The meeting in Er Rayyan ended with the score 0:0
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Teams Croatia and Belgium did not score each other goals in the final match of the group stage of the World Cup in Qatar.
The meeting in Er Rayyan ended with the score 0:0.
At the end of the meeting, the Belgians had several scoring chances, but team leader Romelu Lukaku, who came on as a substitute in the second half, might not convert a single one.
Vice-world champions Croats finished second in Group F with five points and advanced to the round of 16 for the second World Cup in a row.
Their opponent for reaching the quarter-finals will be known later.
Belgium, the bronze medalist of the World Cup in Russia, has four points in three matches, it ended the performance at the tournament in Qatar, for the first time in 24 years, did not make it to the playoffs.
The Belgians scored only one goal in three matches – the team had fewer only in the tournament in 1930.
Belgian goalkeeper Thibault Courtois has made 100 appearances for the national team.
RBC Sport led online broadcast Croatia-Belgium meeting.
