Mdespite this defeat against Israel, Belgium secured 3rd place in its Nations League group, synonymous with a play-off to remain in League A. This is the only positive thing that we will remember from this catastrophic evening on all the other points. On the pitch, the Belgians’ performance remained faithful to what we saw throughout this Nations League, mediocre and without much desire. It was the Israelis who created the best opportunities in the first half. The post first came to save the Belgians (23rd) while Casteels won a decisive 1 against 1 a quarter of an hour later. In the second half, the Israelis even opened the scoring 4 minutes from time via Shua. A goal enough to win the match.
New defeat for Belgium, 5 consecutive games without a victory, 4 points out of 18, the performances are becoming more and more worrying.
Highlights of the meeting:
The Red Devils quickly took the game into their own hands. After 13 minutes of play, Lukebakio was alerted on the left flank. He got back into the game before firing in a left-footed shot. She was passing right by. It was the first small possibility for Belgium.
Despite the Belgian domination, it was the Israelis who had the first very big chance of the match in the 23rd minute. A beautiful Israeli combination ended with a strike from Dasa. Casteels was beaten but the amount saved the Devils. New huge possibility for Israel 15 minutes later. An error from Faes allowed David to race towards goal. Casteels lay down perfectly on the striker’s shot and won his one-on-one, fortunately for Belgium.
On a very bad pass from Smets, Saba recovered the ball. He was stopped in the rectangle by the Belgian defense but the ball returned to Shua’s feet. The Israeli struck to open the scoring 4 minutes from the end of regulation time.
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