France with a goal just before the final blow of Belgium 1-0, and the “three colors” going on to the quarter finals of Euro 2024.
Vertonghen’s own goal in the 85th minute gave France a 1-0 victory against Belgium, with the “three colors” getting a rather difficult qualification for the “8” of Euro 2024, where they will face Portugal and Slovenia.
The Euro 2024 round of 16 derby was painted in three colors with France defeating Belgium in a game with little pace but few final efforts.
France were better for most of the game, but Didier Deschamps’ men were unable to score in the few good chances they created.
A similar thing happened with Belgium, which mainly created with Dokou some “skin” in front of Menian’s goal.
However, Lukaku failed to find the back of the net (he finished the Euros without a goal), with Belgium paying the price just before the end of the game and suffering a 1-0 defeat.
Deschamps’ “golden” substitution Kolo Mouani made the difference, with the Paris Saint-Germain striker making a shot from the sidelines in the 85th minute, with the ball going against Vetronchen and ending up in the Castells home team net.
Somehow the 1-0 remained until the end, with France beating Belgium 1-0 and qualifying for the quarter-finals of Euro 2024.
It is worth noting that the French beat Belgium by the same scoreline in the 2018 World Cup, when the two teams met in the semi-finals of the competition.
France (Didier Deschamps): Menian, Kouté, Upamecano, Saliba, Hernandez, Tswameni, Kante, Griezmann, Rabiot, Touram (62′ Kolo Muani), Bape.
Belgium (Domenico Tedesco): Castells, Castañe (88′ De Quetelare), Faes, Vertonghen, Teat, Onana, Opeda (63′ Mangala), Doku, De Bruyne, Carrasco (89′ Lukebaccio), Lukaku.
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