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The Belgian national team has chosen the most theoretically challenging route to the 2018 World Cup finals in Russia by beating England 1-0 thanks to a goal of the World Cup. Adnan Januzaj and finishing first in Final against Brazil he beat Japan to Octavos
A shot from the left foot of the Real Sociedad striker at the dawn of the second half -time reigned over a match that promised a lot and offered less: a lot of speed, but little chance. And most of the "Red Devils", with the exception of a hand of the English Marcus Rashford who diverted the Belgian goal Thibaout Courtois.
With the two teams qualified for] Eighth Finals, the game would only serve, in addition to measuring the possibilities of each in front of a rival of the first level, to decide the order of the group and the place of the table .
And Belgium, with its triumph, chose the path of hardship, in which after Japan in the octaves, it will be measured in quarters in Brazil if the & # 39; Canarinha & # 39; beats Mexico, and could then face France, Argentina, Uruguay or Portugal; while for England the first pass will be Colombia, at Quarters the winner of Sweden-Switzerland and semifinal could be measured in Croatia or Spain.
Already told at the press conference the Belgian coach, the Spanish Roberto Martinez, that the priority was not to win, but all the treasures so much of quality that it was not. it can appear on each side. For his opponent, Gareth Southgate, who wanted to win to maintain the progress of his "Three Lions", there were doubts about the ability to create a real danger.
None of the two markers appeared at the Kaliningrad stadium. Neither top scorer Harry Kane, who scored five goals in two games, replaced by Jaime Vardy, nor his Belgian pursuer Romelu Lukaku, who has four goals, is touched on the left ankle and was one of the nine exchanges. Belgian eleven.
The intention in the first part was clearly English, with the strong pressure of the "Three Lions", led by Vardy and with an incisive Trent Alexander-Arnold on the right
The chances were Belgian: a shot out of Yuri Tielemans' area that British goalkeeper Jordan Pickford was diverting to the outside, and two balls, the first lowered by Marouanne Fellaini as striker Michy Batshuayi Not finished finishing, and the second captured by Fellaini for a shot in which Alexander-Arnold interposed to avoid the goal.
Possession until the break was English, but without too much depth or danger for the purpose of Courtois, while his counterpart in the English had already seen two shots between the three clubs before the interval.
The third, in the first five minutes of the restart, was the goal of Januzaj, who received a ball in the right-hand corner of the surface, broke two "
England was looking for a draw and was about to find him in a play in which Danny Rose and Eric Dier clashed for the race. Rasfhord, but in the definition of the Manchester United striker against Courtois, the Belgian goal managed to touch the ball enough to distract him.
& # 39; Bob & # 39; Martínez took advantage of continuing to give minutes to his men, as central defender Vincent Kompany, injured in preparation and had his first minutes in Russia 2018 to replace Thomas Vermaelen, who had bled spectacularly minutes before elbowing Jamie Vardy in a jump.
For his part, Southgate contributed more wood with Danny Welbeck, but his team did not have enough clarity to worry Courtois excessively. Plus, it's Dries Mertens who joined the game in the last five minutes, which made Pickford and Fellaini tell whoever crashed a ball on the side of the net. Belgium has gunpowder and will have to keep it dry for the road ahead.
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