By Breaking Belize News Staff (HP): Cancel your lunch plans, Belize, because the World Cup serves up another blockbuster today. Spain and Belgium go head to head in the quarter-finals at 1:00 p.m. Belize time, and only one will move on to face France in the semis.
On paper, Spain are the team to beat. The European champions have looked every inch a contender at this tournament, combining slick possession football with a ruthless edge. Their last outing showed their steel as much as their style, a hard-fought 1-0 win over Iberian rivals Portugal that booked their place in the last eight. The oddsmakers have them as clear favourites this afternoon.
Belgium, however, did not come this far to roll over. The Red Devils sent shockwaves through the tournament in the previous round, thrashing co-hosts the United States 4-1, a result made all the more striking by the circus surrounding it, with USA star Folarin Balogun playing only after his red card was sensationally overturned. Belgium rendered the controversy irrelevant with a four-goal statement, and they will believe another giant can fall today.
The prize could not be clearer. France, comfortable 2-0 winners over Morocco, are already waiting in Tuesday’s semi-final. Win today, and you are ninety minutes from the World Cup final. Lose, and the dream dies.
For fans in the Jewel, it is the opening act of a massive football weekend, with Haaland versus England and Argentina versus Switzerland both coming Saturday. Consider today’s clash the perfect warm-up, if a quarter-final between two European powers can ever be called a warm-up.
So who advances, Belize? The champions of Europe, or the giant-killing Red Devils? Let us know your pick in the comments before the 1:00 p.m. kickoff.
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By Breaking Belize News Staff (HP): Cancel your lunch plans, Belize, because the World Cup serves up another blockbuster today. Spain and Belgium go head to head in the quarter-finals at 1:00 p.m. Belize time, and only one will move on to face France in the semis. On paper, Spain are the team to beat.
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