Olympic Football Tournaments Beijing 2008 - Men

Matches

16/08/2008

Italy Belgium

2:3

2:3 (1:2)

Giuseppe ROSSI (18' PEN 74' PEN)

Moussa DEMBELE (23' 79')
Kevin MIRALLAS (45'+2)

Match 26

Beijing
Workers' Stadium

Referee: Hector BALDASSI (ARG)

Summary

Brave Belgium roar into last four

Brave Belgium roar into last four

Losing their first-choice keeper and playing a long stretch a man down, Belgium twice fought back to beat Italy 3-2 and move on to the semis.

Line-up

1 Emiliano VIVIANO (GK) $.img{src:'/s/216659.png'} ITA1 Emiliano VIVIANO	1 (-68' ) (GK) Logan BAILLY $.img{src:'/s/216869.png'} BEL1 Logan BAILLY
2 Marco MOTTA $.img{src:'/s/228935.png'} ITA2 Marco MOTTA (-81' )	2 Sepp DE ROOVER $.img{src:'/s/290900.png'} BEL2 Sepp DE ROOVER
3 Paolo DE CEGLIE $.img{src:'/s/298657.png'} ITA3 Paolo DE CEGLIE	4 Thomas VERMAELEN $.img{src:'/s/216880.png'} BEL4 Thomas VERMAELEN
4 Antonio NOCERINO (C) $.img{src:'/s/216694.png'} ITA4 Antonio NOCERINO	5 Sebastien POCOGNOLI $.img{src:'/s/216875.png'} BEL5 Sebastien POCOGNOLI
5 Luca CIGARINI $.img{src:'/s/291336.png'} ITA5 Luca CIGARINI (-61' )	7 (-90'+4 ) Tom DE MUL $.img{src:'/s/217536.png'} BEL7 Tom DE MUL
6 Domenico CRISCITO $.img{src:'/s/228933.png'} ITA6 Domenico CRISCITO	8 Faris HAROUN $.img{src:'/s/216885.png'} BEL8 Faris HAROUN
7 Riccardo MONTOLIVO $.img{src:'/s/216691.png'} ITA7 Riccardo MONTOLIVO	9 Kevin MIRALLAS $.img{src:'/s/290903.png'} BEL9 Kevin MIRALLAS
10 Sebastian GIOVINCO $.img{src:'/s/298663.png'} ITA10 Sebastian GIOVINCO	10 Jan VERTONGHEN $.img{src:'/s/290904.png'} BEL10 Jan VERTONGHEN
11 Giuseppe ROSSI $.img{src:'/s/291342.png'} ITA11 Giuseppe ROSSI	11 (-65' ) (C) Maarten MARTENS $.img{src:'/s/217523.png'} BEL11 Maarten MARTENS
14 Robert ACQUAFRESCA $.img{src:'/s/298665.png'} ITA14 Robert ACQUAFRESCA	15 Jeroen SIMAEYS $.img{src:'/s/298611.png'} BEL15 Jeroen SIMAEYS
15 Salvatore BOCCHETTI $.img{src:'/s/298656.png'} ITA15 Salvatore BOCCHETTI	18 Moussa DEMBELE $.img{src:'/s/290825.png'} BEL18 Moussa DEMBELE

Substitute(s)

12 Daniele DESSENA $.img{src:'/s/291338.png'} ITA12 Daniele DESSENA	6 Marouane FELLAINI $.img{src:'/s/290902.png'} BEL6 Marouane FELLAINI
13 Andrea CODA $.img{src:'/s/216663.png'} ITA13 Andrea CODA	12 (+68') Yves MA-KALAMBAY $.img{src:'/s/290815.png'} BEL12 Yves MA-KALAMBAY
16 Lorenzo DE SILVESTRI $.img{src:'/s/232737.png'} ITA16 Lorenzo DE SILVESTRI	13 Laurent CIMAN $.img{src:'/s/290822.png'} BEL13 Laurent CIMAN
17 Ignazio ABATE $.img{src:'/s/228936.png'} ITA17 Ignazio ABATE (-83' ) (+61')	14 (+90'+4) Landry MULEMO $.img{src:'/s/217540.png'} BEL14 Landry MULEMO
18 Andrea CONSIGLI $.img{src:'/s/291337.png'} ITA18 Andrea CONSIGLI (+81')	16 (+65') Anthony VANDEN BORRE $.img{src:'/s/216006.png'} BEL16 Anthony VANDEN BORRE
20 Antonio CANDREVA $.img{src:'/s/298662.png'} ITA20 Antonio CANDREVA (+83')	19 Vadis ODJIDJA-OFOE $.img{src:'/s/290884.png'} BEL19 Vadis ODJIDJA-OFOE
21 Andrea RUSSOTTO $.img{src:'/s/232758.png'} ITA21 Andrea RUSSOTTO	22 Yves DE WINTER $.img{src:'/s/290811.png'} BEL22 Yves DE WINTER

Coaches

Pierluigi CASIRAGHI (ITA)

(BEL) Jean Francois DE SART

Officials

Referee: Hector BALDASSI (ARG)Assistant Referee 1: Ricardo CASAS (ARG)Assistant Referee 2: Hernan MAIDANA (ARG)Fourth official: Roberto MORENO (PAN)

Photos

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Quotes

"The players were fantastic today and they did more than could have been expected," Jean Francois De Sart, Belgium coach

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