Belgian team eliminated from the 2022 World Cup

The Belgium national football team, the bronze medalist of the 2018 World Cup, failed to qualify from Group F at the tournament in Qatar. In the last match, the Belgians played a goalless draw with the Croatian team and allowed it to reach the play-off stage from the second place.

In the end match Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku, who plays for the English Chelsea, missed the empty net of the Croatian team four times. The departure of Belgium from the group of sports media called the sensation of this championship.

According to the results of all matches in Group F, the first place took Morocco team (7 points), the second – the Croatian team (5 points), the third – Belgium (4 points) and the last fourth place – the Canadian team (0 points). According to the rules of the tournament, the teams that took the first two places leave the group.

Later today, the final matches in Group E will take place. The Japanese team will meet the Spanish team, and Costa Rica will play Germany. After two games for each team, Spain ranks first in the group (4 points), second is Japan (3 points), third is Costa Rica (3 points), and fourth is Germany (1 point). The last two matches will start at 22:00 Moscow time.