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Belgium Dominates North Macedonia in Gent
Gent, Belgium – In a match held at the Planet Group Arena, Belgium demonstrated its superiority over North Macedonia with a clear possession of 78%. Despite the Belgian dominance, which generated 25 shots, only 5 managed to be on target. North Macedonia, with 22% possession, barely troubled the Belgian goal, registering only 3 shots, none on target.
The match, valid for the group stage of the European qualification for the World Cup, was marked by physical play, with 15 fouls committed by Belgium and 8 by North Macedonia. Turkish referee Halil Umut Meler showed three yellow cards to Belgian players (Saelemaekers, Theate, and De Bruyne) and two to Macedonian players (Ashkovski and Kostadinov). Belgium also generated 13 corner kicks compared to North Macedonia’s 2, further highlighting their territorial dominance.
Substitutions fyr macedonia: at minute 46 S. Ashkovski came in and D. Churlinov went out., at minute 57 B. Miovski came in and M. Ristovski went out., at minute 74 J. Atanasov came in and S. Despotovski went out., at minute 74 A. Stojcevski came in and I. Alimi went out., at minute 84 V. Musliu came in and D. Velkovski went out.
Substitutions belgium: at minute 59 A. Saelemaekers came in and L. Openda went out., at minute 74 L. Trossard came in and M. Fofana went out., at minute 74 H. Vanaken came in and A. Onana went out., at minute 89 T. Castagne came in and T. Meunier went out., at minute 89 M. De Cuyper came in and J. Seys went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Belgium
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FYR Macedonia
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