Belgium thrash Kazakhstan, three wins on the bounce in qualifiers | OneFootball

Belgium thrashed Kazakhstan 6-0 on Sunday, in the sixth round of Group J of the European Qualifiers, at the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, in Anderlecht, Belgium. The goals of the victory were scored by De Bruyne (twice), Doku (twice), Raskin, and Meunier.

With this result, the Belgian team achieved their third consecutive victory in the Qualifiers and took second place in the group, with ten points. The team is just one point behind the leader, North Macedonia, but still has one less match to play.

In the seventh round of the Qualifiers, Belgium will host North Macedonia on October 10, a Friday. On the same date, Kazakhstan will also play at home against Liechtenstein.

See how Belgium vs Kazakhstan went

The hosts opened the scoring at 41 minutes of the first half, when De Bruyne received the ball at the edge of the area and unleashed a right-footed rocket into the top corner, leaving the goalkeeper with no chance.

Shortly after, at 43 minutes, Belgium extended their lead with Doku. The forward controlled the ball inside the area, cut to his right foot, and finished with a cross shot into the goal.

Early in the second half, at five minutes, Raskin appeared free at the far post and tapped the ball into the net, scoring the third goal.

The thrashing was confirmed at 14 minutes, again with Doku, who repeated the move from his first goal and ran to celebrate.

At 38 minutes, Saelemaekers assisted De Bruyne, who struck a low shot to score the sixth goal. Three minutes later, Meunier hit a beautiful shot from outside the area to close the match's score.

Check out other European Qualifiers results this Sunday:

Georgia 5 x 0 Bulgaria Lithuania 2 x 3 Netherlands North Macedonia 5 x 0 Liechtenstein Poland 3 x 1 Finland Turkey 0 x 6 Spain Luxembourg 0 x 1 Slovakia Germany 3 x 1 Northern Ireland

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