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

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.

ITA

BEL

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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Olympic Football Tournaments Beijing 2008 - Men

Matches

ItalyBelgium

Summary

Line-up

ITA1

BEL1

ITA2

BEL2

ITA3

BEL4

ITA4

BEL5

ITA5

BEL7

ITA6

BEL8

ITA7

BEL9

ITA10

BEL10

ITA11

BEL11

ITA14

BEL15

ITA15

BEL18

Substitute(s)

ITA12

BEL6

ITA13

BEL12

ITA16

BEL13

ITA17

BEL14

ITA18

BEL16

ITA20

BEL19

ITA21

BEL22

Coaches

Officials

Photos

Quotes

Italy Belgium