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Croatia vs Belgium, 2022 FIFA World Cup, Group Stage

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Belgium knocked out of World Cup after goalless draw, Croatia into round of 16

Belgium were knocked out of the World Cup after a poor 0-0 draw against Croatia on Thursday.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Attempt missed. Ivan Perisic (Croatia) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Luka Modric.
  • 7': Foul by Axel Witsel (Belgium).
  • 7': Marcelo Brozovic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 9': Foul by Josko Gvardiol (Croatia).
  • 9': Leandro Trossard (Belgium) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 10': Attempt blocked. Yannick Carrasco (Belgium) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Leandro Trossard.
  • 10': Foul by Marko Livaja (Croatia).
  • 10': Jan Vertonghen (Belgium) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 11': Offside, Croatia. Borna Sosa tries a through ball, but Ivan Perisic is caught offside.
  • 11': Attempt blocked. Yannick Carrasco (Belgium) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked. Assisted by Dries Mertens with a cross.
  • 11': Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Josip Juranovic.
  • 13': Attempt missed. Dries Mertens (Belgium) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne with a through ball following a fast break.
  • 14': Foul by Axel Witsel (Belgium).
  • 14': Mateo Kovacic (Croatia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 15': Offside, Croatia. Luka Modric tries a through ball, but Dejan Lovren is caught offside.
  • 17': VAR Decision: No Penalty Croatia.
  • 25': Attempt blocked. Axel Witsel (Belgium) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Dries Mertens.
  • 26': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Thomas Meunier.
  • 29': Offside, Croatia. Dejan Lovren tries a through ball, but Luka Modric is caught offside.
  • 33': Attempt blocked. Marcelo Brozovic (Croatia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ivan Perisic.
  • 33': Attempt missed. Marko Livaja (Croatia) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Borna Sosa with a cross.
  • 36': Foul by Marko Livaja (Croatia).
  • 36': Jan Vertonghen (Belgium) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 39': Foul by Axel Witsel (Belgium).
  • 39': Marcelo Brozovic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 42': Attempt missed. Dries Mertens (Belgium) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Leander Dendoncker.
  • 44': Axel Witsel (Belgium) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 44': Foul by Luka Modric (Croatia).
  • 45': Attempt missed. Borna Sosa (Croatia) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Andrej Kramaric.
  • 45'+3': Foul by Leander Dendoncker (Belgium).
  • 45'+3': Mateo Kovacic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+4': Attempt missed. Ivan Perisic (Croatia) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Andrej Kramaric with a cross.
  • 45'+4': Attempt missed. Josip Juranovic (Croatia) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right.
  • 45'+5': First Half ends, Croatia 0, Belgium 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Croatia 0, Belgium 0.
  • 45': Substitution, Belgium. Romelu Lukaku replaces Dries Mertens.
  • 48': Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Josko Gvardiol.
  • 48': Attempt missed. Yannick Carrasco (Belgium) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.
  • 49': Attempt saved. Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) header from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne with a cross.
  • 50': Attempt saved. Mateo Kovacic (Croatia) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Josko Gvardiol.
  • 50': Corner, Croatia. Conceded by Thibaut Courtois.
  • 50': Attempt missed. Borna Sosa (Croatia) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left following a corner.
  • 51': Attempt missed. Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Romelu Lukaku.
  • 54': Attempt saved. Marcelo Brozovic (Croatia) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mateo Kovacic.
  • 54': Attempt saved. Luka Modric (Croatia) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marko Livaja.
  • 55': Axel Witsel (Belgium) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 55': Foul by Marko Livaja (Croatia).
  • 59': Substitution, Belgium. Thorgan Hazard replaces Leandro Trossard.
  • 60': Attempt blocked. Yannick Carrasco (Belgium) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.
  • 60': Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the centre of the box.
  • 61': Foul by Romelu Lukaku (Belgium).
  • 61': Luka Modric (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 62': Attempt missed. Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
  • 64': Substitution, Croatia. Bruno Petkovic replaces Marko Livaja.
  • 64': Substitution, Croatia. Mario Pasalic replaces Andrej Kramaric.
  • 66': Foul by Leander Dendoncker (Belgium).
  • 66': Mateo Kovacic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 66': Leander Dendoncker (Belgium) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 68': Attempt saved. Luka Modric (Croatia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Bruno Petkovic with a cross.
  • 69': Attempt saved. Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Thomas Meunier.
  • 70': Foul by Marcelo Brozovic (Croatia).
  • 70': Yannick Carrasco (Belgium) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 72': Substitution, Belgium. Jérémy Doku replaces Yannick Carrasco.
  • 72': Substitution, Belgium. Youri Tielemans replaces Leander Dendoncker.
  • 75': Bruno Petkovic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 75': Foul by Youri Tielemans (Belgium).
  • 78': Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Borna Sosa.
  • 78': Attempt blocked. Jan Vertonghen (Belgium) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Thorgan Hazard with a cross.
  • 80': Offside, Croatia. Bruno Petkovic tries a through ball, but Ivan Perisic is caught offside.
  • 84': Foul by Timothy Castagne (Belgium).
  • 84': Luka Modric (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 85': Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Josko Gvardiol.
  • 87': Attempt missed. Thomas Meunier (Belgium) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
  • 87': Attempt missed. Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) left footed shot from very close range is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Thomas Meunier.
  • 87': Substitution, Belgium. Eden Hazard replaces Thomas Meunier.
  • 88': Foul by Mario Pasalic (Croatia).
  • 88': Jérémy Doku (Belgium) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 90': Attempt saved. Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) with an attempt from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Thorgan Hazard with a cross.
  • 90'+2': Substitution, Croatia. Lovro Majer replaces Mateo Kovacic.
  • 90'+3': Bruno Petkovic (Croatia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+3': Foul by Youri Tielemans (Belgium).
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Croatia 0, Belgium 0.
  • 0': Match ends, Croatia 0, Belgium 0.

Statistics

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9 Fouls 7
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 4
4 Corner Kicks 2
4 Saves 3
51.6 Possession 48.4
16 SHOTS 11
3 ON GOAL 4
0.2 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
521 Accurate Passes 471
593 Passes 554
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
5 Accurate Crosses 5
24 Crosses 21
0.2 Cross % 0.2
62 Long Balls 56
35 Accurate Long Balls 34
0.6 Long Balls % 0.6
5 Blocked Shots 1
9 Effective Tackles 2
14 Tackles 9
0.6 Tackle % 0.2
7 Interceptions 6
24 Effective Clearances 22
24 Clearances 22

Game Information

Competition: FIFA World Cup

Venue: Ahmad bin Ali Stadium
Location: Doha, Qatar
Attendance: 43,984

FIFA World Cup Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Netherlands 0 0 0
2 Japan 0 0 0
3 Winner Playoff Path B 0 0 0
4 Tunisia 0 0 0
Full Table

Line-Ups

CRO Croatia (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Dominik Livakovic (GK)
20 Josko Gvardiol
6 Dejan Lovren
19 Borna Sosa
22 Josip Juranovic
11 Marcelo Brozovic
8 Mateo Kovacic
10 Luka Modric
14 Marko Livaja
4 Ivan Perisic
9 Andrej Kramaric

BEL Belgium (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Thibaut Courtois (GK)
5 Jan Vertonghen
2 Toby Alderweireld
21 Timothy Castagne
15 Thomas Meunier
14 Dries Mertens
6 Axel Witsel
19 Leander Dendoncker Yellow Card
17 Leandro Trossard
11 Yannick Carrasco
7 Kevin De Bruyne

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