At 0:00 on July 2, Beijing time, the 1/8 finals of the 2024 European Championship ushered in a key matchup at the Dusseldorf Stadium, with the French team playing against the Belgian team.
The starting line-ups for both teams are as follows:
The starting line-up for the French team
The starting line-up of the Belgian team
"Blue" is the attacking picture of the French team
"Brown" is the attacking picture of the Belgian team
In the ninth minute, France were the first to attack, as Antoine Griezmann took a long-range shot after forming a connection down the middle, but failed to threaten.
In the 11th minute, the French team tore apart the opponent's defense along the right side, and Kounde sent a cross near the baseline, but unfortunately the team did not have a player to outflank in the midfield, and the attack came to an abrupt end.
In the 13th minute, France took a tactical corner from the left, and Mbappe's subsequent attack hit the defender and went out of the line, but the referee awarded Belgium a goal, and Tchouameni received the first yellow card of the game for his insulting words to the referee.
In the 17th minute, Griezmann's corner from the right was on the way to the front post and Thuram's header went wide of the near post.
In the 19th minute, it was difficult for the French team to find opportunities in the face of the opponent's low defense, and this time it was midfielder No. 14 Rabiot who tried a long-range shot that flew directly off the bottom line.
In the 22nd minute, the Belgian team finally ushered in the first wave of attacks, Doku was tackled by Griezmann when he burst on the left, and the referee showed the Topaz card again.
In the 23rd minute, Belgium got a free kick opportunity, De Bruyne's seemingly cross and shot made the goalkeeper very difficult to deal with, and Maignan did not dare to slack off and chose to block the ball with his feet.
In the 26th minute, the Belgian team continued to attack along the left side, after Doku sent the ball, Opponda took advantage of the situation to wipe the defender's cross is quite threatening, Carrasco's follow-up shot was blocked by the defender, at the same time, the Belgian players complained to the referee about the handball foul, but it is not difficult to find through the video replay that the defender's arm did not expand the defensive area.
In the 31st minute, France moved the ball to the left side in the middle, this time it was left-back Te'o who assisted and completed a pass that seemed to be wide of the goal, and after the attack, Te'o also apologized to his teammates.
In the 33rd minute, France played a diagonal long pass to the right side of the field, Kounde made a little observation to send in a cross, and Thuram was a dangerous header in front of goal, and the ball went just wide of the near post.
In the 38th minute, Tchouameni tried a long-range shot in the middle of the field, but still failed to hit the woodwork.
In the 45th minute, France created another good scoring opportunity, Mbappe used an unreasonable breakthrough to create danger, but unfortunately his teammate's kick was very weak. Both teams also walked into the halftime lounge with a 0-0 scoreline.
In the second half, it was easy to play again
In the 48th minute, France took the lead, and this time it was Tchouameni's long-range shot in the middle that was saved by goalkeeper Castels.
In the 50th minute, France used a diagonal pass from the right to threaten again, but Thuram's header was high above the woodwork.
In the 53rd minute, Mbappe burst along the inside line and forced a shot that just skimmed the crossbar.
In the 60th minute, Belgium had a counter-attacking opportunity, De Bruyne's through ball crossed the opponent's defence, but Carrasco was unable to form an attack in the box, and the ball was tackled out of the line by the chasing Te'o.
In the 64th minute, it was France's turn to attack again, and Griezmann's right-footed shot from the edge of the box went wide.
In the 70th minute, Belgium played the ball into the box along the left side, and Lukaku's powerful shot was saved by goalkeeper Maignan.
In the 74th minute, after France's corner kick was disrupted, Saliba escaped from the defense on the right and fired a fierce shot, but the ball went wide of the near post.
In the 77th minute, France knocked the ball across the middle by diverting it, but Mbappe's half-turned shot was again high in the goal.
In the 82nd minute, Belgium's attack caused a storm in the French penalty area, De Bruyne's attack was saved by goalkeeper Maignan, and when his teammates followed up and tried to make a follow-up shot, the ball was destroyed by the defenders first.
The deadlock was finally broken in the 84th minute, when substitute Muani fired a shot from an angle on the right side after France had made a number of passes in the heart of the opposition penalty area, and the ball bounced into the back of the net after being touched by a defender.
France 1-0 Belgium
In the 91st minute, Belgium attacked with all their might, and Doku's cross after bursting into the box along the left side was blocked by the opponent.
In the end, the French team eliminated the opponent with a score of 1-0 with Muani's goal to advance to the quarterfinals.