46′. It’s back to Brussels!
The Belgians kick off the second half.
MT. It’s the break!
Dominated and jostled, the Blues were held by the Belgians at the break. Kolo Muani opened the scoring from the penalty spot before Openda equalized before half-time. Note that Tielemans also missed a penalty for Belgium before the half-hour mark.
45+5′. GOAL FINALLY VALID FOR BELGIUM
After intervention by the VAR, Openda was finally covered by Saliba on his goal. Goal awarded! 1-1!
45+4′. OFFSIDE GOAL FOR BELGIUM!
On a Castagne caviar, Openda finds himself alone against Maignan and sends a beautiful header. He is flagged offside.
45+3′. Tielemans late again
Openda gets the best of Saliba before crossing. Tielemans, alone in front of the goal, failed to hit the ball with his head!
45+2′. Yellow card for Konaté
Guilty of a foul on Doku.
45+1′. Additional time: 4 minutes
45′. Doku misses his last move
The Belgian sucks in Dembélé and Koundé on the left side before crossing too hard. He still gets a corner.
44′. The joy of Randal Kolo Muani
43′. Safe corner for the Belgians
On the corner, De Ketelaere pushes the ball away with a header.
42′. Dembélé gets a corner
Dembélé provokes on the right before sending a powerful cross to the near post pushed back for a corner by Theate.
41′. Guendouzi au pressing
Dignified cross back but Mangala recovers the ball. Guendouzi tries to press to hinder his recovery.
40′. The Belgians less sharp
Since the opening score, the Belgians have no longer been able to come into the Blues’ camp and are losing a lot more balls.
38′. Barcola close to scoring
Dembélé wraps his cross towards Guendouzi who controls the ball at the far post. He serves Barcola, better placed, who sends his ball into the gloves of Casteels!
37′. The funny hand of Faes
36′. Small group point
With this goal from Kolo Muani, France takes the lead in group 2.
35′. BUUUUT THE COLO WOMAN
The PSG striker wrong-foots Casteels with his penalty!
34′. PENALTY FOR THE BLUE!
Barcola tries to advance into the small spaces in the box and Faes lies down and makes a hand in the box. Penalty for the Blues and card for the Belgian.
33′. Barcola with the ball
32′. Koné stumbles on defense
Kolo Muani serves Koné behind who sends a heavy strike blocked by the Belgian defense.
31′. A big gap in the middle
Guendouzi, Tchouaméni and Koné have difficulty moving the ball forward in the middle and do not show themselves.
29′. Doku does not fit
De Ketelaere serves Doku from behind who hits hard from the edge of the area… It brushes against Maignan’s post!
28′. Yellow card for Mangala
Author of a late foul on Kolo Muani.
27′. Konaté’s rescue!
On a loss of the ball by Guendouzi, Doku accelerates to the right before sending Openda into the deep area… But Konaté narrowly pushes the ball away for a corner!
26′. Group point
Italy and Israel are still back to back (0-0) in this group 2.
25′. The Barcola festivals!
The PSG phenomenon takes a check from elsewhere before getting back on his right foot to curl his shot at the entrance to the area… Well taken by Casteels!
24′. petite state
2 shots on target for the Belgians against 0 for the Blues.
23′. OOOH TIELEMANS MISSES HIS PENALTY!
Amazing ! Tielemans completely misses his penalty and sends it over the Maignan cages!
21′. PENALTY FOR BELGIUM
VAR ruled that Openda’s position was not offside and gave the Red Devils a penalty. Saliba gets a yellow card.
20′. Penalty for Belgium?
Openda is sent deep and pushes his ball before entering the area. He is tackled by Saliba in the area. But the VAR is called for a possible offside position by the Belgian.
19′. THE MAIGNAN PARADE!
On a lost ball from Konaté, Trossard accelerates to the left before entering the area and hitting… But Maignan lies down to send the ball for a corner!
18′. Doku hurts
The twirling winger has been making Digne suffer since the start of the match who has been unable to get the ball back.
17′. Barcola does not fit
On the French corner, Barcola headed the ball at the far post but put it out.
16′. First corner for the Blues
Dignified cross towards the penalty spot to find Kolo Muani but Theate sends the ball for a corner.
15′. Maignan watches
Corner calmly captured by Maignan.
14′. Imperial Konate
Trossard enters the area on the left and provokes Konaté. The Belgian gets a corner.
13′. Randal Kolo Muani in the duel
12′. Openda still clumsy!
On a caviar from Tielemans at the near post, Openda takes the ball from the right but does not target. We won’t have to regret all these opportunities on the Belgian side…
11′. Doku encore!
The Manchester City winger rushes down the right side and crosses towards the far post where Openda throws himself but is unable to push the ball into the back of the net!
10′. The Blues jostled
New set piece for the Belgians following a foul by Tchouaméni on Tielemans.
9′. Openda not very precise
Castagne gets the better of Koundé on the right and serves Openda who completely loses his control. Saliba recovers the ball.
8′. Openda does not fit
On a free kick, Tielemans looks for Openda’s header at the near post which does not target his attempt.
7′. Yellow card for Digne
Guilty of a late foul on Doku on the wing. Good free kick ahead for the Belgians.
6′. Dangerous barcola
The Parisian recovers a ball high in the Belgian camp and advances to the penalty area… But he can’t find an angle to strike!
5′. Doku en grande forme
Doku easily passes Digne and sends a marvelous through pass for Openda… Flagged offside.
4′. Tchouaméni and De Ketelaere on the ground
The two players collide in a sliding tackle but get up quietly.
3′. No understanding between the Blues
Barcola and Digne try to combine on the left but do not understand each other. The Belgians are recovering.
2′. Tielemans already dangerous
Castagne rushes down the left side before finding De Ketelaere at the penalty spot. The Belgian serves Tielemans on the left in the area who hits directly into Maignan’s gloves.
1′. Here we go!
The French kick off the first period!
20:40
The 22 actors enter the field
Now for the national anthems with the Marseillaise first!
