De Ketelaere ends the American dream — full player ratings from USA 1-4 Belgium

In the discourse of the arguable overturning of Folarin Balogun's reddish paper ban, Belgium bushed the United States 4-1 and eliminated the co-hosts from the World Cup successful the past 16. The Red Devils volition present look Spain successful the quarter-finals connected Friday.

Charles De Ketelaere delivered a magnificent performance, scoring 2 goals and assisting the 3rd for Hans Vanaken. In the closing stages, Romelu Lukaku turned the triumph into a rout. Malik Tillman scored for the American broadside with a free-kick that deflected disconnected the wall.

The United States bow retired of the World Cup with a show good beneath their tourney standard. Belgium, by contrast, produced their champion lucifer of the competition.

USA subordinate ratings vs Belgium

GOALKEEPER

Matthew Freese — 3/10

Made a good instinctive prevention from a Timothy Castagne effort successful the opening seconds, but that was arsenic bully arsenic it got. After conceding 2 goals with small blasted attached, helium came disconnected his enactment to assertion a done shot and handed it straight to Vanaken.

DEFENDERS

Alexander Freeman — 4/10

Made excessively galore errors passim the lucifer and, fatigued successful stoppage time, was pressured into the mistake that led to the 4th goal.

Chris Richards — 4.5/10

Tim Ream — 4/10

Was easy anticipated by De Ketelaere for the transverse that led to the 2nd goal, and the Belgian guardant appeared down him for the opener arsenic well.

Antonee Robinson — 5/10

MIDFIELDERS

Tyler Adams — 5/10

Belgium's idiosyncratic marking neutralised his attacking publication entirely.

Malik Tillman — 7/10

The astir coherent beingness successful the American midfield, helium recovered pockets of abstraction to flight the Belgian property connected respective occasions. Scored the equaliser with a deflected free-kick.

Weston McKennie — 4.5/10

One of the leaders successful possession losses, helium could not header physically with the European side, struggling successful some aerial and crushed duels.

FORWARDS

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Christian Pulisic — 5/10

The skipper besides misplaced astir everything helium tried and was substituted aft 58 minutes.

Sergino Dest — 6/10

Folarin Balogun — 5.5/10

The arguable fig of the nighttime owed to the overturned ban, helium won the foul that led to Tillman's extremity but subsequently wasted 2 wide one-on-one opportunities.

SUBSTITUTES

Giovanni Reyna — 5/10

Sebastian Berhalter — 6/10

Struck a almighty effort from scope that astir ignited the contest, the shot flashing conscionable past the post.

Ricardo Pepi — 5.5/10

Maximilian Arfsten — Not rated

Haji Wright — Not rated

Belgium subordinate ratings vs USA

GOALKEEPER

Thibaut Courtois — 5.5/10

The Belgian goalkeeper did not marque his archetypal genuine prevention until past the 80th minute, an denotation of however poorly the United States performed. Did good to crook distant a Balogun effort erstwhile yet required.

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DEFENDERS

Timothy Castagne — 6/10

Brandon Mechele — 5/10

Nathan Ngoy — 6/10

Stood retired successful Belgium's antiaircraft unit, producing cardinal clearances and anticipatory interventions to forestall American attempts connected goal.

Maxim De Cuyper — 4/10

MIDFIELDERS

Amadou Onana — 5/10

Nicolas Raskin — 7/10

One of the superior architects of Belgium's assertive pressing structure. Won the shot astatine the borderline of the country and delivered the transverse that acceptable up the opening goal.

Youri Tielemans — 6/10

Started successful a much precocious midfield role, missing a fig of finishing opportunities successful the box, earlier dropping into a deeper presumption aft Onana's withdrawal, becoming a much utile outlet successful Belgium's build-up. Also delivered the free-kick that Lukebakio headed wide.

FORWARDS

Dodi Lukebakio — 5/10

Found himself unsocial successful the container but headed a good Tielemans transportation wide.

Leandro Trossard — 7/10

Belgium's astir unsafe outlet connected the left. Delivered the transverse that acceptable up De Ketelaere's archetypal extremity with precision.

Charles De Ketelaere — 8/10

A highly mobile mendacious 9 who besides threw himself into the punishment country similar a accepted centre-forward to people twice. Also pressed the American goalkeeper into the mistake that led to the 3rd goal, touching the shot successful the process.

SUBSTITUTES

Hans Vanaken — 7.5/10

Came connected with contiguous question and presence, capitalised connected the acquisition from the United States goalkeeper to widen the lead, and besides applied the unit that created Lukaku's goal.

Jeremy Doku — 6/10

A astonishing enactment for the bench, but unsafe erstwhile introduced — creating 2 wide opportunities for team-mates who failed to person either.

Romelu Lukaku — 7/10

Needed conscionable 1 accidental successful the container to implicit the rout. Finished crisply with his close ft — his weaker broadside — into the acold corner.

Alexis Saelemaekers — Not rated

Axel Witsel — Not rated