Belgium vs Liechtenstein: De Cuyper & Red Devils Win | World Cup Qualification

Sire, we have another left back. It is still the only 24-year-old Maxim de Cuyper who redeemed the Red Devils (once again). With his beautiful header against Liechtenstein, but also in a different way. The defender of Brighton headed with a lot of feeling a cross from fellow back Thomas Meunier in the square and thus put the 0-1 on the scoreboard.

An opening goal that surprisingly was almost half an hour waiting against Liechtenstein – everyone had expected a quick goal festival of the Red Devils in advance. Although the score if it could have risen from the Cuyper higher. However, a non-without-merit free kick around the wall was stopped by the goalkeeper of Liechtenstein, while a great curl from on the edge of the sixteen just above the intersection, after the ex-bruggeling had simply misleaded the opponent’s right.

The Cuyper was simply omnipresent and was actually playing as a half attacker. Liechtenstein had no answer to his football in one time and ahead. In the meantime, he also scored his third goal and his second assist in four matches. With that he now has more goals than Loïs Openda or Jeremy Doku with the Red Devils.

It was a long search, but now in other words it is completely certain: the Red Devils have another stable left rear. MDC has become a certainty. For a long time, the position of left back was a bottleneck position with the national team. To the extent that Frank Vercauteren as a technical director a few years ago for a study at the football association asked for all left -footed players in our country. The Cuyper now does more and more the many years of searching.

He just kept going. Even in the first half, MDC with a head of Egg afterwards for a penalty after alleged hand game from Liechtenstein, but the VAR (rightly) put a stop before and in the second half our countryman just continued his impetus. After a corner of De Bruyne, the ball ended up at the freestanding left back, who again put his direct opponent in the wind and then painted the ball on the head of Theate. Assist there: check.

Tielemans also scores

In the meantime, brand new captain Youri Tielemans had already taken his goal. He took a falling ball in one time on the slippers and thus faded in the 0-2. Kevin De Bruyne also increased the score. After a handsome pass by Hans Vanaken, KDB pushed the 0-4 in goal. Theater, who had previously aimed a ball on the crossbar, then provoked a penalty kick. It was Captain Tielemans who took his responsibility and aimed the ball perfectly in the side net. He pricked the 0-5 stand on the scoreboard. His debut as a regular captain was so successful. In the absolute slot, Saelemakers put Fofana with a heel on his way to the 0-6.

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The score against the dwarf state could have risen even further, but the sight of various Red Devils in the front was not completely sharp. A bustling Fofana aimed a good chance from close by. Openda showed himself too eager several times, so he was always over the cross. He was again not convincing as a replacement for the injured Lukaku and Doku had a hard time continuing and to find his team mates with his passes.

The defense of Liechtenstein eventually saw all the colors of the rainbow and did not have a great evening at all. The rearguard of the Devils had no work to be done. In addition to the Cuyper, Rudi Garcia had also opted for Theate, Debast and Meunier, but they were never put to the test. Great conclusions are therefore not drawn from this.
The Red Devils did what they had to do and that was to get the three points in this World Cup qualifying match against weak brother Liechtenstein.