belgium beat hungary to win bronze published: friday 3 october 2003, 9.47cet
paul van himst capped a landmark day for he and his country with the goal that ultimately earned the hosts third place.
it proved a memorable day for paul van himst in particular as hosts belgium beat hungary 2-1 to finish third.
outclassed by west germany in the semi-finals, belgium dusted themselves down in impressive fashion. for van himst, who equaled the belgian record for most caps (68), it was an unforgettable occasion which was topped off by a goal which also drew him level with his country's best-ever haul of 30.
belgium were already one to the good by that point, raoul lambert beating miklós páncsics twice, leaving him on his backside, before shooting high and left-footed to the goalkeeper's right. lambert then went up the left and delivered a cross which, after a mistake by istván géczi left the hungarian goalkeeper stranded, presented van himst with an open goal.
lambert later went round the goalkeeper only to send a shot trickling wide. with jan verheyen marking flórián albert out of the game, hungary were lucky to pull a goal back when lajos kü, having been felled by léon semmeling, converted the subsequent penalty. van himst and lambert both spurned second-half opportunities to add to their tallies but there was no way back for hungary.
hungary: istván géczi (gk), tibor fábián, dr miklós páncsics (c), péter juhász, lászló bálint, lajos kű, mihály kozma, flórián albert, antal dunai, dr istván juhasz, sándor zámbó (dk. 45 lajos szűcs)
yedekler: imre rapp (gk), józsef kovács, lajos kocsis, istván szőke
teknik direktör: rudolf illovszky (hun)
belgium: christian piot (gk), georges heylens, léon dolmans, jean thissen, erwin vandendaele, jean dockx, léon semmeling, odilon polleunis, raoul lambert, paul van himst (c), jan verheyen
yedekler: luc sanders (gk), gilbert van binst, maurice martens, jacques teugels, frans janssens
teknik direktör: raymond goethals (bel)
goller: (0-1) raoul lambert dk. 24 (0-2) paul van himst (c) dk. 28 (1-2) lajos kű dk. 53
sari kartlar: dk. 0 péter juhász (hungary) dk. 0 léon dolmans (belgium)
kaynak: uefa.com
dipnot: sarı kart dakikaları uefa.com'da "0" olarak verilmiş.
