Saturday night’s World Cup qualifier between Belgium and Greece was a feisty old affair, with the away side ultimately finishing the night with nine men on the pitch.
The game also saw a blizzard of yellow cards administered throughout, though you’ll have to go some way to find an infringement weirder than the one that landed Dries Mertens in the book.
With an hour played, Mertens was became embroiled in a minor squabble with Greece defender Giorgos Tzavellas, only to settle the argument with a guerrilla nose tweak…
Dries Mertens, ladies and gentlemen. Some nose grabbing. (🎥 @flapoortje) #belgre pic.twitter.com/8rcVQUUp1Y
— Kristof Terreur 📰 (@HLNinEngeland) March 25, 2017
Yep. We don’t have a Scooby Doo either.
The match itself ended 1-1 thanks to an 89th-minute equaliser from Romelu ‘The Late Show’ Lukaku…
Lukaku’s last 8 goal times ⏳👇
’83
’84
’80
’81
’82
’90+1
’90+4
’89Better late than never! pic.twitter.com/Hnh3hLTWP0
— European Qualifiers (@EuroQualifiers) March 25, 2017
It’s all in the timing.