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Eden Hazard limps off as Belgium beat Costa Rica ahead of World Cup

Belgium's easy 4-1 win over Costa Rica in their final World Cup warm-up took a scary turn when Eden Hazard limped off in the 70th minute.

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Head to Head

BEL leads series 1-0

Lineups

BEL · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 20Dedryck BoyataCD
  3. 5Jan VertonghenCD-L
  4. 2Toby AlderweireldCD-R
  5. 6Axel WitselCM-L
  6. 7Kevin De BruyneCM-R
  7. 11Yannick CarrascoLM
  8. 15Thomas MeunierRM
  9. 9Romelu LukakuF
  10. 10Eden HazardCF-L
  11. 14Dries MertensCF-R

CRC · 3-4-3

  1. 1Keylor NavasG
  2. 3Giancarlo GonzálezCD
  3. 6Óscar DuarteCD-L
  4. 2Johnny AcostaCD-R
  5. 17Yeltsin TejedaCM-L
  6. 5Celso BorgesCM-R
  7. 8Bryan OviedoLM
  8. 16Cristian GamboaRM
  9. 21Marco UreñaF
  10. 7Christian BolañosCF-L
  11. 10Bryan RuizCF-R

Timeline

  1. 24' Goal! Belgium 0, Costa Rica 1. Bryan Ruiz (Costa Rica) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  2. 31' Goal! Belgium 1, Costa Rica 1. Dries Mertens (Belgium) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Eden Hazard.
  3. 42' Goal! Belgium 2, Costa Rica 1. Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Dries Mertens with a cross following a fast break.
  4. 44' Giancarlo González (Costa Rica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45' Substitution, Costa Rica. Johan Venegas replaces Marco Ureña.
  6. 45' Substitution, Belgium. Nacer Chadli replaces Thomas Meunier.
  7. 45' Substitution, Costa Rica. Francisco Calvo replaces Bryan Oviedo.
  8. 50' Goal! Belgium 3, Costa Rica 1. Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) header from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Nacer Chadli with a cross.
  9. 52' Substitution, Belgium. Michy Batshuayi replaces Dries Mertens because of an injury.
  10. 62' Substitution, Costa Rica. David Guzmán replaces Christian Bolaños.
  11. 64' Goal! Belgium 4, Costa Rica 1. Michy Batshuayi (Belgium) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Romelu Lukaku.
  12. 65' Substitution, Belgium. Thorgan Hazard replaces Romelu Lukaku.
  13. 66' Substitution, Belgium. Leander Dendoncker replaces Dedryck Boyata.
  14. 66' Substitution, Costa Rica. Ian Smith replaces Cristian Gamboa.
  15. 66' Substitution, Costa Rica. Joel Campbell replaces Bryan Ruiz.
  16. 70' Substitution, Belgium. Mousa Dembélé replaces Eden Hazard because of an injury.
  17. 71' Substitution, Belgium. Youri Tielemans replaces Kevin De Bruyne.
  18. 76' Substitution, Costa Rica. Randall Azofeifa replaces Celso Borges.

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