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PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP! PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP! PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!

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What a delightful afternoon of football these two teams provided! Thoroughly entertaining and though Belgium have come away with a convincing win, Tunisia showed a lot of fight. They just couldn't keep up with the Belgian attackers, their crowned jewels.

That's that from the yap centre. This is me, Shambhu Ajith, signing off. Hope y'all had a ball.

Ciao.

93' KHAZRI GETS HIS GOAL!

Naguez motors down the right flank and cuts it back into the area and Khazri side foots it past the despairing dive of Courtois to give the score a bit more respectability.

91' Batshuayi! Gets a delightful ball played into the final third by De Bruyne. He chests it down and could have or should have sent it across to Tielemans who was running clear into the box. Instead he chooses to go all by himself and has the beating of Alouane before taking the shot. Unfortunately, he snatches at it and sends it wide of the far post.

90' 3 minutes added on.

89' BATSHUAYI GETS HIS GOAL!

Fellaini traps the ball in the centre of the park, turns around and spreads it on the right side for Tielemans. He plays it in early to the far post and Batshuayi pokes it home to the right bottom corner. Deserved it. He has been plugging away since he was sent on.

88' Fellaini charges into the attacking zones before releasing Meunier on the right side of the box. The PSG wingback cuts it back for Batshuayi but Ben Alouane intercepts it and sends it out for a corner. The subsequent corner is poor and comes to nothing.

86' Batshuayi once again finds himself one-on-one but he is flagged offside.

85' Substitution for Belgium.

Dries Mertens off. Tielemans on.

84' Meuiner's cross into the box is wayward and goes out for a goalkick after he's found in space by Fellaini.

82' Blow the whistle ref. This thing was done and dusted a long time ago.

80' Michy Batshuayi! Misses twice!

It's all De Bruyne once again as he reacts before anyone else to latch on to the ball that spilled into the box following a coming together between Naguez and Carrasco. He charges to the touchline and sends it into the centre of the area where Batshuayi volleys it straight at Mustapha. It falls once again to Bashuayi but the striker is off balance and his shot takes a deflection and goes out for a corner. The corner comes to nothing though.

78' De Bruyne and Batshuayi combine to great effect down the centre and the former ultimately slides it across to Carrasco on the left. He drifts inwards and thwacks it straight at Mustapha. There's too much pace on the ball and Mustapha spills it and it falls for Michy Batshuayi who hits the crossbar from point blank range. OH MICHY!

78' Ben Alouane tries to bung a ball past Boyata for Khazri to chase but it's overhit and ends up resting in Courtois' huge arms.

76' Khaoui will walk out after picking up a knock. But they have used up all their substitutions.

75' Mertens plays a lovely ball through for Batshuayi and the striker rounds up Mustapha and tries to pass it into the net only for it to be cleared on the goalline by Meriah. What a chance! Gotta feel bad for Michy. Did everything right there.

74' De Bruyne plays a lovely threaded ball with the outside of his foot for Batshuayi to chase but Mustapha comes sprinting out of his lines and crashes into the path of the incoming delivery and nudges it away with his chest. Comically heroic that.

73' Mertens is flagged offside as he tries to latch on to a ball which Meunier wins and plays into the final third to release him.

71' Vertonghen and Sliti collided and Vertonghen seems to have a case of the wind getting knocked out of his sail. He is being escorted out of the ground by medics. He seems okay. But there's no reason for Belgium to be taking risks now.

71' Maaloul plays another ball into the box from the left flank but Vertonghen heads it clear before Sliti can connect to it.

69' Fellaini heads Khazri's ball clear and queers his pitch.

69' Tunisia have a freekick on the left flank and Khazri will take it.

67' Carrasco slaloms past the Tunisian midfield and motors ahead and tries to pick out the run of Mertens but his pass is slightly overhit and Mustapha barges into traffic and picks up the ball.

67' Substitution for Belgium.

Eden Hazard off. Michy Batshuayi on.

66' Badri and Khaoui combine well and the former twists away from his marker and unleashes a shot to the far corner but Courtois has it covered and catches it.

65' The corner is cleared but Tunisia keep the ball and Naguez gets a shot away from the edge of the box but it is blocked.

64' Sliti cuts in from the right flank and floats a ball into the area which is cleared for a corner by Boyata.

63' Sunshine and rainbows it is going to be in Moscow as the water starts dropping from the sky with the sun shining in full glow.

61' Carrasco tries to curl one into the top corner from the edge of the area and it is only inches away from the far post as it goes out of play.

60' Maaloul once again passes the ball straight to Hazard. But this time Carrasco, who is played through the centre by Hazard is robbed off the ball and Tunisia breaks on the counter. Ben Youssef serves it into the box, through the ground and Badri can't wrap his boot around it.

59' Substitution for Tunisia.

Sassi off. Sliti on.

58' Substitution for Belgium.

Lukaku on. Fellaini off.

57' Tunisia keep trying and Sassi tries to play Ben Youssef into the area but Alderweireld intervenes to shield the ball out of play.

56' Belgium create yet another chance as Hazard picks out Carrasco on the left side of the D. But Carrasco's cross is deflected out for a corner. The subsequent corner comes to nothing as Carrasco's cross is too heavy and goes out for a goalkick.

54' Skhiri battles to keep the ball in the centre and lays it off to Maaloul on the left flank. But the left-back's cross is too heavy and flies past the Tunisian attackers inside the area. Ben Youssef tries to track it down but he can't stop the ball from rolling over the line for a throw-in.

53' Maaloul plays an early ball into the box and Ben Youssef rises to meet it but gets stuck under the ball and pumps it vertically into the atmosphere and out for a goalkick.

51' EDEN HAZARD YOU ABSOLUTE BEAUTY. KEVIN DE BRUYNE YOU GENIUS. BELGIUM 4-1 TUNISIA

De Bruyne plays an absolute peach of a pass to pick out Hazard beyond the Tunisian centrebacks and the little magician chests it down, knocks it past Mustapha, holds off Ben Alouane and Meriah before slotting it home.

49' Exciting stuff from Croatia. Khaoui and Badri combine in the final third and the former tests Courtois from the edge of the area but the Chelsea goalkeeper is up to the ask.

49' Maaloul storms down the left flank and latches on to a pass from Badri and drives one into the far post which Khaoui barely reaches with his left foot and he can't connect well and it goes out for a goalkick.

48' Malouul and Badri combine to create trouble on the left flank but ultimately Khazri can't make use of the pass he received and another Tunisian attack is scotched.

46' De Bruyne plays it short and receives it back from Meunier but his cross into the box is skied.

46' Belgium have a corner and De Bruyne will take it.

45' Skhiri swings a ball into the box but Boyata heads it clear for a throw-in. Khaoui whips one more in and Khazri tries to flick it past Courtois to no avail.

PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP! And we're right back into the thick of things and Tunisia kick off play in the second half.

PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!

It's half time at the Spartak Stadium. What an entertaining first half that was.

Belgium 3-1 Tunisia.

48' ROMELU LUKAKU MAKES AMENDS.

One more idiotic error from Maaloul gifts the ball to Belgium and De Bruyne serves a neat pass into the centre for Meunier who dummies and sends the Tunisian defenders the wrong way before freeing Romelu Lukaku inside the area. The big Belgian gets there before Mustapha and dinks it over the Tunisian goalkeeper with his right foot to equal Cristiano Ronaldo on the Golden Boot chart.

47' Belgium break on the counter and Hazard forays into space and slides it across to De Bruyne who squares it for Lukaku who just doesn't get a contact on the ball. Should have given it his all and stretched to reach it.

46' Malooul tries to float an ominous looking diagonal into the path of F. Ben Youssef but Carrasco clears the danger.

45' There will be 4 extra minutes to play.

43' Hazard once again shimmies past a couple of opponents and tries to activate a one-two with the United striker but Lukaku can't return the ball through the legs of Ben Alouane and that attack is foiled.

42' Khazri plays the corner short to Khaoui who tries to whip into the area but it's too close to Courtois and the goalkeeper collects it rather comfortably amidst an array of bodies.

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