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Belgium 4-1 Costa Rica · International Friendly Games

Belgium beat Costa Rica 4-1 in the International Friendly Games. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.

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Match report

Belgium and Costa Rica met in the International Friendly Games at Roi Baudouin in Brussels on Monday, 11 June 2018.

Goalscorers

Belgium: D. Mertens 31'; R. Lukaku 42', 50'; M. Batshuayi 64'. Costa Rica: B. Ruiz 24'.

How the match went

The referee showed 1 yellow card (0 for Belgium, 1 for Costa Rica).

Line-ups

Belgium started in a 3-4-3: Thibaut Courtois, Toby Alderweireld, Dedryck Boyata, Jan Vertonghen, Thomas Meunier, Kevin De Bruyne, Axel Witsel, Yannick Carrasco, Dries Mertens, Romelu Lukaku, Eden Hazard.

Costa Rica started in a 5-4-1: Keylor Navas, Cristian Gamboa, Óscar Duarte, Jhonny Acosta, Giancarlo González, Bryan Oviedo, Christian Bolaños, Yeltsin Tejeda, Celso Borges, Bryan Ruiz, Marcos Ureña.

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Minute by minute

  1. 24'Goal! Belgium 0-1 Costa Rica. B. Ruiz (Costa Rica) scores.
  2. 31'Goal! Belgium 1-1 Costa Rica. D. Mertens (Belgium) scores, assisted by E. Hazard.
  3. 42'Goal! Belgium 2-1 Costa Rica. R. Lukaku (Belgium) scores, assisted by D. Mertens.
  4. 45'Half-time. Belgium 2-1 Costa Rica.
  5. 50'Goal! Belgium 3-1 Costa Rica. R. Lukaku (Belgium) scores, assisted by N. Chadli.
  6. 64'Goal! Belgium 4-1 Costa Rica. M. Batshuayi (Belgium) scores, assisted by R. Lukaku.
  7. 90'Full-time. Belgium 4-1 Costa Rica.
Full commentary (24 lines)
  1. 1'Kick-off: Belgium vs Costa Rica.
  2. 24'Goal! Belgium 0-1 Costa Rica. B. Ruiz (Costa Rica) scores.
  3. 31'Goal! Belgium 1-1 Costa Rica. D. Mertens (Belgium) scores, assisted by E. Hazard.
  4. 42'Goal! Belgium 2-1 Costa Rica. R. Lukaku (Belgium) scores, assisted by D. Mertens.
  5. 45'Yellow card for G. González (Costa Rica).
  6. 45'2 minutes of added time.
  7. 45'Half-time. Belgium 2-1 Costa Rica.
  8. 46'The second half is under way.
  9. 46'Substitution, Belgium: N. Chadli comes on for T. Meunier.
  10. 46'Substitution, Costa Rica: F. Calvo comes on for B. Oviedo.
  11. 46'Substitution, Costa Rica: J. Venegas comes on for M. Ureña.
  12. 50'Goal! Belgium 3-1 Costa Rica. R. Lukaku (Belgium) scores, assisted by N. Chadli.
  13. 52'Substitution, Belgium: M. Batshuayi comes on for D. Mertens.
  14. 62'Substitution, Costa Rica: D. Guzmán comes on for C. Bolaños.
  15. 64'Goal! Belgium 4-1 Costa Rica. M. Batshuayi (Belgium) scores, assisted by R. Lukaku.
  16. 65'Substitution, Belgium: T. Hazard comes on for R. Lukaku.
  17. 66'Substitution, Costa Rica: I. Smith comes on for C. Gamboa.
  18. 66'Substitution, Belgium: L. Dendoncker comes on for D. Boyata.
  19. 67'Substitution, Costa Rica: J. Campbell comes on for B. Ruiz.
  20. 70'Substitution, Belgium: M. Dembélé comes on for E. Hazard.
  21. 71'Substitution, Belgium: Y. Tielemans comes on for K. De Bruyne.
  22. 76'Substitution, Costa Rica: R. Azofeifa comes on for C. Borges.
  23. 90'2 minutes of added time.
  24. 90'Full-time. Belgium 4-1 Costa Rica.
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