Red Flames make light work of Albania
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- 19 Apr 2022
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The Belgian national women’s football team the Red Flames enjoyed a comfortable victory in their World Cup qualifying match again Albania on Thursday evening. Although Albania were able to keep the Belgians at bay for the first half an hour, the Red Flames then cruised towards a 0-5 win. The Belgians' next qualifier is another away fixture, this time against Kosovo, next Tuesday.
The Red Flames had a sluggish start to Thursday evening’s games. During the fist 30 minutes our women created little if anything in the way of combination football. The best chance fell to Albania when the Belgian defence was led a merry dance after Laura Deloose lost posession in a dangerous position.
However, the Red Flames finally got their act together and Tine De Caigny put our women one-up with a 37th minute header. This was the first of three goals in just six minutes. Tessa Wullaert made it 0-2 on 39 minutes with De Caigny scoring her second goal of the game on the stroke of half time.
The second half saw the Belgian dominant. Tessa Wullaert had no hesitation when she was gifted a scoring opportunity by the Albanians and Belgium were 0-4 up. Read More...
