Croatia & Belgium locked horns in their last clash to decide who proceeds to the Round of 16 from Group F. The 2018 #FIFAWorldCup runners-up could afford a draw while the Red Devils needed to win in order to progress.
Both sides came dangerously close to breaking the deadlock on several occasions. Substitute Romelu Lukaku had some incredible chances to break the deadlock but he struggled to make the most of it & the match ended goalless.
This meant that Zlatko Dalic's side marched into the knockouts & Belgium bowed out in the group stage of #FIFAWorldCup for the first time since 1998.
Both sides came dangerously close to breaking the deadlock on several occasions. Substitute Romelu Lukaku had some incredible chances to break the deadlock but he struggled to make the most of it & the match ended goalless.
This meant that Zlatko Dalic's side marched into the knockouts & Belgium bowed out in the group stage of #FIFAWorldCup for the first time since 1998.
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00:00Croatia and Belgium won fans around the world with their performances at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
00:07when Croatia finished second and Belgium third
00:12but the next couple of hours are going to be very tense indeed for both of these teams
00:18Croatia get this Group F match underway
00:26a match which is effectively a knockout match at Ahmed Ben Ali Stadium
00:31and Croatia with an early shot on goal which flies past Thibar Courtois' goal
00:37yeah great start from Croatia pressure on the Belgium goal straight from the off
00:42running field made by Dries Mertens
00:48Mertens to pull that ball across Carrasco will pick up
00:52can Carrasco shoot he can but it's blocked by Juranovic
00:55Luka Modric his 158th appearance tonight
01:00Modric with the ball in it was just too high for Lovren
01:04who's down in the six yard area
01:07Brozovic oh
01:08Anthony Taylor points to the penalty spot
01:12yeah look like there was contact in there when the first contact gets a touch
01:19yeah and he catches him
01:23here's the decision
01:26well no penalty
01:30no and every single Belgian fan in here breathing a massive sigh of relief
01:35yeah and it all comes because Croatia creating overloads down there left hand side
01:50shifts it back onto his right foot
01:53difficult for Belgium to build on this right hand side where Muneo goes low he's got no one above him
01:59De Bruyne in behind Lukaku Carrasco it's Yannick Carrasco
02:04Lukaku is hit the post
02:07really good play from Belgium that's what De Bruyne gives you in the pocket it's good touch
02:16fantastic save to get another go here
02:18and it just hits the post and goes wide
02:21probably two centimeters away from being in front
02:24Hazard lovely touch De Bruyne oh Lukaku with a free header
02:34and Romelu Lukaku might well have been surprised that that ball actually came through to him
02:39yeah he absolutely is you think the keeper's going to claim it he hasn't had time to react
02:43but went out of play anyway it looked like that
02:47the deflection taking it away
02:50from Livakovic
02:52Jeremy Doku advancing on the penalty area
02:55still Doku
02:57Jeremy Doku still
02:59Hazard
03:00Torgan Hazard puts it across
03:03Lukaku oh it's taken by Livakovic on the line
03:08extraordinary
03:09they can't believe it I can't believe it
03:13he's not going to get much of an easier chance in his career
03:17I thought Torgan Hazard took himself too wide but puts a great ball in
03:22just doesn't get the right contact
03:25I can't believe he's not taking it into corner there
03:29celebrations for Croatia
03:35the draw is good enough to take the runners up four years ago into the round of 16
03:41but it means that Belgium third in Russia in 2018 are out
03:49and it is Croatia who go through and Belgium who go out
03:54Croatia nil Belgium nil
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