Belgium produced a momentous comeback during its round of 16 match against Japan at the Rostov Arena on Monday to secure a place in the 2018 FIFA World Cup quarter-finals.
Belgium was down 2-0, thanks to goals from Japan’s Genki Haraguchi and Takashi Inui, when substitutes Marouane Fellaini and Nacer Chadli were brought on in the 65th minute.
Jan Vertonghen and Fellaini managed a goal apiece to level the score before Chadli netted the dramatic winning goal with just seconds of stoppage time to spare to seal the 3-2 victory.
The European side is the first team to fight back from two goals down to win a World Cup knockout game since West Germany did so against England in 1970.
In the other match of the day in Samara, Brazil defeated Mexico 2-0 to reach the quarter-finals for a seventh consecutive time.
Second-half goals from Neymar and Roberto Firmino eliminated the Mexican side from the last-16, the stage it has been knocked out in every World Cup since 1994.
Belgium will face Brazil in the last eight on Friday.
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