catalyst2 | Game # 30 - Belgium vs Russia

Games at this point in the tournament can be interesting because teams realise that they have nothing to lose or they can be boring because they decide that they don't want to lose. Sadly, this was the latter because both teams seemed to have come to this game determined not to lose. Consequently nobody seemed particularly interested in going forward and when they did, it was often only a single forward who did come out, giving the rare attacks little chance of success. Around the 75th minute, both teams seemed to wake up and more attacks were launched. Both sides came close but eventually Belgium scored the solitary goal, just 2 minutes from the end of regulation time. Boring game, but they have been few and far between so far in this competition.

Belgium are definitely through and Russia are teetering on the brink.