Morocco caused the latest shock at a World Cup that has been full of surprises by beating Belgium thanks to late goals by Abdelhamid Sabiri and Zakaria Aboukhlal. Belgium goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois was at fault for the first goal, inexplicably allowing Sabiri’s inswinging free-kick to beat him at his near post with 17 minutes to go.
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Goals from Nicolò Barella and Lorenzo Insigne fired Italy to a 1-2 victory past Belgium and into the semi-final of Euro 2020 where they will face Spain. Italy and Belgium traded chances before Barella and Insigne gave the Italians a two goal cushion however a Romelu Lukaku penalty gave Belgium a lifeline before the break.
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Thorgan Hazard scored the only goal as Belgium edged out Portugal in an ill-tempered Euro 2020 last 16 game. Hazard’s stunning goal was the only real moment of quality in a game that saw Portugal throw all they had at the Belgian defence. Belgium will now face Italy in the quarter-final.
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Belgium continued their winning ways in Group B with an easy 2-0 win over Finland with Romelu Lukaku scoring once again. The Finns put up a strong defence but faltered late on with an own goal from Lukáš Hrádecký opening the scoring, the result leaves Finland’s future in the competition uncertain.
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