In the final of the World Cup in the small world, there were no surprises. The Belgian team managed to beat the English footballers 2:0 and rewrote the country's history.
Winning bronze medals at the World Cup in Russia is the best result of the Belgian national team in its entire history. Before this, the Belgians had only achieved fourth place. For the England national team, this was the second fourth place in the country's history. The best result for the English is the title of world champion.
At the beginning of this match, the Belgian national team immediately showed their determination. Romelu Lukaku made a great pass to Nacer Chadli in the fourth minute, who sent the ball to Thomas Meunier in the penalty area, who directed the ball into the goal and gave Belgium the lead.
By the 12th minute, the Belgians could have doubled their advantage. Then, Kevin De Bruyne created a good opportunity for himself, but his shot went straight to Jordan Pickford, who had no problems.
However, in the middle of the first half, England could have equalized the score. However, the most goal-scoring player of the championship, Harry Kane, shot wide of the goal, and the result remained positive for the Belgians.
Gareth Southgate was clearly unhappy with his team's performance in the first half and made two substitutions after the break, bringing on Jesse Lingard and Marcus Rashford. They replaced Danny Rose and Raheem Sterling.
In the second half, R. Lukaku could have added another goal to his tally and closed in on H. Kane. However, the Belgian, finding himself alone in front of the goal for the second time in two matches, failed to control the ball successfully and simply gifted the ball to J. Pickford twice.
The England national team had the perfect opportunity in the 70th minute. There, Eric Dier found himself one-on-one against Thibaut Courtois. The Brit played well and chipped the ball over the goalkeeper, but Toby Alderwireld cleared the poorly shot ball from the goal line.
Everything could have been finished in the 80th minute by the same T. Meunier. However, the Belgian, who struck the ball hard in mid-air, failed to hit the target, but only because of J. Pickford's excellent reflexes.
However, everything was finished a few minutes later by Eden Hazard. In the 82nd minute, after a great pass from K. De Bruyne, E. Hazard, left one-on-one with the goal, sent the ball into the near corner of the goal and left no hope for J. Pickford.
