France – Belgium: That’s how they are, Deschamps’ French

The decisive scene of the game showed once again why football needs strikers: people who don’t pass the ball sideways or look around when they’re close to the goal, but simply try to get the ball on goal. Somehow.

Randal Kolo Muani’s position wasn’t ideal in that 85th minute. He had his back to the goal, and his angle for the shot became even worse as he turned around his opponent Jan Vertonghen. But he shot anyway. He hit the ball a little oddly, it bounced oddly, then it bounced against Jan Vertonghen’s leg. And from there into the goal, somehow.