FIFA World Cup 2026 LIVE 57s ago Advertisement live Updated 22s ago Belgium and Iran are level in the opening half of their 2026 World Cup clash. Iran captain Mehdi Taremi thought he had given his side the lead with a fine finish, but his strike was ruled out by the VAR for offside. Belgium entered this group as the favourites but struggled to shake off Egypt in Seattle, while Iran twice came from behind to draw with New Zealand here at SoFi Stadium. 45+7’ Belgium 0-0 Iran What a passage of play that was — a big switch over the top from Meunier finds De Bruyne on the left, he gets the ball out of his feet and whips a cross in towards Lukaku. The big striker does all he can to hang in the air but the ball is just too high and Iran clear. 45+5’ Belgium 0-0 Iran Saelemaekers races through on the right and gets to the byline but his cross is blocked. He was offside in the build-up anyway but Belgium are pressing hard here. 45+3’ Belgium 0-0 Iran He’s played so little football recently so no surprise if he’ll below full tilt but Lukaku isn’t helping this Belgium performance much. Something livelier up front will be the shout if it stays goalless any distance into the second half. 45+2’ Belgium 0-0 Iran Plenty of added time for someone to find an opener here as Lukaku races through onto a nice through ball but cannot get to it ahead of Beiranvand. 45’ Belgium 0-0 Iran Lukaku caught Ezatolahi on the edge of the Iran box there. Hard to tell how much was in it (we’re high, high up in the press box) but Ezatolahi was down for a little while, and Lukaku is already on a yellow. He dived in after a heavy touch. 43’ Belgium 0-0 Iran Enjoyable throw-in overturn there. Thomas Meunier seemingly deciding the referee making countdown gestures with his hand did not apply to him. It did. 43’ Belgium 0-0 Iran A lot of probing going on from Belgium, but Iran are grafting hard. A Belgian goal changes this massively. As soon as Iran are forced to commit, De Bruyne and others will have bigge
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