Belgium vs Senegal: Live score, match report and reaction

By Henry Hanson

89' OH WOW! BELGIUM IS LEVEL!

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WHAT IS HAPPENING IN SEATTLE?!

From absolutely nowhere, Belgium is level!

86' Lukaku scores! Belgium has a pulse!

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Hello!

Romelu Lukaku scores yet another goal for his country.

He's waiting in the six-yard box and is excellently found by Thomas Meunier, who fires in a good low cross.

Lukaku turns it in and it's 2-1!

83' A rare chance for Belgium

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Belgium starting to wake up in Seattle.

It still feels like too little too late, but at least they're beginning to do something.

Timothy Castagne rises in the box and puts his header wide before Youri Tielemans blazes over the bar from the edge of the penalty area.

78' Lukébakio curls one

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Belgium finally has a sight of goal, and it's a very good effort from Dodi Lukébakio.

He finds some room on the edge of the penalty area and very nearly curls his left-footed effort into the top corner.

And Rudi Garcia turns to his bench for the final time today, opting to make a change at fullback.

It's Thomas Meunier on in place of Maxim De Cuyper.

74' Can Belgium step things up?

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The Red Devils look so far off the pace right now.

There's no urgency in their play at all, with Senegal still having plenty of time on the ball.

Belgium heading for a very meek World Cup exit.

69' We've reached the final break

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And a scuffle breaks out as the players head for a drink.

But it's broken up almost immediately, and there's distance between green and white shirts as the advertisements begin to roll.

Belgium in desperate need of a spark.

67' Senegal substitute carded within seconds

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Lamine Camara comes off the bench for Senegal, replacing Pape Gueye.

He's entered the game to shore up the midfield, and it isn't long before he makes an impact on the game, as well as on an opponent.

Camara is shown a yellow card for a very late challenge, less than a minute and a half after coming on.

63' Belgium struggling to pick up the pace

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The Red Devils continue to look very pedestrian in Seattle.

Romelu Lukaku has hardly had a touch after coming on at halftime, with his supporting cast so far unable to feed him anything of note.

Rudi Garcia turns to his bench once more, with Diego Moreira coming on for Hans Vanaken.

57' De Bruyne and Doku make way

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Wow, this is a big call from Belgium boss Rudi Garcia.

He has opted to take off two of his best players, Kevin De Bruyne and Jeremy Doku.

Doku, particularly, doesn't look very happy as he trudges off the field.

Dodi Lukébakio and Nicolas Raskin are on.

51' SENEGAL GOES 2-0 UP!

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Senegal in dreamland!

It's nothing more than a hopeful ball over the top of the Belgian defence, but Ismaïla Sarr plucks it out of the sky and finishes brilliantly.

The Crystal Palace man is on the run and takes the ball on his chest, before lashing the ball past Thibaut Courtois.

It's a wonderful goal and a stellar piece of skill from Sarr, but really, that was all too easy for Senegal.

Belgium in big, big trouble.

46' Big Rom enters the game

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It's a predictable chance for Belgium, with Rudi Garcia calling on record goalscorer and resident battering ram Romelu Lukaku.

He's on for Charles De Ketelaere.

We're back underway in Seattle

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And it's Senegal making the early running in the second half.

The ball falls to Iliman Ndiaye, who opens up his body and side foots his effort towards goal.

It rolls wide.

HT stats

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It's pretty even in terms of territory, but Senegal has had by far the better of the chances.

The Lions of Teranga created 1.90 expected goals in the first half compared with Belgium's paltry 0.17.

HT: Senegal 1 - 0 Belgium

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The half-time whistle blows in Seattle and Senegal heads to the sheds with a well-deserved 1-0 lead.

The Lions of Teranga have played some seriously slick stuff in the forward third, with an incisive pass never feeling too far away.

The move that led to the game's only goal was a thing of beauty, with the Belgium defence pulled left and right before Habib Diarra made no mistake with his tap-in.

Belgium, meanwhile, has created precious little and have looked pretty bereft of ideas in attacking areas.

Leandro Trossard has been industrious and lively on the right, but hasn't had too much support from his teammates.

Big improvements needed from Rudi Garcia's men after the break.

45+4' Dead ball opportunity for Belgium

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Belgium is gifted one final first-half opportunity, with Sadio Mané bringing down his opponent about 30m from goal.

Kevin De Bruyne and Maxim De Cuyper stand over the dead ball, and it's the left foot of De Cuyper that sends a lacklustre free-kick low into the Senegal wall.

45' We're into five minutes of stoppage time

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Belgium finishing the half as the stronger side, and Maxim De Cuyper is the latest player to have an effort saved.

His long-range effort is clawed away by Mory Diaw.

We're into five minutes of stoppage time at the end of the first half.

43' Senegal GK has his wits about him

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Belgium really hasn't offered much in the past 20 minutes, but Jeremy Doku now has a chance to run at the Senegal defence.

His shot is blocked and bobbles up towards goal, and Senegal shot stopper Mory Diaw does well to adjust to the deflection and claim the ball.

37' Lovely football sets Mané away

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Gosh, Senegal are looking great right now, putting together some really attractive moves and passing in neat, evolving triangles.

Sadio Mané is played in after a give-and-go on the edge of the penalty area and has a chance to get a shot away.

His effort is on target, but it's an easy save for Thibaut Courtois.