#FT: Belgium 3-1 Israel
Venue: Nagyerdei Stadium
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Belgium
Koen Casteels, Arthur Theate, Wout Faes, Maxim De Cuyper (Zeno Debast), Timothy Castagne, Kevin De Bruyne, Youri Tielemans (Arne Engels), Amadou Onana, Loïs Openda (Charles De Ketelaere), Jérémy Doku (Julien Duranville), Dodi Lukebakio (Johan Bakayoko).
Subs: Orel Mangala, Sebastiaan Bornauw, Arthur Vermeeren, Matz Sels, Thomas Meunier, Alexis Saelemaekers, Thomas Kaminski.
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Israel
Yoav Gerafi, Raz Shlomo, Omri Gandelman (Roy Revivo), Idan Nachmias, Mohammad Abu Fani (Mahmoud Jaber), Neta Lavi, Danny Gruper (Dean David), Sagiv Yehezkal, Anan Khalaili, Oscar Gloukh (Dor Peretz), Manor Solomon (Dan Biton).
Subs: Omer Niron, Liel Abada, Shareef Keouf, Ramzi Safuri, Ethane Azoulay, Tai Baribo, Ilay Feingold.
MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN
21' Goal! Belgium 1, Israel 0. Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Jérémy Doku.
33' Mohamed Abu Fani (Israel) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
36' Own Goal by Timothy Castagne, Belgium. Belgium 1, Israel 1.
48' Goal! Belgium 2, Israel 1. Youri Tielemans (Belgium) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Loïs Openda.
52' Goal! Belgium 3, Israel 1. Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
56' Penalty saved. Loïs Openda (Belgium) right footed shot saved in the centre of the goal.
63' Substitution, Israel. Dor Peretz replaces Oscar Gloukh.
63' Substitution, Israel. Roy Revivo replaces Omri Gandelman.
64' Substitution, Belgium. Charles De Ketelaere replaces Loïs Openda.
64' Substitution, Israel. Din David replaces Denny Gropper because of an injury.
64' Substitution, Belgium. Zeno Debast replaces Maxim De Cuyper.
68' Substitution, Israel. Mahmoud Jaber replaces Mohamed Abu Fani.
74' Substitution, Belgium. Julien Duranville replaces Jérémy Doku.
74' Substitution, Belgium. Arne Engels replaces Youri Tielemans.
77' Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
80' Substitution, Israel. Dan Biton replaces Manor Solomon.
82' Substitution, Belgium. Johan Bakayoko replaces Dodi Lukébakio.
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For people asking why the stadium was empty
The reason behind moving the game to Hungary is that not a single Belgian city is willing to host the game.
According to the Belgian FA, the city of Brussels refused to hold the game at the King Baudouin Stadium, where the national game plays the majority of its games.
Then the FA contacted other cities in the country with suitable stadiums - but all of them refused. After consultations with UEFA, it was decided to hold the game in Hungary behind closed doors.
https://tribuna.com/en/news/football-2024-09-06-belgium-play-israel-in-hungary-as-belgian-cities-refuse-to-host-israeli-team/
Bravo
So are the city representatives themselves anti-Semitic or is the local police just capitulating before the amount of anti-Semitic people living there?
or , none of the cities were equipped, trained, or willing to deal with the additional security risks or associated public order issues that it causes - so rather than cancel the game, it got moved to a neutral venue?
I've heard some stupid shit in my time, but moving an international game that benefits Israel by removing the home advantage and then calling it "anti-Semitic" is pretty entertaining.