The Belgian team debuted with a win at the 2022 Qatar World Cup with a tight score of 1-0 over a hard-working Canada that never gave up and had many opportunities that it failed to take advantage of during the game.
The Canadians surprised the Belgians with their offensive level at the beginning of the first half where the figure of goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois saved the eleventh European by saving a penalty from the American Alphonso Davies, the Canadians clearly dominated but could not score, when it seemed that the The first half ended goalless, Michy Batshuayi appeared to give Belgium the 1-0 lead, being the only shot on goal they had in the first 45 minutes.
In the second half, the Belgians managed the game better, waiting for the Canadian attack and launching themselves into the counterattack without creating so many dangerous plays at the beginning of the period, when the game was already over, Canada searched with all the tie that never came and Belgium took the three points, a hard blow for the Canadian team that had an excellent game, far superior to what has been seen by the other teams in the concacaf area in the World Cup, but they had to come out with the defeat.
In this group F the leader is Belgium with 3 points, Croatia and Morocco have one unit and Canada last without units. On Sunday, November 27, Morocco will face Belgium and Croatia will face Canada.