Brazil v Belgium, 06 July 2018

Kick-off: 9.00pm local Brazil v Belgium was Match 58 of the FIFA World Cup 2018 Refereeing team: Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia) Assistant Referee 1: Milovan Ristić (Serbia) Assistant Referee 2: Dalibor Djurdjević (Serbia) VAR: Daniele Orsato (Italy) Belgium had now reached their second World Cup semi-final, also 1986. Belgium had now scored more than 12 goals at a World Cup finals for the first time (now 14, 12 in 1986). Belgium were now unbeaten in their last 24 games (won 19); the longest current run of any nation left in the 2018 World Cup. This was Brazil's first defeat in their last 16 games in all competitions (won 11). Excluding own goals, Belgium now had nine different goalscorers at Russia 2018 World Cup. Only Italy in 2006 and France in 1982 (ten each) had more at a World Cup finals. With Brazil becoming the last South American nation to be eliminated from Russia 2018, a European nation would now be the winners for a fourth consecutive World Cup (Italy in 2006, Spain in 2010 and Germany in 2014). Brazil had now won one of the 12 games at the World Cup finals when they had been two or more goals behind (versus Sweden in the third-place playoff in 1938). Fernandinho became the second Brazil player to score an own goal in a game at the World Cup finals; also Marcelo versus Croatia in 2014. Kevin De Bruyne became the 100th player to score at the 2018 World Cup finals (excluding own goals).