| | Top level | Event type
Football, Men – Match #2
| Date | 16 August 2008 — 18:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Gongren Tiyuchang, Beijing | |
| Referee | Héctor Baldassi |  ARG |
| Linesman | Ricardo Casas | ARG |
| Linesman | Hernán Maidana | ARG |
| 4th Official | Roberto Moreno |  PAN |
| Attendance | 50,802 |
| Number | Competitor | NOC | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Belgium |  BEL | 3 | |
| – | Italy |  ITA | 2 |
Belgium
| Pos | Number | Competitor | Goals | Yellow Cards | Red Cards | Penalty Kicks | Shots | Shots on Goal | Corner Kicks | Free Kicks | Offsides | Fouls Committed | After Half 1 | After Half 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 9 | Kevin Mirallas | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | |||
| Forward | 10 | Jan Vertonghen | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | |||
| Forward | 11 | Maarten Martens | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | |||
| Forward | 15 | Jeroen Simaeys | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | |||
| Forward | 18 | Moussa Dembélé | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | |||
| Forward | 12 | Yves Makabu-Makalambay | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | |||
| Forward | 16 | Anthony Vanden Borre | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 5 | Sébastien Pocognoli | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 7 | Tom De Mul | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 8 | Faris Haroun | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 14 | Landry Mulemo | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | |||
| Defense | 2 | Sepp De Roover | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | |||
| Defense | 4 | Thomas Vermaelen | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | |||
| Goalkeeper | 1 | Logan Bailly | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | |||
| Team Totals | 3 | – | – | – | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| Coach | Jean-François De Sart | ||||||||||||||||
Italy
| Pos | Number | Competitor | Goals | Yellow Cards | Red Cards | Penalty Kicks | Shots | Shots on Goal | Corner Kicks | Free Kicks | Offsides | Fouls Committed | After Half 1 | After Half 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 7 | Riccardo Montolivo | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | |||
| Forward | 10 | Sebastian Giovinco | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | |||
| Forward | 11 | Giuseppe Rossi | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | |||
| Forward | 14 | Robert Acquafresca | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | |||
| Forward | 15 | Salvatore Bocchetti | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 4 | Antonio Nocerino | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 5 | Luca Cigarini | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 6 | Domenico Criscito | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 17 | Ignazio Abate | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | |||
| Midfield | 20 | Antonio Candreva | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | |||
| Defense | 2 | Marco Motta | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | |||
| Defense | 3 | Paolo De Ceglie | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | |||
| Defense | 18 | Andrea Consigli | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | |||
| Goalkeeper | 1 | Emiliano Viviano | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | |||
| Team Totals | 2 | – | – | – | 10 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Coach | Pierluigi Casiraghi | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Cards
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 (1) | Thomas Vermaelen | | red | |
| 57 (2) | Giuseppe Rossi | | yellow | |
| 80 (2) | Emiliano Viviano | | red | |
| 85 (2) | Jan Vertonghen | | yellow | |
| 85 (2) | Moussa Dembélé | | yellow | |
| 90 (2) | Riccardo Montolivo | | yellow |
Goals
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 (1) | Giuseppe Rossi | | 0-1 | penalty |
| 23 (1) | Moussa Dembélé | | 1-1 | |
| 45+2 (1) | Kevin Mirallas | | 2-1 | |
| 74 (2) | Giuseppe Rossi | | 2-2 | penalty |
| 79 (2) | Moussa Dembélé | | 3-2 |
Subs
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 (2) | Luca Cigarini | | out | |
| 61 (2) | Ignazio Abate | | in | |
| 65 (2) | Maarten Martens | | out | |
| 65 (2) | Anthony Vanden Borre | | in | |
| 68 (2) | Logan Bailly | | out | |
| 68 (2) | Yves Makabu-Makalambay | | in | |
| 81 (2) | Marco Motta | | out | |
| 81 (2) | Andrea Consigli | | in | |
| 83 (2) | Ignazio Abate | | out | |
| 83 (2) | Antonio Candreva | | in | |
| 90+4 (2) | Tom De Mul | | out | |
| 90+4 (2) | Landry Mulemo | | in |