Belgium’s shining star De Bryune displays greatness in thrashing Germany once again.

BRATISLAVA – The football players of Belgium won the friendly match in Cologne over the host Germany just 3:2. In the hit of Tuesday’s program, they had an excellent start to the match, when they led 2:0 after nine minutes.

In both cases, the scorer was Kevine de Bruyne, who first passed to Yannick Carrasco and three minutes later to Romelu Lukaku.

The home team managed to reduce shortly before the break, when Niclas Füllkrug converted a penalty from hand in the Belgian penalty area. However, in the 78th minute, de Bruyne crowned his performance, scoring himself after two assists to make it 3:1. In the end, Serge Gnabry only corrected.

Football players of Chile won in Santiago over Paraguay 3:2. The visitors led after the first half, but conceded two goals in the final quarter. First, Alexis Sanchez equalized in the 76th minute to make it 2:2, and in extra time, an own goal by goalkeeper Antony Silva decided Chile’s victory.

In the second half, Ecuador turned the score in the duel with the host Australia to 2:1. Defender William Pacho scored the winning goal on his international debut in the 65th minute at the Melbourne Stadium. Colombia won 2:1 in Osaka over home country Japan, striker Rafael Borre decided after an hour of play.

Uruguay won in Seoul over the home Republic of Korea 2:1. Sebastian Coates gave the visitors the lead in the 10th minute, Hwang In-Beom replied in the 51st minute, but Matias Vecino added the South Americans’ second strike shortly after. In the end, the Koreans got the ball into the net twice, but the goals were disallowed for hand and offside.

Bolivia beat Saudi Arabia 2-1 in Jeddah thanks to goals from Marcelo Moreno and Carmelo Algaranaz. Salem al Dawsari scored for the home team from a penalty.

Preparatory international matches:

Saudi Arabia – Bolivia 1:2 (1:1)

Goals: 44. Al Dawsari (from 11m) – 13. Moreno, 68. Algaranaz

Germany – Belgium 2:3 (1:2)

Goals: 44. Füllkrug (from 11m), 87. Gnabry – 6. Carrasco, 9. Lukaku, 78. de Bruyne

Iran – Kenya 2:1 (0:0)

Goals: 77. Mohebi, 84. Rezaelan – 51. Olunga

Uzbekistan – Venezuela 1:1 (0:1)

Goals: 78. Yakhshibojev – 6. Gonzalez, ČK: 67. Fuentes (Ven.)

UAE – Thailand 2:0 (0:0)

Goals: 55. Suhali, 79. Mohameed

Armenia – Cyprus 2:2 (0:1)

Goals: 51. and 59. Ranos – 43. and 83. Christofi, Czech Republic: 89. Artymatas (Cyprus)

Republic of Korea – Uruguay 1:2 (0:1)

Goals: 51. Hwang In-Beom – 10. Coates, 64. Vecino

Chile – Paraguay 3:2 (1:2)

Goals: 25. Diaz, 76. Sanchez, 90.+2 Silva (own) – 32. Rojas, 34. Avalos, ČK: 81. Diaz – 81. Sosa

Australia – Ecuador 1:2 (1:0)

Goals: 16. Borrello – 51. Estupinan (from 11m), 65. Pacho

Japan – Colombia 1:2 (1:1)

Goals: 3. Mitoma – 33. Duran, 61. Borre

• Author: © List
• Source: TASR