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00:00thank you mark and good afternoon to all welcome to the middle section of group
00:07e which wasn't the group of goals in the first games only two scored and it has
00:12the curiosity of the leaders belgium arguably having put in the worst
00:17performance of all the four teams incredibly fortunate against canada
00:22they'll need to look much more like the team officially ranked as europe's best
00:26against morocco who were impressive in drawing with croatia teams coming up
00:32first the national anthems
01:26so
01:44and now please remain standing for the playing of the national anthem
01:49of morocco
02:19foreign
02:49oh
03:04wow it's another warm day in doha but i just got a shiver
03:11are we in qatar or are we in casablanca or rabat
03:15a huge noise from
03:21a sizable contingent of morocco supporters
03:27no doubt who's effectively from the crowd got home advantage
03:34and so to belgium roberto martinez has made three changes to his team from the canada game
03:40with toma munier torgan azad and amadou onana coming in the start it is just a fourth
03:46international appearance for the everton midfielder who's a baby in this side age just 21
03:53leander den donker yuri telemans and yannick carrasco are the trio to drop out
03:57romelu lukaku still not fit to start so michi bachuayi goes again
04:03earning himself his 50th international cap
04:17the atlas lions are roaring from the start
04:23referee
04:26let me get a look at him and not even as hard back
04:29he's waiting patiently
04:49first of all they're going to have their obligatory photo and then
04:52azad can meet the morocco captain
04:59and as i said cesar ramos is the referee game two of the tournament for the mexican he had
05:15denmark nil tunisia nil on tuesday
05:24the var head honcho is his compatriot fernando guerrero
05:38morocco's team is the same one that started against croatia with
05:42vitally important fullbacks ashraf hakimi and nusai and masraoui both deemed okay to go again
05:48masraoui came off against croatia with a hip injury it's a special game for belgian born and
05:53bred salim amalar of standard liege on the front three of chelsea's hakim ziyash
05:58former southampton man safian bufal and spearheaded by yusef and naziri of severe
06:04overall it is an 11 of real quality only real question possibly being about the depth of the
06:12morocco squad jermaine genis is alongside me for this one jermaine you were slightly
06:21taken aback by the morocco national anthem too incredible really is i think the atmosphere in
06:26here is just electric the morocco fans have just taken over this stadium and it's going to have a
06:30factor in the game as well these players are going to be well up for this they need a win they want
06:36to win i watched the belgian side that struggled in that first game it's going to be interesting
06:41to see how those scores react to this pressure these fans are going to put on them
06:4810 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
06:58so it's belgium in red morocco in white for this belgium's 50th game at the world cup finals
07:05twice beaten in the semi-finals is their best effort including in russia last time
07:10and they're facing a nation that has only won twice ever in 18 world cup games now
07:22de bruna there's bansu i made an ass up my brother torgan waiting wide
07:32and it's zs who has the ball to complete the chelsea connection and on he goes and he's got
07:39support in the middle from endless erie had to be a better ball easy enough for courtois but watch
07:45zs go right from the start yeah it's a good run from zs but i think it is a foul on timothy castaña
07:53these are the things that they're going to have to deal with
07:57the referee is going to be under immense pressure throughout this whole game
08:01connected by anana anana was left sprawling
08:09the referee's given the decision for the second challenge that came in on ed and as up
08:31oldest player in the aging squad at 35
08:38lifted in by munier
08:43seven of the starting 11 are in their 30s
09:01so
09:06what is it that belgium need to do better particularly from that first game but already
09:11it's a different type of game you can see they're going to be facing that kind of a side or in their
09:15faces they were aggressive in the challenge and in the press and they didn't know what to do with
09:21it whereas morocco look like they're going to be playing much more of a mid to low block trying to
09:26frustrate belgium so they're gonna have to try and take their ways but essentially they're gonna
09:31have to try and get their best players on the ball move the ball a lot quicker and
09:34create chances and they were just very sluggish in that first game
09:42arch chance creator and kevin de bruna who was a little embarrassed to pick up the man with a
09:46match on us after that first game
09:51there's emily
09:54and there is the runner winning the ball back but it was only temporary
09:58and then the morocco striker in the series down and has his arm in the air
10:02indicating he needs some treatment he's holding his head
10:09is this the clash
10:11i have to say from belgium's point of view i kind of already like what roberto martinez has done
10:17with his side bringing in onano who made a big difference in that second half
10:21and also that right hand side of morocco is very influential with zs and hakimi
10:25with the pace that they have so he's kind of matched that with some youth and some pace and some
10:30uh some speed and some speed and some speed and some speed and some speed and some speed and
10:36the pace that they have so he's kind of matched that with some youth and some pace and some
10:40some energy with castagne and torgen hazard he knew that was going to be a key factor i think
10:45in the game so it's going to be really interesting to see how that battle down that right hand side
10:49plays up that's where it's going again started off on the morocco right and drifted in
10:54he's
11:09of course fans enjoyed that the coach will have rather more enjoyed the cross
11:14back with size and the former man from molyneux is on the march here
11:33de bruna
11:36missed by batuary
11:38well-timed run met by a well-timed advance from bonner that looked pretty simple for belgium to
11:54get in behind a little slick that's why they moved the ball quick and the ball from torgen hazard
11:59just matched the brilliance of the run actually from from that occasion i don't think that's
12:05even going on target but the thought process between the the play of it all was much better
12:18instructions for or nana from vertonghen
12:26a master to a relative apprentice
12:28is a real tower in that
12:40and it's flicked behind for another corner it was a morocco head that got to that
12:45well he had to be just keep your eye on the nana at the back post
12:49in a moment where he thought this might just come to him
12:53it would have been a really good defensive head up
12:58talking that's hard to take it
13:04getting really tight in that box it's so that other players can't mark you you can't get too
13:08touch tight to you in these runs you don't know where the player is going to go could
13:11throw a blanket over those eight in from torgan asar
13:15brother torgen takes it and it bounces away off his chest
13:29roberto martinez will be happier with this he did talk about controlling
13:34the game and being ourselves from the first second
13:36touchback from amalar
13:51bufala
13:52so
14:05i had to stretch to get that
14:08made an ass art
14:11a little dinked pass through to witzel and here's torgen asad that's why on the move in the middle
14:18that wasn't a route to him
14:37toby alderweireld
14:47so
14:56it's good from belgium this so to keep the ball you can hear the fans quite clearly that
15:01the constant whistles best way to keep them quiet is just to keep the ball
15:08it's back to courtois which wasn't the plan but keeping it up and around halfway just trying to
15:14draw some in white out towards them to leave a gap
15:24as we've seen with many games already at this world cup patience can be a virtue
15:31watching and playing
15:32so
15:48i think we can call him our roberto the spaniard who's an honorary belgian
15:54scotsman welshman and englishman all at once
16:02so
16:26incidentally on the cusp of a record there are all manner of records to be broken at
16:31every world cup but they've won all of their last eight group games
16:37nine would be out on their own at the top of the list brazil have done eight in a row twice
16:44it's only a minor record but it's another one for the sheet
16:59playing through to deborah and remains size was all over him and it's going to be a free
17:05kick for belgium he's so good at this deborah he takes touches where sometimes you think he's not
17:10favorite but his upper body strength is just so strong that he can get his body back into a
17:16position where you just have to foul him took the full weight of size there too
17:24i think this is where morocco might struggle struggle you're gonna have to make a decision
17:27about sitting off this side they've got too many good footballers where if you give them this kind
17:33of space they will just pop you off one by one lovely little you know passes into into holes
17:39where hazard is and kevin de bruyne at some point they're gonna have to engage a bit more
17:47who's going to take this
17:58so
18:06you know what to expect usually from a de bruyne delivery
18:10yeah it's coming in with pace and quality
18:22lifted in
18:22so i can't go any further but it will be a throw-in for belgium
18:52great deal of movement for toga nasa his brother was switched onto his wavelength though
18:59he's got belgium a corner
19:05only a little while the morocco supporters have been slightly quiet
19:16so
19:33he can't afford to second guess himself and wait for the keeper if he feels he's got to go
19:39as a defender you just do it i can argue about it afterwards
19:46so that's a good corner de bruyne
19:59and then as our amber bat is there to hack away with help from zs
20:05throw in for morocco doubled up well on the belgium captain well this is exactly what
20:10amber bat's in there for he does a lot of this type of good work in front of the back four
20:17so
20:21brother of the former watford winger nordine who won 64 caps for his country
20:31he's been linked with a premier league move himself spurs have been mentioned in dispatches
20:36currently with fear and tina in italy
20:42another with a strong belgium connection as well in the morocco squad played for club brugge
20:52selim amala his midfield partner is belgium born and bred and played all his career in the country
20:59too he's the tongan he's back in his homeland with and elect and he finds munier
21:12awkward one for as our team
21:21so
21:28good pressure from castagna
21:33they're not able to get out of their own half they haven't for a while now
21:41one lead for a graggy in charge of just his fifth game for the moroccan national side
21:46so
21:50free kick belgium watching his side toil a bit at the moment yeah there he is again
21:55amber but he's he's very active in there but sometimes you've got to get there stand up
22:00put the pressure on make them pass the ball backwards there's nothing in that
22:09red graggy was only appointed at the end of august
22:12the team's unbeaten under him so far four games yet to concede a goal
22:17they'll do well to keep another shutout against belgium
22:21they've only failed to score in one of their last 52 matches
22:26and they're putting it on a bit here
22:31you would think something's got to give
22:41so
22:50there's the brunette it's going to spin behind for a corner yeah it was well worked
22:58i just think the minute the brunette steps over the ball it's like a red flag it's like
23:02where's he going where is he he's got to come back to him at some point
23:11he's waiting outside of the area here onana is very much in there
23:19put in a pace and onana got there in front of goalkeeper bonner
23:23and he was unable to get over the ball yeah it's a set piece after set piece at the minute that
23:29they're going to deal with it's a good run from onana he just gets ahead of it
23:34is that well works at peace
23:38you know the brunette is capable from there you're doing anything he wants
23:44scantily defended it came off the knee of west ham's smyth again
23:49mazraoui gives it away
23:5065 percent of the possession has been belgium yeah it's been really comfortable for them
24:02they'll be delighted out there after the last game they went through
24:07they didn't know what hit them this is much more the pace that they want to be playing at
24:21so
24:36monia is closed that was nice and sprightly from musae mazraoui normally of iax
24:44by munich player now carried off against croatia but it was precautionary
24:50the problem of his hip was about about hakimi on the other side as well with a
24:56fine niggle now two really important players for morocco
24:59we haven't been able to show it so far they've not been able to get out of defense
25:08i've not had any of the ball either it's just been all belgium
25:10it's not a clean layoff from aden azar but it's come to the brunner now
25:22not enough on the back heel tries to tidy up and that's straight at bonner
25:30shot from munier and he's got a track back now
25:32now
25:48just slowed it down a little bit too much there before
25:51it's allowed the whole team to get back in and an honor will take that
25:54that was a chance for munier
26:00so
26:20munier was only half beaten
26:22so
26:25it's an extra layer of excitement from the morocco supporters whenever
26:29hakem zs looks like he's about to do something
26:38zs only returned from international retirement self-imposed in september
26:43he didn't get on with former coach vahid alan hodzic he wasn't alone in that one of the reasons
26:50why he got the push
27:01morocco throw
27:13so
27:29we know that's just about within his range well it is but it's gonna have to be some strike to
27:35beat tivo corto from there he's not even flinched he knows exactly where it's going but better
27:41much better for morocco needs to get on the ball and doing something a bit more progressive now
27:48i know it'll make you wince but allow me to reference that goal for chelsea against spurs
27:52last season thanks for that i'm waiting for the comebacks that you promised
28:05i'm still saving them don't worry
28:06one back by ed and azar
28:24offside that'll be a free kick for morocco
28:37hard team to beat the atlas lions and there's two of 38 it's going back three years that run
28:49blue felt he's followed too keenly by munier
29:07so
29:29it's behind him it was behind the tongue and two
29:32courtois no drama or nearly a bit of drama
29:39and it was quick enough ultimately cool as you like and tivo corto
29:53good spell this for a rocker
29:54it ends there although it is going to be a free kick the referee blew his whistle before the
30:01assistant flagged that was lovely but i don't think he quite intended to take as long with this
30:10i think he actually gets caught as well on the way back but that is lovely it's nice and composed
30:15it goes in line with the way belgium started the game really
30:24zs looked as though he might have set off too soon anyway but it's going to be a belgian throw
30:30but as you can hear as well the fans have come back
30:34you know they're starting to sense that their team are getting a little bit more confidence in the
30:38game
30:44amongst walid raggi staff is somebody who'll know belgium very very well
30:50chris van toyvelde who is belgian and was the national team's technical director
30:54until 2018 roberto martinez now doubles up and does that job as well
31:00so
31:04pretty much all of these players will have been around last time toyvelde was with the belgian
31:09staff
31:16so
31:23back with aldebaran
31:46else
31:48hayden assad's little flick found patch you i we couldn't make it stick and size
31:59and the flag is up from offside again cs that's going to be a belgian free kick
32:07time for me to let you know what's coming up as your world cup sunday continues
32:13the other game in this group croatia against canada today from 340 on bbc1
32:19and then tonight get your sunday tea out of the way and settle down for spain germany from 6 30
32:24also bbc1 i don't suppose anybody needs reminding that on tuesday from 6 p.m it is wales against
32:32england
32:34oh yes
32:43well it's leading to win by four or just win and hope for a draw in the usa iran game
32:53england just need to do what they have to do
32:58everything sounds simple when you put the word justin it's not like that
33:01oh yeah i saw that against usa
33:06onana it's drifting behind what have you made of amadou onana started in everton sure
33:14i think he's been a decent addition in that midfield for everton i think he's a he's a
33:19handful there's no doubt about that there's uh there's some flaws in his game as well i have to
33:25uh he's a bit raw the quality could improve definitely um but they they 100% needed him
33:31in this midfield i love telemans i think he's a top player uh and i'd probably be playing myself
33:37ahead of witzel in a game like today but they just got completely overran and that's one thing that
33:43i suppose catches telemans out every now and again is when the game gets quick
33:47people can go by him a little bit too easy and onana stopped that in the second half
33:55camera back stops patchy awkward first touch from bono but he put it away
34:02experienced goalkeeper with severe in spain which is in his 11th season in spain all told
34:12big game for him on thursday against canada he was born in montreal
34:15oh misjudged by munier without couldn't go through himself so looks to the back instead
34:26and that's a wild blast from samuel amelard
34:34well it was minear that has got sucked in from the crossfield pass and it just opened everything up
34:40the knockdown from mckamey's spot on but that would have been some goal how do you finish that
34:50he's going to witzel
34:52who fouls and plenty of the ball and he's looked positive every time he's had it that's not going
34:57to be a yellow card for toma munier who hasn't had a chat with the referee already it's ridiculous
35:03ridiculous from munier though i don't know why he's running into him like that
35:11he's flagged up as getting the yellow
35:15there it is the arm yeah then munier came in with the next one but the whistle
35:19has gone for that first one well either way it means a suspension for the next game munier was
35:26on a booking anana was on a booking so it's amadou onana who's got to make the most of this chance
35:30now because he won't be playing against croatia
35:37big game to miss as well
35:50that's going to just run out it's a difficult one that is too straight
35:55it's got no angle on it he's he's actually played it reasonably well but
36:01you're never going to get on the end of it it's always getting away from you
36:13and the tongue
36:20so
36:27a little bit quiet belgium that's 10 minutes really
36:30i haven't seen much of the berliner on the ball much of hazard
36:35one of the two players you just got to be constantly trying to find them it's got to be
36:38kind of the aim when you're building out from the back how can i get this ball to those two
36:44and between the two hazards they've got a free kick for their team on halfway
36:48there's a nice little combination between aiden and torgen
36:54torgen was never going to get away from amalar
36:58grappling all the way you know we've got something on the ball but i think it was the
37:03what happened before
37:04no goals
37:10Belgium were looking in control earlier on but it doesn't look like that now no it doesn't
37:19hakimi one heck of a player
37:26zh
37:26he's got caught there high up the field he does have the pace to recover
37:37and actually the recovering's been done for him by amadar
37:42zh
37:44hammerback
37:48poor ball
37:49what's going on in the center circle all around scrappy play from both sides scrappy but you just
37:54get the sense that morocco are just gaining more and more confidence getting a little bit higher
37:59up the pitch it's a late one that
38:06caught the knee of aden azad outside of the right knee
38:09late tackle on hazard but he needs to find a way to get himself in this game more
38:18another season of being undercooked with real madrid he's only started one la liga game
38:22injury problems once more never ever been able to get back on the pitch
38:27and he's got a chance to get back on the pitch
38:30another season of being undercooked with real madrid he's only started one la liga game
38:35injury problems once more never any dispute about his status as belgium's captain and leader that
38:44125th camp
38:48so
38:58witzel
39:02he's four ahead of him on one two nine
39:06witzel actually made his debut against morocco march 2008 it was a 4-1 morocco win in a brussels
39:14friendly it's the only time that the african side has won in three meetings of the nations
39:20de bruna munier and he's a outstretched arms from the brothers azad
39:29both of whom might have been in with better service yeah that was vintage
39:33kevin uh sorry edin hazard the oat that started that attack you can see what he's trying to do
39:38he's just trying to feed it into that that corridor to meet you batch wide but it was
39:42never going to get to him that's the impact when you get hazard on the ball and the burner
39:47everything just opens up
39:57belgium throat
40:05um
40:28witzel
40:28miss controlled by the viral
40:40masraoui
40:48so
41:07wrestling match going on as morocco tried to play through they've managed to go out wide it's the ash
41:18kimi breaking into the box and he had zsh with him and he had endless erie moving in the middle
41:24so he's head down and hammered it it was a brilliant run really was i think it was just
41:28a tiny bit of movement that confused torgen hazard allowed akimi to get in behind and to be honest he
41:34had a good look up to see who could pick out there was nobody available so don't blame him for taking
41:39on the strike hammered it he didn't really did he sort of came off the outside of the boot of it
41:44yeah they've got to utilize that right hand side much more morocco got so much quality there
41:52trying to run away from masraoui and couldn't do it he's going to be a belgium corner
42:14so
42:26almost got to it with a really good strong hand
42:34so
42:50threatened to lose it there would have just run away from him but he'll happily accept the throw
43:03uh
43:27trying to whistle
43:33Here's Alderweireld.
43:46Dalton trying to get things going, playing that patient game.
43:53It's too slow though. Every player is taking too many touches, there's not enough movement.
43:58It's quite easy to play against because they're just keeping the ball for the sake of keeping
44:04it really. It's like their game plan is right, we'll just keep it, get a bit sloppy, lose it.
44:10And there's Amrapat winning it and trying to keep going with it. A slip from Onana.
44:15The referee has ruled that he was forced into the slip so it's going to be a
44:20free kick for Belgium. Now one thing I should have noticed earlier on,
44:24apologize for, it's a changing goal for Morocco at the start. You know at the start when we saw
44:30the goalkeeper running on? Oh yeah. We haven't seen his number, it's number 12 Elke Zhaoui in goal.
44:35Wow, Mounir Elke Zhaoui. You've got to do your job, did you? Okay, okay. I see his number now. There you go.
44:43Looks similar to Bonner, to me. So did Ziyech apparently. He's apparently, we're trying to find
44:48out what happened to him. I think he might have been taken ill just before the match so that's why
44:56there was that little delay when they were waiting for the Morocco team photo and then
45:01the shaking hands with Eden Hazard. Keeping a clean sheet.
45:12Mine's ruined in every sense. Oh yeah.
45:21You can save that story I think. Yeah we'll save that for later.
45:30Problems with the local wildlife.
45:34De Bruyne with the Belgian free kick.
45:42Witzel on the move, six yards out.
45:50De Bruyne has whipped it in onto the top of the net.
45:54Fully intentional. Oh yeah, every now and again when you whip him in
45:59at the pace that he does, you may have a hit one or two.
46:06I have to say I think kind of getting into the latter stages of this first half
46:11Morocco will probably be the happier of the two sides. Just haven't quite created any real chances.
46:23Eden Hazard. De Bruyne infield.
46:28Unana. Offside surely, Batshuayi. He's got to get back on side there, Batshuayi.
46:36It was a lazy run.
46:37He just stays behind. He's got to get back on side. Ben, you run.
46:46Romelu Lukaku. Well just about to say that he might have been missed.
46:51He's been struggling with a hamstring injury for some weeks. Named in the squad anyway and
46:55the idea was that he'd be fit for game three. Might be needed in game two.
47:08I'm sure watching from the sides you'll be looking at it thinking just get me on.
47:13For goodness to be on the bench then. Let's get me on the pitch.
47:19Means Witzel.
47:25Vertonghen.
47:25Hazard.
47:40Munier. Batshuayi full stretch. Couldn't stretch enough.
47:4741 minutes played. Batshuayi has it again. Not close enough to De Bruyne.
47:53Eden Hazard can't get past the first challenge.
47:59Amelard has followed him now.
48:07Unana.
48:10Off Amelard. De Bruyne turns and finds a message to Amadou Unana.
48:16Looking a little frustrated again Kevin De Bruyne trying to make things tick.
48:19I think he wants him to hit the pass. He had a look at it and just decided to play
48:24the ball to Kevin De Bruyne. Just because he was there.
48:27I think it's a bit of a strategy by De Bruyne.
48:29I think that's a bit of a strategy. Yeah I agree with that.
48:32It's a bit of a strategy by De Bruyne.
48:37to play the ball to Kevin De Bruyne just because he was there that's the
48:40influence of him but he's a midfield player you gotta start hitting passes
48:51Whitson
48:59Mooney
49:02De Bruyne
49:09Mooney just about to get it in that's all that happens there eventually Hazard
49:13dropped deep two minutes ago to go and get the ball De Bruyne is now dropping
49:17deeper and deeper to get it
49:24so yes beaten to it did he just catch Castagna referee doesn't think so he's
49:29given a throw
49:33it's increasingly likely that we're gonna head to the break goal as there's
49:36so many games at the World Cup have done
49:42the thing about these sides I don't think either forward has really been
49:48involved in the game enough not offering a lot either don't look that dangerous
49:52from Morocco's point of view you feel like if there's gonna be a goal it will
49:55be down that right-hand side with Hakimi and Ziyech and then maybe the
50:01De Bruyne or Hazard might pop up and do something two front front men for for
50:06both sides have been pretty poor
50:15Whitson
50:18Oh Nana nicely done De Bruyne
50:25didn't break for Batshuayi good tackle by Aguerre
50:38the ball went out for a Belgian throw
50:44the fence is on top I think both sides are trying I'm trying to pick up the
50:49pace where they can
50:51it's one of the pattern of many games Batshuayi
51:06Whitson
51:09Eden Hazard and in quickly came Masraoui
51:21it's clear foul as well smart from Eden Hazard he says a little look as this
51:28gets played into him knows exactly where Mouzari is takes the tap
51:40Eden Hazard two on him straight away Amrapat won it
51:46here's Dufaul
51:51heading it out towards Ziyech, he's got Kastani for company
51:57Ziyech has Hakimi to help him if necessary and he's actually been chopped
52:01it's gonna be a Morocco free kick here as we enter one minute of added time at
52:05the end of the half chance for Morocco to have the lead before the break it was
52:11a beautiful ball from Soufalle in the first place you just saw there Torgan
52:19Hazard just having a little nibble it's difficult to see on that replay whether
52:23he got the ball or not but either way they've got themselves a free kick at a
52:27great position at the end of the first half they've been great in their own box
52:32defending them let's see what they can do on the other end
52:43the noise level slowly rises building to a crescendo for the Hakimi-Ziyech free kick
52:51just had a little look up to see the big picture on the big screen
53:03and from Ziyech, all the way in
53:18oh this place has erupted
53:26somehow Hakimi-Ziyech found a way
53:33a collision followed that means Witzel and Ziyech need some treatment
53:46Thibaut Courtois needs to have another look at that and see how it beat him
53:50well it's all about two things first the delivery and it's a well-worked set
53:55piece there may possibly be an offside shout yeah I wonder I wonder but it's
54:03brilliantly worked the way they load up that front area of the defensive line of
54:07Belgium causes so much confusion and I think that I think it's Ziyech that's
54:17getting in the line of Courtois and even if he doesn't touch it I think it
54:22will possibly be called offside it's being checked the lines will go in now
54:27Ziyech yeah he didn't touch it but he was undoubtedly right in front of Thibaut
54:31Courtois then crashed into the post Courtois can only react of what he
54:34thinks Ziyech could possibly do so he'll be moving thinking he might head this
54:40here we go
54:43the referee's been told to have a look this was a straightforward offside call
54:47it felt like it unless there's something else going on in the box that we haven't
54:51seen maybe Witzel went down we know that
54:57well the only thing I would say is I think Witzel's back leg
55:05was before that
55:10I don't understand why they're checking if he's touched it or not really unless
55:16it's already been ruled that he wasn't offside oh yeah it's not very clear is
55:21it what they give you we don't hear anything but it's not going to be a goal
55:25and Ziyech all those celebrations were for nothing and there's even then the
55:30fans were like cheering because they thought it was given it's not clear
55:36enough offside is the verdict after that
55:40to tell the fans exactly what's going on with the audience needs to know what's
55:44going on and it remains goalless that is halftime we've got a rather strange
55:48ending to the first half Thibaut Courtois is a relieved goalkeeper I suspect the
55:54cool and calm figure that he is he suspected that might be happening
55:57anyway Nishi Batshuayi has not had a lot to work with this is how the first half
56:06ended with Morocco briefly thinking they were 1-0 up to amazing noise around the
56:11stadium but it looked pretty clear as soon as we saw it again that Sais had
56:16gone too soon and was offside they can talk about the wise and wherefores and
56:22we'll talk about how we're going to get a goal in this game at the break it's
56:26Belgium nil Morocco now