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Belgium and Japan vie for place in World Cup quarter-finals on Monday in Rostov-on-Don, Russia
Belgium, with its golden generation, reached the quarter-finals in 2014 before bouncing. Argentina, and she will seek to return to the last eight, after reaching a record of 3-0-0 in group. Led by Romelu Lukaku, Eden Hazard, Kevin De Bruyne and Dries Mertens, Belgium quickly worked on Panama and Tunisia, before a reserve team beat England in a match where they were not allowed. He did not have to close the scene.
had a last day of group rollercoaster, but finally succeeded thanks to the tie-break of the fair play of the FIFA after being aligned on all the other previous matches with Senegal. Veteran goalie Eiji Kawashima has been great in the goal, while veterans Shinji Kagawa, Takashi Inui and Keisuke Honda have set the pace for the attack that will attempt to keep pace with the Reds.
Belgium is 1-2-2 against Japan, winning its last meeting in November 2017 friendly 1-0 on a Lukaku goal. They met once on the World Cup scene, playing a 2-2 draw in 2002.
The winner will face Brazil, Mexico's 2-0 winner Monday in the quarterfinals. 19659002] Japan started the match with the intention of pushing and pushing hard, hoping to take Belgium by surprise and disrupt its pace. The midfielder was particularly congested as frustrated playmakers of Akira Nishino such as Kevin De Bruyne. But after ten minutes, Roberto Martinez's team began to feel the momentum against his physical opponent.
In the 15th minute, Axel Witsel attempted a long shot from a distance, but the result was an easily cleared corner kick. Japan was starting to make mistakes in its own half, giving the Red Devils plenty of chances, but the Asians placed enough men in the box to block any half – decent attempt. [20/09/1998] After twenty minutes, everyone found themselves in Belgium while Romelu Lukaku found himself in the box but a desperate shot kept him 0-0
Moments later, Eden Hazard, Belgium's best player in first half, shot from a distance, who was then saved by Eiji Kawashima. No matter, it was all Belgium while Japan was good.
Maya Yoshida blocked Eden Hazard's shot in the 35th minute and once again Witsel took a chance from outside the box, but again he went well over of purpose. As we approached the end of the first half, Japan continued to hold out with seven players remaining in the box, hoping to eliminate the half in a stalemate
. the box but he went directly into the hands of Thibaut Courtois. The scorer was lucky not to make a laughable mistake when he picked up the ball. The first half has ended 0-0.
The second half had Japan shocking the Red Devils. First, Genki Haraguchi made 1-0 thanks to a fantasy counter due to a sloppy defensive Belgian.
Moments later, Belgium had not shook the first goal as a weak defensive and a fantastic goal of Takashi Inui cushion goal. Belgium was shaking now, knowing that she had to do a lot more to pass.
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Here the lineups of both teams:
are the lists for both sides:
BELGIUM
Goalkeepers : Koen Casteels (Wolfsburg), Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea), Simon Mignolet (Liverpool) [19659002] Defenders : Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham), Dedryck Boyata (Celtic), Leander Dendoncker (Anderlecht), Vincent Kompany (Manchester City), Jan Vertonghen (Tottenham), Thomas Vermaelen (Barcelona)
] Midfielders : Yannick Carrasco (Dalian Yifang), Nacer Chadli (West Brom), Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City), Mousa Dembele (Tottenham), Marouane Fellaini (Manchester United), Hazard Hazard (Chelsea), Thorgan Hazard (Borussia Monchengladbach), Adnan Januzaj (Real Sociedad), Thomas Meunier (Paris) Saint-Germain), Yuri Tielemans (Monaco), Axel Witsel (Tianjin Quan) jian)
Forties : Michy Batshuayi (Borussia Dortmund), Romelu Lukaku (Manchester United), Dries Mertens (Napoli) [19659002] Director : Roberto Martinez
JAPAN [19659019] Goalkeepers : Eiji Kawashima (Metz), Masaaki Higashiguchi (Osaka Gamba), Kosuke Nakamura (Kashiwa Reysol)
] Defenders : Yuto Nagatomo (Galatasaray), Tomoaki Makino (Urawa Reds), Wataru Endo (Urawa's Red), Maya Yoshida (Southampton), Hiroki Sakai (Marseille), Gotoku Sakai (Hamburg), Gen Shoji (Kashima Antlers), Naomichi Ueda (Kashima Antlers)
Midfielders : Makoto Hasebe (Eintracht Frankfurt), Keisuke Honda (Pachuca), Takashi Inui (Eibar), Shinji Kagawa (Borussia Dortmund), Hotaru Yamaguchi (Cerezo Osaka), Genki Haraguchi (Fortuna Dusseldorf), Takashi Usami (Fortuna Dusseldorf), Gaku Shibasaki (Getafe), Ry ota Oshima (Kawasaki Frontale)
Forens : Shinji Okazaki (Leicester), Yuya Osako (Werder Bremen), Yoshinori Muto (Mainz)
Director : Akira Nishino
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