pardo replaces Jérémy Doku.
73': Foul by Marin Pongracic (Croatia).
73': Matias Fernandez-Pardo (Belgium) wins a free kick on the right wing.
74': Hans Vanaken (Belgium) hits the bar with a header from the right side of the six yard box. Assisted by Youri Tielemans with a cross following a set piece situation.
74': Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Marin Pongracic.
78': Matias Fernandez-Pardo (Belgium) wins a free kick on the left wing.
78': Foul by Kristijan Jakic (Croatia).
79': Substitution, Belgium. Axel Witsel replaces Nicolas Raskin.
79': Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Ante Budimir.
80': Foul by Luka Vuskovic (Croatia).
80': Koni De Winter (Belgium) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
81': Attempt blocked. Youri Tielemans (Belgium) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
83': Offside, Belgium. Matias Fernandez-Pardo is caught offside.
84': Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Mario Pasalic.
88': Attempt missed. Marco Pasalic (Croatia) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Nikola Moro.
90': Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
90'+1': Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Nikola Moro.
90'+3': Foul by Romelu Lukaku (Belgium).
90'+3': Ante Budimir (Croatia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90'+5': Andrej Kramaric (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+5': Foul by Brandon Mechele (Belgium).
90'+6': Goal! Croatia 0, Belgium 2. Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Hans Vanaken with a through ball following a fast break.
90'+7': Second Half ends, Croatia 0, Belgium 2.
0': Match ends, Croatia 0, Belgium 2.

Statistics

BEL		CRO
13	Fouls	13
2	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	4
4	Corner Kicks	3
1	Saves	3
43.3	Possession	56.7
8	SHOTS	5
4	ON GOAL	1
0.5	On Target %	0.2
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
347	Accurate Passes	469
417	Passes	539
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.9
2	Accurate Crosses	4
8	Crosses	18
0.3	Cross %	0.2
47	Long Balls	41
24	Accurate Long Balls	24
0.5	Long Balls %	0.6
1	Blocked Shots	1
4	Effective Tackles	5
8	Tackles	15
0.5	Tackle %	0.3
12	Interceptions	11
24	Effective Clearances	14
24	Clearances	14

Game Information

Competition: International Friendly

Venue: Stadion HNK Rijeka
Location: Rijeka, Croatia
Attendance: 7,555

Line-Ups

Croatia (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
1	Dominik Livakovic (GK)
22	Luka Vuskovic
4	Josko Gvardiol
6	Josip Sutalo
8	Mateo Kovacic
10	Luka Modric
14	Ivan Perisic
2	Josip Stanisic
26	Petar Musa
16	Martin Baturina
17	Petar Sucic

Croatia Substitutes:

Duje Caleta-Car, Nikola Vlasic, Luka Sucic, Marin Pongracic, Marco Pasalic, Mario Pasalic, Ivor Pandur, Nikola Moro, Igor Matanovic, Andrej Kramaric, Dominik Kotarski, Kristijan Jakic, Toni Fruk, Martin Erlic, Ante Budimir.

Belgium (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
1	Thibaut Courtois (GK)
24	Amadou Onana
3	Arthur Theate
25	Nathan Ngoy
23	Nicolas Raskin
8	Youri Tielemans
5	Maxim De Cuyper
22	Alexis Saelemaekers
17	Charles De Ketelaere
11	Jérémy Doku
7	Kevin De Bruyne

Belgium Substitutes:

Diego Moreira, Timothy Castagne, Koni De Winter, Matias Fernandez-Pardo, Axel Witsel, Senne Lammens, Romelu Lukaku, Dodi Lukébakio, Brandon Mechele, Thomas Meunier, Mike Penders, Joaquin Seys, Hans Vanaken.

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