Belgium and Türkiye traded late match events in their UEFA Nations League meeting, with yellow cards for Nathan Ngoy and Arda Güler and a string of closing chances that kept the finish alive. Senne Lammens stood up to the pressure, saving shots from Salih Özcan and Arda Güler as the game moved into added time.
The late sequence was busy enough to leave the final picture unsettled in real time. The fourth official announced three minutes of added time, Türkiye changed personnel when Demir Ege Tiknaz replaced Ismail Yüksek, and Belgium answered with Loïs Openda for Kevin De Bruyne and Malick Fofana for Charles De Ketelaere.
Arda kept trying to force the issue. He won a free kick in the attacking half, then hit a left-footed effort from outside the box that Lammens pushed away in the bottom left corner. After a set-piece situation, he sent another left-footed shot high and wide to the left, a miss that summed up Türkiye’s late push more than any single statistic could.
Belgium were not done either. Romelu Lukaku turned onto a left-footed attempt from the right side of the box and missed the top left corner, while Merih Demiral also tried his luck from distance and missed the top left corner. Earlier, Lammens had already conceded a corner for Türkiye, underlining how often the closing minutes were played around his area.
The result still was not written into the visible feed, which makes the final score the one gap left hanging over the closing burst. What is clear is that Belgium vs Turkey finished with action rather than quiet, and Lammens left the strongest imprint on a match that never settled before the clock ran out.
