The Icelanders, who missed a penalty in the first half, were superior to the Belgian team
Belgium took advantage of one of their few approaches to the rival area to get a penalty and tie the game
Belgium and Iceland met for the first time in the Women’s European Championship. Both started as ‘not favourites’ in a group they share with France and Italy, therefore, they had to add three by three to hurry up their chances of qualifying.
DATA SHEET
Women’s European Championship
BEL
ISL
LINEUPS
Belgium
Evard; Vangheluwe, Kees, De Neve, Philtjens; Vanhaevermaet, Cayman, Biesmans, De Caigny; Dhont (Eurlings, 78′) and Wullaert (Van Kerkhoven).
Iceland
Sigurdardottir; Atladóttir, Viggósdóttis, Arnardóttir, Gísladóttir; Brynjarsdóttir, Jonsdottir, Gunnarsdóttir (Albertsdóttir, 86′); Vilhjalmsdottir (Johannsdottir, 92′), Jónsdóttir and Thorvaldsdottir (Gudmundsdóttir, 72′).
goals
0-1 M.50 Thorvaldsdottir, 1-1 M.67 Vanhaevermaet.
Referee
Tess Olofsson (Sweden). TA: Philjtens (32′), Vanhaevermaet (86′).
Incidents
Match corresponding to the group stage of the Women’s European Championship played at The Academy Stadium.
The game began with attempts by both teams. Iceland had the first chance to score with a cross from Jonsdottir that he was poisoning and ended up brushing the crossbar. The Icelandic attacker was being the great protagonist of the match. After a great individual play, Jonsdottir He put a good pass back that did not find a finisher.
Belgium managed at times to take possession of the ball from Iceland, however, it was Finland who managed to get closer to the rival goal with a greater sense of danger. In one of those approaches, the shot of Jonsdottir hit the hand of Vangheluwe and, after reviewing the VAR, the referee decided to award a penalty. evrardwho had already been forced to intervene on occasion, stopped the penalty after a very poor execution by Thorvaldsottir.
Shortly before the break, the goal that broke the tables on the scoreboard could be scored. A Belgian defender cleared a ball she touched Brynjarsdóttir and that, if he got to go on goal, it would have been a goal, but it ended up going over the crossbar.
After the restart, Iceland managed to materialize their superiority during the match. A great center Vilhjalmsdottir to the far post would end with the shot of Thorvaldsottirwho managed to beat evrard with a big header.
What seemed like a very dangerous foul ended up being a penalty in favor of Belgium. Vanhaevermaet He was unforgiving from eleven meters and perfectly deceived the Icelandic goalkeeper.
Despite being much better during practically the entire game, Iceland would not go beyond a draw against a Belgium that took advantage of a penalty to pierce the Icelandic goal.