| Live Match Commentary |
Up-to-the-Second Score: Belgium 3, Russia 2 -- FINAL MATCH REPORT |
90 +4' -- It is over. Belgium is through. |
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90 +4' -- Russian foul. |
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90 +3' -- Little time left. |
90 +2' -- De Boeck out; Van Meir in. |
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90 +1' -- Alexander Kerzhakov heads one over. |
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90' -- Three minutes of stoppage time. |
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90' -- Russia putting on intense pressure. |
88' -- GOAL RUSSIA Streaking Sychev slots one past the Belgian keeper. |
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85' -- Belgium on course for 2nd round match with Brazil. |
82' -- GOAL BELGIUM Wlimots bullet from 19 yards takes a slight deflection and goes in the right corner. |
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80' -- Good Russian cross just over two heads. |
78' -- GOAL BELGIUM Sonck heads the corner far post from eight yards. |
78' -- Belgium 2nd sub: Timmy Simons is in for Verheyen. |
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76' -- Japan is up 2-0. |
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75' -- Belgium looks tired. |
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74' -- Good Russian buildup leads to a pass to the far post that beats the keeper but eludes two attackers. |
70' -- Belgium 1st sub: Mpenza is out is out, Wesley Sonck is in. |
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66' -- In-swinging Belgian corner is punched away. |
64' -- Alenichev is booked for time-wasting. It is his second yellow of the first round and he would miss a Round of 16 match. |
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63' -- Nico Van Kerckhoven heads high from the corner. |
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62' -- Vanderhaeghe's left footer is saved by the Ruslan Nigmatullin. |
61' -- Russian cross is headed past the far post. |
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60' -- Russia clears the Belgian corner. |
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56' -- Play is opening up for Russia. |
54' -- Wilmots fans on the first easy shot and then Walem hits side net with the toe poke. |
53' -- GOAL RUSSIA Russia scores on the counterattack with Beschastnykh knocking in a Sychev rebound. |
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49' -- Wilmots creates a shot from the top of the area. Japan has just scored and leads 1-0. |
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48' -- Vladimir Beschastnykh shoots straight to the keeper. |
46' -- Second half under way. Belgium, which leads 9-4 in shots, kicks off. |
| Second Half |
45 +2' -- Halftime whistle blows with Belgium ahead 1-0. Russia needs draw to advance. Japan and Tunisia still level. |
44' --
Verheyen strikes one too hard from the back post that should have made it 2-0. |
43' -- Russian 2nd sub: Injured Dmitry Sennikov is out, Yuri Nikiforov is in. |
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39' -- Vanderhaeghe's effort is deflected. |
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40' -- Verheyen's shot is saved by the keeper. |
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39' -- Sychev's shot is straight to the keeper. |
38' -- Vanderhaeghe is booked for a hard foul. |
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37' -- Russian corner leads to a deflected shot, which keeper gathers. Wilmots comes back on. |
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37' -- Belgian star Marc Wilmots goes to the sideline for attention. |
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36' -- Belgium corner is punched out. |
34' -- Russian sub: Smertin is out, young Dmitry Sychev is in for offense. |
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31' -- Geert De Vlieger punches out a tight Russian corner. |
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29' -- Gert Verheyen shoots well high from outside the penalty area instead of making the pass. |
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26' -- Mpenza gets to a rebound but is denied by a defender's foot. |
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25' -- Mbo Mpenza's cross is knocked over the line by the Russian defense. Walem's corner is headed out. |
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20' -- Dmitry Alenichev beats three men and his cross is punched out by the keeper. A follow-up shot is knocked out for a Russian corner -- which is cleared. |
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19' -- Alexei Smertin shoots wildly with his left from distance. |
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15' -- Tunisia (1 pt) and Japan (4 pts) are still 0-0 |
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15' -- Dangerous low Belgium cross cleared away by Russian defense |
14' -- Alexei Smertin of Russia booked for a hard foul |
12' -- Andrei Solomatin of Russia booked for unsporting behavior |
9' -- Mbo Mpenza whistles a shot from the right, which the keeper has to dive to his right |
8' -- GOAL BELGIUM Johan Walem curls a free kick with his left foot into the right side net |
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6' -- Free kick to Belgium,, which needs a win |
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4' -- Russia with the early edge |
1' -- Match under way as Russia kicks off |
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Kickoff at 2:30 a.m. EDT; 6:30 a.m. GMT |
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