On July 2, Beijing time, the quarterfinals of the European Cup continued, with a key battle between France and Belgium. In terms of world rankings, France is second and Belgium is third, which is a very valuable matchup. However, the whole game was drowsy, and in the end, Vertonghen scored an own goal to beat Belgium and France advanced to the quarter-finals 1-0.
In the group stage, the performances of both sides were average. As the favorite to win the championship, the French team is unbeaten with 1 win and 2 draws, but only scored two goals, one of which was an own goal, and qualified second in Group D. The European Red Devils Belgium's golden generation has only scored 4 points in Group E, and it is 4 points for 4 teams, and Belgium qualified second in Group E with goal difference. In this way, the two highest-ranked teams in Europe met in the quarterfinals. In terms of starters, the French team Mbappe, Thuram and Griezmann formed a trident, and Kante and Tchouameni sat in the midfield; On the Belgian side, Lukaku, Kevin De Bruyne and Vertonghen form the central axis.
In the first half of the game, both sides didn't play on the spot, and even unceremoniously said that the whole process was a pee point. On the one hand, he set up an offensive formation and didn't want the ball, and on the other side, he was ready to play defense and counterattack, but he was forced to attack, and neither side could do it. In just 24 minutes of the opening game, three of France's players were yellowed, Tchouameni was warned by the referee on appeal, Griezmann and Rabiot were both yellowed for too much, and the latter was suspended for accumulating yellow cards. At the end of the half, Mbappe blasted 1v2 on the side, and after the inverted triangle was knocked back, Tchouameni kicked a hard shot. At half-time, the two sides exchanged a 0-0 draw.
In the second half, France took the lead in making changes, with Muani replacing Thuram Jr. Belgium had a great chance in the 62nd minute, Saliba was tackled and De Bruyne played a clever pass to Carrasco, only for the former Chinese Super League star to hesitate to shoot at a one-on-one chance and was cleared by Te'o's extreme tackle. As time went on, the two sides became angry, and Mbappe and Vertonghen sprayed each other's faces. As regulation time drew to a close, the French team began to lay siege to Belgium. Finally, in the 85th minute, N'Golo Kante went straight to Muani, who fired a shot over Vertonghen and into the back of the net, and another own goal gave France a 1-0 lead.
At the end of this match, France maintained their winning record against Belgium in the tournament and advanced to the quarter-finals. But in terms of perception, the fans were drowsy the whole time, and they were only a little more energetic when they were killed. This game gave birth to the ninth own goal of this European Cup, and Musiala and others, who scored the most goals in the scorer list, only had 3 goals, and the 9 goals of the own goal were far ahead of the scorer list. France's three goals so far, two own goals, are unprecedented.