Two days before the start of the World Cup, the Belgium team lost to Egypt, which will not play in the World Cup, and goes into the competition with shaken confidence
This Friday, the 18th, just two days before the start of World Cup 2022, Belgium held its last preparation game before the competition. Facing Egypt, a team that did not even qualify for the World Cup, the Belgians lost by 2-1. The confrontation was played in Kuwait, a country close to Qatar.
Keeping the defense closed and exploring the counterattacks, Egypt managed to have a good first half. Until the 20th minute, the Egyptians gave trouble to Courtois, goalkeeper of Belgium, who had to make at least two important saves. On the other hand, the Belgians had possession of the ball, but were unable to create plays that broke the defensive blockade of the opponents.
At 32′, Abdalla took advantage of a rare failure of Kevin De Bruyne, gave a beautiful dribble on the Belgian playmaker, and fired a beautiful shot from outside the area to open the scoring. Needing the result, Belgium did not show any significant reaction in the first stage, which ended with the Egyptians winning 1-0.
Right at the beginning of the second half, with less than a minute of ball rolling, hassan received a nice release from Mohamed Salah, shirt number 10 of the team, and fired to score Egypt’s second. At 20′, Belgium still managed to reduce with Openda, who freely entered the penalty area and swelled the nets. However, it was not enough to avoid defeat.
With their morale shaken, Belgium will debut in the World Cup next Wednesday, the 23rd, at 4 pm (Brasília time), against Canada. Continuing, the executioner of Brazil in 2018 still faces Morocco and Croatia to close the group stage of the competition.
Source: sportbuzz
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