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FIFA World Cup: Belgium beat England 2-0
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21:24 FIFA World Cup: Belgium beat England 2-0
Belgium finish third at the 2018 FIFA World Cup while England end their campaign with a defeat.
21:20 FIFA World Cup: Belgium 2 England 0
Belgium keeping the ball extremely well and are seeing this game out with ease.
21:15 FIFA World Cup: Belgium 2 England 0
De Bruyne passes the ball to Hazard. He shapes to shoot towards the far corner but drills it low past Pickford at the near post to score his third of the tournament.
21:11 FIFA World Cup: Belgium 2 England 0
Hazard finally gets a goal against his name in the 82nd minute!
21:09 FIFA World Cup: Belgium 1 England 0
Belgium make their final change as Dembele replaces Tielemans.
Maguire is shown a yellow card
21:04
England are starting to get dangerous. We smell an equaliser here?
21:00
What a save!!!
Dier sends the ball over Courtois. Almost a goal but Alderweireld gets back to clear the ball from the goal line.
20:58 FIFA World Cup: Belgium 1 England 0
Harry Kane of England will probably win be the Golden Boot with six goals.
His competition was Lukaku who was substituted in the 60th minute.
20:50
Lukaku is replaced by Mertens.
20:48
What a miss!
In the 56th minute Lukaku misses another close chance. Lukaku's poor touch allows Pickford to gather the ball cleanly.
20:45
Another chance! So close!
Lingard drills the ball towards the far post. Kane is inches away from getting a touch on the ball but it goes WIDE.
20:43 FIFA World Cup: Belgium 1 England 0
In the second half Lingard and Rashford replace Rose and Sterling.
England have been brighter in this half. Chance! Trippier's free-kick in the 51st minute almost reaches Stones but Vertonghen clears it.
Soon Stones is booked for pulling down Hazard.
20:23 FIFA World Cup: Belgium 1 England 0 at halftime
Belgium lead at halftime thanks to Thomas Meunier's early goal.
England doesn't look too good. Kane is off colour. Is that making all the difference?
20:17 FIFA World Cup: Belgium 1 England 0 at halftime
Belgium are attacking. They are not satisfied with 1-0 lead. Hazard and Lukaku look desperate for a goal here.
Chadli is down and it looks as though he's pulled a hamstring. Vermaelen comes on for Chadli.
19:59
In the 23rd minute Harry Kane came close to scoring. Alas, the shot went wide.
Just two minutes later, Sterling goes for goal but his effort too is wide of the target.
Statspack: Thomas Meunier's goal was the fastest scored (3 minutes and 37 seconds) by a Belgium player in the history of the World Cup.
After half an hour into the match, Belgium come across as a better side. When they are on the ball, the players looks lively. England just can't match their pace.
19:45
Chance!
In the 9th minute Belgium had a chance to double their lead. Lukaku drives, he has De Bruyne and Hazard up in support and he plays the ball to the Manchester City forward.
In the end, England win the ball back in the penalty area. Hazard looks frustrated.
19:43 FIFA World Cup: Belgium 1 England 0
That was a nicely-constructed goal by Belgium.
England try to respond but Trippier's cross is cleared.
Eden Hazard and Romelu Lukaku are causing all problems for England.
19:36 FIFA World Cup: Belgium 1 England 0
Here we go for the third-place play-off.
Belgium are in yellow shirts and black shorts and England with their traditional red shirts and white shorts.
GOAL!!!What a start for Belgium!
Meunier gives Belgium 1-0 lead in the 4th minute!He sent the ball from six yards home after a cross from Hazard.
18:46 FIFA World Cup: England make five changes for playoff with Belgium
England manager Gareth Southgate made five changes to his team for Saturday's World Cup third-place play-off against Belgium but the tournament's top scorer Harry Kane starts.
Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Eric Dier, Phil Jones, Danny Rose and Fabian Delph all come into the starting line-up after beginning on the bench in the semi-final defeat to Croatia.Dele Alli, Jesse Lingard, Ashley Young, Kyle Walker and Jordan Henderson are all dropped to the bench by Southgate.
Kane, who with six goals is favourite for the Golden Boot, will start alongside Raheem Sterling.
Belgium manager Roberto Martinez made two changes with Thomas Meunier returning from suspension and Youri Tielemans given a start.
Midfielders Mousa Dembele and Marouane Fellaini make way.
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