LIVE – Croatia-Belgium: the Red Devils virtually eliminated, Morocco towards the 8th

50′

Courtois saves Belgium! On the Croatian counter, Gvardiol shifts Kovacic. Served at the entrance to the surface, slightly to the left, the Chelsea midfielder rolls up a powerful strike. Courtois intervenes, with a nice parry with his left hand.

49′

Lukaku shoots the first shot of the match! Lonely on the right side, De Bruyne insists by centering at the far post towards the Inter Milan striker. The Belgian number 9 places his head. Livakovic grabs it on the ground.

48′

De Bruyne escapes down the right lane. The Belgian captain crosses bound for Lukaku. Gvardiol clears for a corner.

47′

📊 A 100th goal that we won’t forget.

REPLAY

📺 Review Nayef Aguerd’s mistake during Canada-Morocco.

45’+4

Perisic just misses his head!

45’+2

Belgium will have to wake up, if they want to have a chance of fighting for a place in the eighth. For now, the Red Devils, semi-finalists of the last World Cup, are eliminated.

45’+1

We are perhaps witnessing one of the worst matches of this World Cup…

45′

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44′

After the right, the left. Found along the sideline, De Bruyne frees himself from the opposing marking. He delivers a powerful center… which does not find anyone in the Croatian six meters.

42′

Dendoncker sounds the revolt of the Belgians. Launched on the right side, he crosses hard. His pass, deflected by Lovren, flies in front of Livakovic’s goal. None of his partners had followed.

THE GROUP ON GROUP F

Canada reduces the score against Morocco. In the 40th minute, Nayef Aguerd deflects a cross from Sam Adekugbe into his goal. The Atlas Lions, still virtually qualified, only lead 2-1.

Morocco – 7 points

Croatia – 5 points

Belgium – 4 points

Canada – 0 points

40′

📊 We play the 40th minute and there still hasn’t been a shot on target. The Belgians fired four times, the Croats three.

38′

Gvardiol resists physically at Trossard. The Vatreni revive.

37′

The saving return of Perisic! Back down to help his partners, the Tottenham striker intercepted Trossard’s pass for De Bruyne with a sliding tackle.

REPLAY

📺 Review Youssef En-Nesyri’s goal during Canada-Morocco.

35′

Carrasco then Meunier deliver two centers in the Croatian surface. The ball is each time returned by the rearguard. It lacks Belgian impact in the area of ​​truth.

33′

The checkered selection is quietly playing its football. Livaja pops up between Castagne and Vertonghen to head in a cross from Sosa, coming from the left. The Vatreni striker does not catch Courtois’ frame.

32′

Meunier and Dendoncker team up to come and steal the ball from Modric … who gets away with getting the touchline.

30′

The Red Devils fail to set the pace. It plays stopped and no one makes a call to solicit the ball.

28′

📊 The 22 players who started this meeting are 30 years and 142 days old on average, the second oldest match sheet for a World Cup match since 1962, after Argentina-Iceland on June 16, 2018 (30 years and 198 days).

26′

The Red Devils suffer the game of Croatia. Meunier, in a duel with Perisic, concedes a corner and harangues his troops.

THE GROUP ON GROUP F

Morocco doubles the lead against Canada. Youssef En-Nesyri scores with a low right shot. The Atlas Lions are more than ever in eighths.

Morocco – 7 points

Croatia – 5 points

Belgium – 4 points

Canada – 0 points

23′

The Belgians can’t get their foot on the ball. They lose it every time they cross the center line.

21′

The Vatreni are in a strong moment. They recover all the balls and insist on the Belgian goal. Unsuccessful, so far.

REPLAY

📺 Review Hakim Ziyech’s goal during Canada-Morocco.

20′

There are too many approximations of the Red Devils in this part, like Mertens who loses a ball in midfield. The Belgians are wasting another great opportunity.

18′

The referee cancels the penalty, after verification by the VAR. An offside is whistled against Kramaric.

17′

We are waiting to take the penalty … The action is being analyzed by the VAR. The referee will go and see the footage for himself.

13′

Mertens misses the inevitable! On a counter, led by De Bruyne, the ball hits the former Neapolitan to the left of the area. The Galatasaray player tries his luck from the right… without finding the frame.

11′

Carrasco is on fire! Meunier combines with Mertens on the right wing. He crosses towards the Atlético player, who is prowling at the far post. The former Monegasque fires a shot from the right, deflected for a corner.

10′

Alerted on the left side, Carrasco interferes in the Croatian surface. He fixes before arming a strike, countered by Juranovic.

9′

Trossard takes over Gvardiol in a duel with his back to goal, not far from the central circle. Referee Mr. Taylor whistles the foul.

THE GROUP ON GROUP F

Morocco opened the scoring in the 4th minute against Canada. Hakim Ziyech took advantage of a blunder from the opposing goalkeeper to give the advantage to the Atlas Lions. Moroccans are virtually qualified.

Morocco – 7 points

Croatia – 5 points

Belgium – 4 points

Canada – 0 points

7′

The Belgians, put in difficulty, multiply the faults. Witsel irregularly stops Brozovic, who has come to put pressure on the restart.

5′

Croatian waves continue to roll over Courtois’ goal.

3′

There is no observation round in this game. The Vatreni set the pace straight away to bother the Belgians.

1′

Perisic almost scored! On the first ball played by the Croats, the Tottenham striker unleashes a recovery from the left at the entrance to the Belgian area. The ball comes to die right next to Courtois’ goal.

PRE-MATCH

The two selections enter the lawn of the Ahmad-ben-Ali stadium. Make way for the national anthems, starting with that of Croatia. Then comes the anthem of Belgium.

GROUP F UPDATE

Before the last day of the group stage, Croatia and Morocco (4 points) are on a favorable waiver for the round of 16. Belgium must win to ensure they are in the next round. Canada is already eliminated.

Croatia – 4 points

Morocco – 4 points

Belgium – 3 points

Canada – 0 points

COMPOSITION

We have also just received that of the other meeting of Group F.

Canada’s starting XI: Borjan – Johnston, Vitoria, Miller – Hoilett, Osorio, Haye, Adekugbe – Buchanan, Larin, Davies (captain).

The starting lineup of the Morocco team: Bounou – Hakimi, Saiss (captain), Aguerd, Mazraoui – Ounahi, Amrabat, Sabiri – Ziyech, En Nesyri, Boufal.

PRE-MATCH

Each edition of the World Cup reserves its share of novelties, and that of 2022 does not break with the tradition of innovations. In Qatar, viewers can discover semi-automated offside, contested possession, or extended additional time. Overview.

PRE-MATCH

Since the defeat against Morocco (0-2), tensions have surfaced in the Red Devils locker room. A heated altercation would even have taken place between several players. What Belgian captain Eden Hazard and his compatriot and club teammate Thibaut Courtois deny.