🇧🇪 Belgium 3×2 Japan 🇯🇵 — World Cup 2018

Competition: 2018 FIFA World Cup Stage: Round of 16 Date: July 2, 2018 Stadium: Rostov Arena City: Rostov-on-Don, Russia Attendance: 42,873 fans Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal) ⚽ Final Score 🇧🇪 Belgium 3×2 Japan 🇯🇵 ⚽ Goals Japan 0x1 — Genki Haraguchi (48′ 2nd Q) 0x2 — Takashi Inui (52′ 2nd Q) Belgium 1×2 — Jan Vertonghen (69′ 2nd Q) 2×2 — Marouane Fellaini (74′ 2nd Q) 3×2 — Nacer Chadli (90+4′ 2nd Q) 🟨 Yellow Cards Belgium Youri Tielemans Japan Genki Haraguchi Makoto Hasebe Tomoaki Makino 🇧🇪 Belgium lineup Thibaut Courtois Toby Alderweireld Vincent Kompany Jan Vertonghen Thomas Meunier Axel Witsel Marouane Fellaini Nacer Chadli Kevin De Bruyne Eden Hazard Romelu Lukaku Coach: Roberto Martínez 🇯🇵 Japan lineup Eiji Kawashima Tomoaki Makino Maya Yoshida Gen Shoji Yuto Nagatomo Gaku Shibasaki Makoto Hasebe Genki Haraguchi Takashi Inui Shinji Kagawa Yuya Osako Coach: Akira Nishino 📌 Match summary Japan took a 2-0 lead at the start of the second half and seemed close to historic classification. However, Belgium reacted with goals from Vertonghen and Fellaini. In stoppage time, in a perfect counterattack initiated by Courtois, Chadli scored the winning goal in the 94th minute, sealing one of the most exciting matches of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.