Croatia vs Belgium, Canada vs Morocco Highlights, FIFA World Cup 2022: BEL knocked out, MAR win group

Morocco finish top of the group with seven points. Croatia are second with five points while Belgium are third with four. Canada are fourth, having lost all three matches they played.  

The Moroccans spill onto the pitch. It is not Belgium or Croatia who are the group winners, it is Morocco. A great achievement for this team that has the kind of players who can threaten any great team on their day. They had last year's runners-up and third place holders in their group and they managed to finish above both sides. 

The players are flat on the ground, it's all over. Lukaku is disconsolate, Belgium assistant coach Thierry Henry consoles him. It is not yet full time in the Morocco-Canada match but the Moroccans are celebrating in their dugout because this result confirms that they are going through. 

90 mins: This is quite extraordinary. Cross from the right from Thorgan Hazard, Lovren jumps up ahead of Lukaku but it is over the centre back's head. Lukaku seems to have just given up on making any sort of attempt when the centre back jumped. The ball bounces off his chest and into the goalkeeper's hands. Oh, goals don't come much easier than that, Lukaku what are you doing? 

Meunier sends in a pass to Lukaku who is right at the edge of the goal box. But the pass seemed too strong and Lukaku was late to react to it, it almost hits his leg with him knowing nothing about it and goes out. Meunier is then taken off for Hazard. 

They aren't exactly sitting back but wasting time wherever possible and slowing the game down as well. That almost backfired with De Bruyne snuffed the ball away from them in the final third. His shot takes a deflection and goes to the side netting for a corner which comes to nothing. 

Morocco have decided to sit back and Canada are pretty unlucky to have not found an equaliser from any of the many corners they have got so far. 

Belgium finally get a string of attacks going but they are unable to find the final product. Vertonghen heads over from a Thorgan Hazard corner kick. Goal kick is given but Vertonghen screams as if he has never felt the ball at all in his life. 

A break in play, or rather a break in the waves of Croatian attacks, gives Belgium the chance to make a couple more changes. Leander Dendoncker comes off for Youri Tielemans, Jeremy Doku comes on for Yannick Carrasco.

67 mins: Cross from the left is partially cleared by Belgium, Modric takes the ball and drives into the box before shooting and Courtois dives to left to hold on to the ball. 

65 mins: Although replays suggest that De Bruyne may have been unable to keep the ball in play at the byline on the left before crossing in. Lukaku seemed surprised that the ball has not been intercepted by the Croatian defenders or goalkeeper. It comically falls on his head, that is how free the header was, and flies over empty goal. 

62 mins: Canada have had more of the ball for the last 10 minutes or so but they have hardly been able to cause the Moroccan defence any problems. 

61 mins: Oh, how are Belgium not 1-0 up! De Bruyne expertly threads a through ball to Carrasco on the break. The winger seems to have taken one touch too many and the goalkeeper smothers his shot. But the rebound comes to Lukaku who goes around the defender in front of him and takes the shot into the open goal…  only to hit the right post. 

54 mins: Thibaut Courtois getting a real work out now. Brozovic first fires in a low shot from 20 yards and that is saved by Courtois. Then Modric comes in and makes a left-footed attempt and that is saved once again by his Real Madrid teammate. Belgium under all kinds of pressure now.

Josko Gvardiol goes forward and passes to Kovacic inside the box. The Chelsea midfielder takes a shot and Courtois makes the save.

47 mins: That's better from Belgium. Cross from the right and Lukaku rises from close to the far post. His header is into the hands of the keeper.  

Belgium have made a change and yes, it is THE change. Romelu Lukaku has come on for Dries Mertens. Well at least Lukaku gets some significant minutes in this World Cup if nothing else. If Belgium are going to continue the way they played in the first half, they are not scoring today. 

Youssef En-Nesyri had found the back of the net for Morocco once again during stoppage time but that was ruled out because the linesman had called offside. Turns out Nayef Aguerd was offside and in the goalkeeper's line of vision. Goals galore here. 

Some excitement in the end as Jos Juranovic smashes a volley just wide of goal. That might just be as close as either of teams have come to keeping the ball in line of goal. Terrible quality from both sides, after that Croatian penalty was ruled out. Belgium have been unable to get anyone at the end of the crosses that have come in from wide out. It is them that have the desperate need to score here but if they play like this, Croatia are getting a clean sheet today at the very least. 

Meanwhile, Morocco looking as dangerous as ever. Canada's defence is struggling to hold up. 

De Brune squares the ball from the left but there are no Belgians in the box to receive it. As far as attacking quality goes, this half has been a snoozefest. No shots on target yet despite the fact that at least one of these two sides desperately need to score.  

40 mins: How about that, an own goal Aguerd helps Canada cut Morocco's lead down to one goal. Belgium remain outside the qualification spots as it stands though. 

No attempt on target so far from either side, which is just strange considering the stakes attached to it. In fact, all quality seems to have been sapped from it since that disallowed penalty. Belgium try to piece together an attack but it fizzes out after Meunier's cross from the right goes long. 

33 mins: Some good play from Croatia down the left and a ball is floated in. Kramaric is unable to keep his header down and it goes out for a goal kick. Croatia have looked more dangerous when in the opposition third. 

23 mins: Youssef En-Nesyri beats Borjan at his near post after getting on to a rather speculative ball on the left. There can be an air of desperation to the match between Croatia and Belgium before long. Belgium need to score and win to avoid being knocked out, Croatia cannot lose this match.