Date: 14-06-2002
Stage: first round
Place: SHIZUOKA
Running time: 105 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: master copy
Commentary: italian
My rating: ***
Notes:
MATCH SUMMARY
Friday, 14 June 2002, 15:30
Ecopa Stadium, Shizuoka
Attendance: 46,640
Meteo: Partly cloudy, mild, ~23 °C
BELGIUM
Geert De Vlieger
Glenn De Boeck
Jacky Peeters
Daniel Van Buyten
Nico Van Kerckhoven
Bart Goor
Yves Vanderhaeghe
Gert Verheyen
Johan Walem
Marc Wilmots (c)
Mbo Mpenza
Coach: Robert Waseige (BEL)
39′ Yves Vanderhaeghe
70′ ↓Mbo Mpenza ↑Wesley Sonck
78′ ↓Gert Verheyen ↑Timmy Simons
90′ ↓Glenn De Boeck ↑Eric Van Meir
RUSSIA
Ruslan Nigmatullin
Yuri Kovtun
Yuri Nikiforov
Viktor Onopko (c)
Andrei Solomatin
Dmitri Alenichev
Valery Karpin
Dmitri Khokhlov
Alexei Smertin
Yegor Titov
Vladimir Beschastnykh
Coach: Oleg Romantsev (RUS)
12′ Andrei Solomatin
14′ Alexei Smertin
64′ Dmitri Alenichev
84′ Dmitri Sennikov
34′ ↓Alexei Smertin ↑Dmitri Sychev
43′ ↓Yuri Nikiforov ↑Dmitri Sennikov
82′ ↓Valery Karpin ↑Alexander Kerzhakov
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (DEN)
Goals:
7′ Johan Walem BEL
52′ Vladimir Beschastnykh RUS
78′ Wesley Sonck BEL
82′ Marc Wilmots BEL
88′ Dmitri Sychev RUS
Match overview
Belgium secured a dramatic 3-2 win after leading early through Walem. Russia fought back with Beschastnykh before Sonck restored Belgium’s lead. Wilmots extended the advantage, and Sychev’s late goal set up a tense finish which Belgium held on to.
Trivia
Marc Wilmots was named Man of the Match; all five goals were scored after halftime.
