japan vs belgium world cup 2018

It concluded with two seconds of the game to play. 84 mins: Chance!

90+5 mins: What a counter-attack that was. Really?” Hazard has just been caught on camera attempting to do this. Absolutely brilliant. Undeniable. However we did not really expect that kind of super counter attack, and my players didn’t expect within a few seconds, for the ball to be carried into our half. And at that point I thought we might go into extra time. Sadly nobody is on hand to convert this from embarrassing mistake to one of the all-time great World Cup goalie howlers.

When we let in that goal, I blamed myself, and I questioned my tactics. The manner of this victory, dramatically fighting back from two goals down to snatch a win in stoppage time, will massively boost their confidence, though the manner in which they fell two goals down will massively damage their confidence. 49 mins: And Belgium hit the post! We took the lead, but we couldn’t win. No team has come from two goals down to win a World Cup knock-out tie since West Germany against England in 1970 (and they needed extra time). 82 mins: A Japanese double substitution: Shibasaki comes off for Yamaguchi, and Honda comes on for Haraguchi. The reaction of everyone wanting to get back in the game. “Regarding Yoshida’s shove, that’s a penalty,” writes Christopher Barnes. He carries it to halfway and passes to Meunier, in all sorts of space on the right, and his low cross is excellently dummied by Lukaku, leaving Chadli with a tap-in.

64 mins: “Yes, I know he’s a great player, and I know that there are different ways of doing things,” writes Matt Dony. “Japan had won nothing in the air all game and with Courtois’ quick thinking, laid themselves wide open. It’s been a remarkable evening.

Today was a day to be proud of this group of players. Two defenders followed his run, and the pass back to him simply was not on, but Mertens gave it a go anyway. 66 mins: Nearly a third! 2 - Belgium are the first team in #WorldCup history to have two subs coming on and score a goal in a World Cup knockout game. Belgium 0-1 Japan (Haraguchi, 48 mins), Neymar and Firmino take Brazil past Mexico into last eight.

And also sad. Belgium 3-2 Japan: World Cup 2018 – as it happened.

Belgium 1-2 Japan (Vertonghen, 69 mins), GOAL! Unanswerable. I felt there was nothing in it. Whatever energy Japan saved in killing the second half of their game against Poland has come in handy tonight. I really wanted to score another goal, and we did have opportunities. It’s been sterile, but played at a good tempo with plenty of interesting stuff happening. I am devastated.

There was no time-wasting, no Neymaresque histrionics. 88 mins: Kawashima does not inspire a great deal of confidence. We were 2-0 up, and still we lost. 50 mins: The goal came on the counter-attack, after Meunier passed inside to Mertens and went for the return pass. Is Hazard that man? Hazard and Lukkaku are just at par. Unbelievable. He doesn’t. It rolls off his toe and straight to Courtois, who bends down to pick it up and somehow misses it. “How deliciously ironic.“. But Belgium always had the option of bringing on Fellaini – and, potentially, others – and with their height offering a threat that no amount of skill and effort from Japan could contain. © 2020 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. Japan made no attempt to kill the game at 2-0 up. I don’t think you should blame the players.

46 mins: Peeeeeep! “How nice that Fifa allowed both teams to play in their first kit,” notes Kari Tulinius. “Who’s throwing his legs in the air now?” asks Wendell D’Souza. We started off very well, but at the end, right at the end, to have conceded a goal like that, it was not expected. And it was a test of the team. (Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty Images) Well, that’s what happens in the World Cup. By clicking “I agree” below, you consent to the use by us and our third-party partners of cookies and data gathered from your use of our platforms. Nagatomo’s excellent cross is cleared by Alderweireld. What a second half that was. History is written by the victors, and all that.

68 mins: So Fellaini isn’t on as a makeshift desperation centre-forward. Hazard’s delicious left-wing cross is gobbled up by Fellaini in the middle!

71 mins: A Belgium corner was flapped at by Kawashima and then headed (theoretically) away from danger. GOAL! So we were leading, and we were going to win, but I didn’t expect this kind of reversal. Get a summary of the Belgium vs. Japan football match.

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