The fierce counterattack of Belgium that put Japan out of the Cup | Belgium

Belgium's score at the corner's hour is Meunier on the wing and De Bruyne on the first leg. Striker Lukaku is in midfield closely followed by two Japanese. Eight players from Japan believe in the game to settle the game.

By not choosing the short corner, the Japanese referee crossed the ball in the area and took the same risk with a shorter team. The ball was practically a retreat for Courtois. A second after the charge, the goalkeeper and De Bruyne see the Japanese pitch in the center and launch a counterattack, taking advantage of more than half of the Japanese team that seemed to be counting that the match would end in this move .

At the same time, Meunier and Chadli midfielder also understand the idea of ​​their teammates and run to the opposing goal, forming a block of four players and more than Lukaku trump.

As De Bruyne advances, Lukaku places his marker in the center and opens an avenue on the right. It's exactly there that De Bruyne gives the pbad to Meunier who was alone because the person responsible for his scoring was just the player who took the turn and ran desperately to recover. In vain.

The Belgians are able to give the first round to the space left by the Japanese defense, which was baffled by the speed of the counterattack and ran from one side to the other. ;other. Lukaku's guardian, for example, was now trying to block Meunier's help.

The crowd also seemed to believe in the overtime and it was no longer so strong until the last two seconds of the counter-attack. It was an explosion of joy for the Belgians and a river of disappointment for the Japanese.

If we look closely at the movement of Belgian players, we will see the objectivity of the counterattack: vertical advance and few touches on the ball. The highly coordinated movements are reminiscent of a game played and instinctively performed after the ball has been recovered by its goalkeeper.

The belated Belgian reversal eliminated the Japanese in the closing seconds of a match in which many Brazilians celebrated the opportunity to face the East team in the quarterfinals . Only now, we will be face to face with these Red Devils.

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