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Belgium beat England 1-0 on Thursday (28) in Kaliningrad and finished the first round of the Group G World Cup.
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With the result, the Belgians will face Japan, second place in Group H, next Monday at 3 pm in Rostov. England, second in the standings, will face Colombia on Tuesday, also at 3 pm, at the Spartak Arena in Moscow
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The confrontation [19659003] Already ranked, both teams entered the field with mixed teams. Both coaches decided to save the main players for the duels of the next phase of the World Cup. Gunners Harry Kane (England) and Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) started the game on the bench
. The teams seemed uninterested in attacking. But in the 6th minute, English goalkeeper Pickford had to stretch to shoot Tielemans' beautiful shot from Belgium in the first big shot of the match.
However, in the ninth minute, Pickford almost abandoned the gold. Thorgan Hazard made a cross and Felaini headed straight for Batshuayi, who was in the small area. Pickford anticipated and defended, but released in the sequence and gave a shock to Cahill, who took the line.
Belgium dominated the first 15 minutes of the duel. Tielemans, 19, struggled with Rose and was awarded the yellow card – one of the criteria for breaking the tie – and he could decide what to do. Shortly after, Felaini dominated his chest and shot into the goal, the balloon exploded in the back and returned to Tielemans, who also attempted to alter but was not blocked.
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In the 30th minute, right-back Alexander-Arnold took the midfielder, advanced a few meters and kicked in the goal. The ball pbaded close to the right crossbar of Courtois.
England had another good comeback with midfielder Loftus-Cheek, who tried a header with danger, at 34
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The match grew in recent minutes from the first step. On the other hand, both teams showed that the goal was not the strongest of the two. It was perhaps the lack of presence of gunners Kane and Lukaku who changed this panorama in the second period.
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In the meantime, England was the first team to score the goal. After two minutes, Rashford dominates the left corner of the box and tries to touch Courtois' corner, but he hits too hard
but three minutes later, midfielder Januzaj opens the scoring with a goal in Kaliningrando. The Belgian player received on the right side of the zone, cleared the English defender and struck from the left, crossed, in the corner of Pickford: 1 to 0.
The English left to the Attack after suffering the goal. After 21 minutes, Vardy made a nice save for Rashford. The attacker advanced alone and tried to eliminate Courtois, who left the goal but missed the target.
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Shortly after the pitch, coach Gareth Southgate put Harry Kane shooter on warm-up. On the Belgian side, Eden Hazard, team jersey 10 and ace, Thorgan's brother, also began to prepare to enter.
But the first exchanges did not bring the shooters to the field. In England, Alexander-Arnold of Liverpool gave way to striker Welbeck
. In the 37th minute, a powerful kick from the entrance to the area had a certain address, but Felaini cut and gave the corner to the English.
Naples midfielder Dries Mertens still had a good opportunity to expand. The player hit hard, but Courtois made a great save. Belgium still had two more fights with Felaini but failed to score.
The duel between England and Belgium was not what the public expected. But the match was hotly contested and showed that both teams could surprise the favorites for the World Cup title
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