Belgium undefeated in 23 games in a row, secures its place in the quarter-finals of the World Cup

Jan Vertonghen starts the return of Belgium with a crazy head loop and Nacer Chaldi outperformed him by finishing an attack from end to end of 10 seconds in the last moments

. Monday, the Belgian gave a place to the Belgians in the quarterfinals of the World Cup for the second consecutive tournament.

Pulling from the back 2-0, Vertonghen scored with a header in the 69th minute. under the bar. Substitute Marouane Fellaini took the lead of Eden Hazard's center in the 74th minute.

Chaldi, who replaced 65, scored the final kick of the game in the fourth minute of play.

Belgian goalkeeper Thibault Courtois took a corner kick and sent the ball to Kevin De Bruyne, who dribbled up the center circle and pbaded to Thomas Meunier on the right. Meunier made a pbad through the box and Romelu Lukaku let Chaldi go with his seven-foot left foot.

Belgium are the first team to reverse a two-goal deficit in a World Cup knockout match. since West Germany beat England in overtime at the 1970 tournament. The last team to do it in regulation was when Portugal beat North Korea in the quarterfinals of 1966.

"It's a character test, it's a test of the team," said Belgian coach Roberto Martinez. "You have to see how the replacements react, how the whole team responds."

Belgium will then face the five-time Brazilian champion in the quarter-finals on Friday in Kazan.

Japan led by goals early in the second half by Genki Haraguchi and Takashi Inui, but they could not hold up

Clbadic Match

"When we were 2-0, I really wanted to score a Another goal and we had opportunities, "Japan coach Akira Nishino told me. "We were to some extent control of the game, but Belgium increased their game when they had to do it."

What was supposed to be an inadequacy ended up being a clbadic, partly because of Martinez's decisions to send Fellaini and Chadli as replacements. in the 65th minute.

"In football, sometimes you want to be perfect," said Martinez. "In the World Cup and especially in the knockout phase, it's a matter of getting through."

Belgium, which narrowly avoided joining Germany, Argentina, Spain and Portugal, won its three group matches. Japan managed to overtake Senegal because it had fewer yellow cards.

The Japanese lost three times in the round of 16 without ever reaching the quarter-finals.

Four Japanese players fell on their knees in despair after the final whistle. Hiroki Sakai and Gen Shoji were in tears.