
Belgium Football Formation
Lineup (4-4-2)
É. Mpenza · Nilis · Wilmots · Verheyen · Goor · Vanderhaeghe · Deflandre · Van Kerckhoven · Valgaeren · Staelens © · De WildeTurkey Vs Belgium - 2000 European Championship Group Stage Game N°3 (19/06/2000)
GK DE WILDE
RSWP STAELENS
LCB VALGAEREN
RB DEFLANDRE
LB VAN KERCKHOVEN
DMF VANDERHAEGHE
RMF VERHEYEN
LMF GOOR
AMF WILMOTS
CF/SS NILIS
CF/SS É. MPENZA
Substitutions: Hendrikx for Goor (59 mn), Strupar for Verheyen (62 mn) and De Bilde for Nilis (76 mn)
Incident: De Wilde was sent off (84 mn), this forced Deflandre to play as GK for the rest of the game
Note: This was the final international appearance of Filip De Wilde, Lorenzo Staelens and Luc Nilis
Nilis and Émile Mpenza started the second half on opposite sides
Strupar played as right CF/SS, this relocated Émile Mpenza as RMF/RWF
Captained by: Lorenzo Staelens
Short Free Kick: Luc Nilis
Long Free Kick: Luc Nilis/Marc Wilmots/Eric Deflandre/Nico Van Kerckhoven/Yves Vanderhaeghe/Filip De Wilde
Free Kick 2: Joos Valgaeren
Left Corner: Luc Nilis/Marc Hendrikx
Right Corner: Luc Nilis/Bart Goor/Eric Deflandre
Penalty: Marc Wilmots
Players to go up in freekicks and corners: Joos Valgaeren, Yves Vanderhaeghe, Gert Verheyen, Lorenzo Staelens, Nico Van Kerckhoven
Team Strategy
🌟Change Sides: Nilis/Émile Mpenza | Strupar/Nilis | De Bilde/Strupar
🌟Left Side Attack
🌟Counter Attack
🌟Pressure
🌟All Out ATT
🌟Right Side Attack - Optional
🌟Ball Possession ATT - Optional
🌟Centre Attack - Optional
🌟CB Overlap: Lorenzo Staelens - Second Half