Belgium stage 3–2 comeback win over Senegal to enter World Cup last 16

Tielemans’s punishment precocious into stoppage clip of other clip capped Belgium’s comeback from 2-0 down successful Seattle.

Youri Tielemans struck a 125th-minute punishment arsenic Belgium rallied from 2 goals down and defeated Senegal 3-2 aft other clip successful their World Cup past ⁠-32 clash successful Seattle to support live their rubric hopes, which had looked dormant and buried.

Senegal’s Lamine Camara slid successful connected Tielemans arsenic the shot flashed crossed the look of extremity and conceded the spot footwear aft a ⁠⁠video adjunct referee review, with the Belgian picking retired the apical country to implicit an bonzer comeback connected Wednesday.

Habib Diarra and Ismaila Sarr had fixed Senegal a deserved 2-0 lead, and they looked to beryllium cruising done to the adjacent circular earlier Belgium netted doubly successful the last 4 minutes done Romelu Lukaku and Tielemans to unit other time.

Belgium present look the victor of ‌‌Wednesday’s last-32 clash betwixt cohosts United States and Bosnia and Herzegovina successful the adjacent circular successful Seattle connected Monday.

It was cruel connected Senegal, who controlled overmuch of the 90 minutes, and struck the woodwork twice, but could not spot retired the game.

They became the 4th African broadside to bow retired successful a constrictive decision successful the past 32 aft South Africa, Ivory Coast, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and volition wonderment however they managed to fto this 1 slip.

Senegal were inches distant from the pb erstwhile Ismail Jakobs’s transverse from the ⁠⁠left was parried by Thibaut Courtois, but a stretching Sarr could lone steer the ⁠⁠loose shot onto the post.

When the African broadside did interruption the deadlock successful the 25th minute, it was nary surprise. Sadio Mane’s transverse was headed goal-wards by Sarr, but his effort came disconnected the station again.

This time, the escaped shot fell kindly for Diarra, and helium side-footed location ⁠⁠from 7 yards.

Maxim De Cuyper forced an fantabulous prevention from Senegal goalkeeper Mory Diaw with a changeable that looked to beryllium heading into the apical country arsenic Belgium trailed ⁠⁠at the break.

Belgium brought connected Lukaku for the ineffective ⁠⁠Charles De Ketelaere astatine half-time, but were soon 2-0 down.

A stunning agelong walk from Moussa Niakhate was brilliantly controlled connected the thorax by Sarr, who held disconnected 2 defenders earlier thundering the shot into the nett successful the 51st minute.

Belgium struggled to make clear-cut chances until the last 5 minutes, ‌‌and astir retired of obscurity turned the crippled connected its caput by netting doubly successful 3 minutes.

First, Lukaku turned the shot successful astatine the adjacent station from Thomas Meunier’s debased cross, and Leandro Trossard’s shot into the container from ‌‌deep ‌‌was headed into the nett by Tielemans.

Those 2 had been progressive successful a heated speech earlier successful the match, but it was each smiles and hugs erstwhile the equaliser went in, earlier Tielemans was cardinal again successful the winner.