Belgium confirms his disaster in front of a Croatia that it could play in front of Spain (0-0)

They follow the surprises in Qatar 2022. In one of the clashes more 'hot' of what goes of the Glass of the World, Belgium and Croatia confronted in research of the last square for the eighth of final of his group, after the 'miracle' of Morocco. The Belgian knew that they had to win yes or yes, but remained half in front of some very serious Croats that did not leave space for the uncertainty and are, again, in some eighth.

The party played to what wanted the Croatian selection: expect and look for reduce the efforts until the minimum in front of a Belgium that began with big spirits, but that went doing 'small' with the happen of the minutes by the fault of intensity. The 'Network Devils', with an extraordinary passivity, did not go out to look for the party whereas Croatia kept the calm and did with the clearest opportunities, to the mnos in the first-half.

And it is that before the equator of the first-half, the selection capitaneada by Luka Modric could put by in front in the marker through a penalti after a fault of Carrasco inside the area. When the '10' of the Real Madrid had to launch the maximum penalty in front of his mate of team Thibaut Courtois, from the VAR called to the referee so that it reviewed a possible offside positional in the played. Antony Taylor confirmed it and remained without maximum penalty.

The penal 'woke up' to Croatia, that finish being better in the first-half. Livaja had the clearest occasion after a centre to the area, but cabeceó very high and finish leaving was, without need that Courtois took part. The reaction of Belgium arrived in the 42' when Mertens was about to to finalise a big arrival of Dendoncker by the right, but did not reach him.

Desacierto Of Belgium

Between that they were not hit and that Croatia was very orderly, the Belgian suffered more than the account to try generate danger. In the second half, with the entry of Lukaku, arrived the clearest opportunities, signed by the own footballer yielded in the Inter of Milan: First with a head butt 'toneless' that trapped Livakovic and afterwards with a control of Lukaku for the arrival of Kevin of Bruyne, but his zurdazo went up.

Courtois Took part, also, to save to his in two occasions: it cleared a strike powerful of Brozovic, underneath, and afterwards another of Modric. The Belgian went back to react and in the 63', when Of Bruyne reached to background line and centó. It touched Lovren, but did not clear and Lukaku hunted the balloon. It sent the shot, but the head butt left above the crossbar. Without more, Belgium signed his own grave in the World-wide.