Live shot of World Cup Belgium vs. England 2018

Belgium vs England

Qualifying in third place, St Petersburg Stadium, St. Petersburg

GOOOOAAAALL!

Eden Hazard put this game to bed. England had dominated half of possession and scoring chances, but could not find the back of the net, and now the Three Lions are in a 2-0 hole with less than 10 minutes left, the more L & # 39; stop, to go.

Hazard was the best player on the field today, continuing a truly spectacular World Cup for the 27-year-old midfielder. He has three goals and four badists in the tournament

Substitution

Mousa Dembélé enters the 78th minute. Yuri Tielemans is leaving for Belgium.

WHAT. A. SAVE

Toby Alderweireld, the defender and certainly not a goalkeeper, may have made the economy of the match for Belgium in the 69th minute. Englishman Eric Dier had an open net with the Belgian goalkeeper out of position and out on the pitch. Dier's soft strike was a rebound from crossing the line before Alderweireld came out of nowhere to clear the ball. England might not have another chance like that. What safeguard

The Golden Boot race is over

Romelu Lukaku has just imposed in the 60th minute. With Lukaku, Harry Kane, of England, will undoubtedly be the Golden Boot scorer with six goals.

A missed shot

Romelu Lukaku almost put Belgium to two goals in the 56th minute after Kevin De Bruyne slipped the ball through the smaller hole just below Lukaku. Lukaku could not corral, and Jordan Pickford from England dug the ball safely

Opportunities for England, then warning

England made some changes before to spend 10 minutes in the second half. , including a corner, but the Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois was in every position. Just after the turn, John Stones took the first yellow card of the day for England

Half of the update: Belgium 1, England 0

Goal of Thomas Meunier 3 minutes 37 seconds in the game remains the only point of the day. It was the fastest goal ever scored by a Belgian player at a World Cup.

It was not a good start for England. He has dominated the time of possession, retaining the ball 56% of the time, and has more shots on goal (3-2), but the Three Lions are still on the track – and do not have the l '. look to dominate anything. [19659020] As for the game in the game, Romelu Lukaku and Harry Kane both remain aimless to keep the Golden Boot race at four goals to six, respectively. Lukaku received the ball frequently in the offensive half and entered the penalty area several times. He managed the ball late in the first period, but could not separate to score a goal

Substitution

The Belgian Nacer Chadli left in the 37th minute with an injury. The Red Devils played with 10 men for a few minutes, before Thomas Vermaelen arrived in the 39th. Chadli scored the first goal of Belgium

The defense of England is uncertain

Belgium still has only two shots on goal, but the Red Devils create scoring opportunities and the Belgium has been almost eliminated in the field. With the opening 30 minutes behind them, the Three Lions should feel lucky, they are still just down.

First Chance

Both sides had opportunities in front of the net. The box score showed two shots on goal each, but the goalkeepers had to be active in the first 18 minutes, often coming out from the goal to challenge the balls as the attackers penetrated deep into the 18-yard penalty area [19659026] It did not take long. The Dutchman Thomas Meunier received a center from Nacer Chadli and buried him to give the Red Devils a 1-0 lead in the fourth minute.

Miller was suspended against France due to a suspension of the yellow card. Belgium lost this match 1-0. Hmm …

Familiar opponents

England and Belgium know each other very well. They played 23 times in nearly a century of competition. England leads the series with 15 wins against five draws and three defeats. But Belgium won the group match earlier in the World Cup, beating the Three Lions 1-0 to win the group's top spot. The two teams met three times before the World Cup on Saturday, finishing in a draw (1954), England (1990) and Belgium this year.

Changes to the alignments, but Kane and Lukaku will begin

At least to begin with, the Englishman Harry Kane and the Belgian Romelu Lukaku will be in the party today. Kane is in first place for the Golden Boot by entering Saturday's game with six goals. Lukaku trails with four. Their attacking counterparts, Raheem Sterling and Eden Hazard, respectively, will also start.

The Three Lions beat their remaining lineup a bit, making five changes on the losing side against Croatia. Belgium has made two changes, including Thomas Meunier, who returns from suspension

Kane, Lukaku continues the Golden Boot

"The last thing players will want to do while the dust settles on their half outputs -finals is to see a match without meaning. "- Louis van Gaal, who led the Netherlands to his third place in 2014.

This is a game that does not pose the question of" who? "or when? "More often"

Belgium and England, fresh after historically disheartening losses, have to play again for bronze glory at the 2018 World Cup. The match is about very little bragging rights and, for FIFA, additional ticketing revenues to the detriment of teams who just want to go home.

But the truth is that people are watching it. The popularity of television is usually high – the addicts of the Cup of the World, perhaps, begin to get rid of their favorite drug with only two games to play – and usually well-fought.

Since the tournament of 1934, the match has been used to establish world rankings, give the young players their first glimpse of the World Cup and decide the coveted goal crown known as the Golden Boot.

This happened just the second faith The match was played in 1938, Brazil faced Sweden and Leonidas, the star of Canarinho, scored two goals to score the decisive goal.

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Twenty years later, Frenchman Just Fontaine extended his lead. He scored four goals in the match against West Germany, finishing the tournament with 13, a record that has been seriously contested only once (by Gerd Mueller, who in 1970 needed a hat trick for "(19659045) This year, the two tournament leaders – the Englishman Harry Kane and the Belgian Romelu Lukaku – could be featured.

Go The managers often use the third place to give players who have not yet seen the time on the field the opportunity to live the World Cup.

The other thing about of this match is that he often has a lot of goals – to raise the pressure mountains of the players for the first time in weeks

The verdict is whether the game of third place has a salutary effect on the "return to the mount" for the discouraged teams, won the match for third place in 1970 and continued to win it every four years later. But the Dutch did not have the same lift in 2014.

"This match should never be played," said Dutch manager Louis van Gaal. "I say it for 10 years."

It was played, and his team beat the Brazilians, still shocked by the 7-1 semi-final defeat against Germany, by a score of 3-0. The Netherlands failed to qualify for this World Cup. Brazil? Flambé dans les quartiers

When: Saturday, 10 am

How to watch TV: Fox.

How to Watch Live: Fox Sports, The Fox How to Watch Spanish: Telemundo

How to Watch in Canada: The CTN and CTN Networks at Bell Media, Inc. TSN GO and TSN.ca/live.

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Team Profiles

Belgium

• Previous results: In group, defeated Panama, 3-0; defeated Tunisia, 5-2; defeated England, 1-0. Japan defeated 3-2 in the round of 16. Brazil defeated 2-1 in the quarter-finals. Lost in France, 1-0, in semifinal
• Best World Cup result: fourth place, 1986.
• Notable: Belgium remains the best team in the World Cup with 14 goals in six games.
• FIFA World Rankings: 3. ELO World Rankings: 3.

England

• Previous Results: In group, he beat Tunisia 2-1; defeated Panama 6-1; lost against Belgium 1-0. Defeated Colombia in the round of 16 after a 1-1 draw. Sweden defeated 2-0 in the quarter-finals. Lost in Croatia, 2-1, semi-final
• Best World Cup Result: Champion, 1966.
• Notable: England had the second youngest World Cup team this year.
• FIFA World Rankings: 12. ELO World Rankings: 7.

Players to Watch

Starting lineups are likely to change – perhaps significantly – in each team's semi-finals . This makes any forecast trouble. But if they play, all eyes will be on England Harry Kane and the Belgian Romelu Lukaku probably the best reasons to watch this consolation game. Kane leads the Golden Boot rankings with six goals, while Lukaku has four goals. Lukaku scored all of his open game. But he has not managed to score since the second game of the tournament, a sequence that contributed to the shutout in the semifinal of Belgium against the French. Half of Kane's goals came from the penalty spot. His last goal came in the match against Colombia in the round of 16 against the penalty spot.

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