Belgium vs Canada Live Score, FIFA World Cup 2022 Qatar: Belgium hang on to win 1-0

So Groups E and F have started and it's time for the remaining two Groups G and H. Uruguay, Brazil and Portugal are in action tomorrow. Promises to be another action-packed day. We will be there nice and early for those ones here. Do join us then. For now bye and ta, ta!

📊 22 shots on goal with 3 on target

Canada's wait for their first World Cup goal goes on 😓

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— Football Daily (@footballdaily) November 23, 2022

Thibaut Courtois’ game by numbers vs. Canada:

79% pass accuracy
54 touches
5 long balls completed
3 saves
1 penalty save

You shall not pass. 🛡️ pic.twitter.com/udI4HhWris
— Statman Dave (@StatmanDave) November 23, 2022

Couple of tweets before we sign off.

Canada's English manager John Herdman has his team in a circle as he delivers a team talk. And off they go inside. Canada gave it their all but ultimately was not enough.

FULL-TIME! Belgium 1 Canada 0. Canada tried and tried but couldn't break down a resolute Belgium defence in the 2nd half. Michy Batshuayi the goalscorer for Belgium and that proves to be the difference in the end.

5 minutes of added time.

Canada press and Cyle Larin directs his header at goal but Courtois makes the catch. Needed to be in the corner.

Belgium make a change: Michy Batshuayi goes off and on comes Lois Openda.

Canada make a couple of substitutions: Ismael Kone and Cyle Larin are on for 39-year-old Atiba Hutchinson and Junior Hoilett.

Canada are still going for this but Belgium are looking dangerous on the counter.

Thomas Meunier has replaced Yannick Carrasco and Amadou Onana has replaced Youri Tielemans.

Second half starts.

HALF-TIME! Belgium 1 Canada 0. Such a misleading scoreline this. Canada absolutely dominated Belgium as they came with attack after attack. A penalty miss by Davies and against the run of play Batshuayi made it 1-0 with a fine finish. A breathless action-packed half that one.

Glorious chance for Canada and Tajon Buchanan sliding and stretching hooks it over from close range after being fed in from the right.

GOAL! Michy Batshuayi in the 44th minute! Belgium 1 Canada 0. Batshuayi who has been poor so far comes up with a big goal. A long ball over the top which Batshuayi lets it come over his shoulder, then smacks it on the half-volley and it flies past the keeper. No chance for Milan Borjan.

STAT courtesy the BBC: Thibaut Courtois has saved five of the nine penalties he has faced for club and country in all competitions in 2022 (56%).

Canada are coming in waves now at the Belgium goal. Too much pace on the cross and David's header loops wide.

Belgium are really struggling now. Jonathan David's shot is blocked by a desperate lunge from a Belgium defender clears the danger.

Alistair Johnston now stings Thibaut Courtois' palms with a stinging drive which the keeper punches away.

After a good sell for Belgium, Canada have come storming back.

A long ball over the top catches out the three-man Belgian defence but David Hoilett drags the shot wide. But danger signs this for Belgium.

Canada are pressing very high and there are calls for another penalty when a striker is brought down but the flag is up for offside.

PENALTY SAVED! Poor penalty from Alphonso Davies as he side-foots to Courtois' right and the big man dives to his right to push it away. The ball again comes to Davies but he can't control and it's cleared. Courtois gets up and roars in delight.

Yannick Carrasco had his arms away from his body and the Zambian referee looks at the TV monitor and points to the spot.

PENALTY to CANADA!

Tajon Buchanan gets a shot away from a corner and he appeals for a handball. Soon VAR gets involved for a possible penalty. They are checking.

Inside the first minute, Canada give away the ball and Michy Batshuayi shoots straight at the keeper.

KICK-OFF!

Time for the anthems.

Michy Batshuayi is another player who'll be eager to make a mark in the absence of the injured Romelu Lukaku.

As for Canada, Alphonso Davies and Jonathan David will be two players to keep an eye out for, with the pair earning rave reviews for their performances in recent seasons for Bayern Munich and Lille, respectively.

Belgium have some genuinely world-class players on the pitch, but all eyes will be on Eden Hazard. The Real Madrid winger has been nowhere close to his best since leaving Chelsea and has struggled with a string of injuries in recent seasons. However, at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, he looked absolutely unstoppable and was undoubtedly one of the best players in Russia.

Will the Belgian maestro return to his best on the grandest stage? Only time will tell.

Official Canada XI:

Borjan; Johnston, Vitória, Miller, Laryea; Hoilett, Eustáquio, Hutchinson; Buchanan, David, Davies.

Official Belgium XI:

Courtois; Dendoncker, Alderweireld, Vertonghen; Castagne, Witsel, Tielemans, De Bruyne, Carrasco; Hazard, Batshuayi.

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