63'

De Cuyper’s outswinging corner-kick fails to give a team-mate the opportunity to attack the delivery, as Tillman clears the ball easily on the corner of his six-yard box.

61'

No goal at the 2026 World Cup so far has been struck from a longer distance than Vanaken’s, which gave Belgium a 3-1 lead (almost 35 yards out).

Pulisic, who has been moving quite gingerly since Tielemans’ challenge five minutes ago, makes way for Berhalter just before the hour.

57'

After scoring both of Belgium’s first two goals, De Ketelaere again influences the game at the top-end of the pitch; winning back possession in a dangerous area while simultaneously providing Vanaken with an assist!

ONE FOR FREESE TO FORGET DOUBLES BELGIUM’S ADVANTAGE! 3-1! Freese comes a long way out of his area to get to Mechelen’s lump down the pitch ahead of De Ketelaere, but the goalkeeper fails to hit his clearance at the first time of asking, giving the striker a chance to poke possession away. With the shot-stopper scrambling to get back to his net, Vanaken latches onto the loose ball and promptly hits a shot from a long way out that skips past a desperate Ream and before nestling into the bottom corner!

56'

Reyna scoops a dangerous ball into the 18-yard box in search of Balogun, who tracks it over his shoulder before stretching out desperately to try and keep it in play, but the striker is unable to do so in the shadow of Castagne.