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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 23386757" data-attributes="member: 158020">Brazil 1 Belgium 2: Selecao out as Martinez's men advance<img src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/07/06/19/4DFCD32700000578-5926657-image-a-41_1530901337906.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Belgium booked a World Cup semi-final against France as Brazil's  hopes of winning a sixth title were ended by a 2-1 defeat in Kazan.Brazil, ranked second in the world by FIFA, were the last remaining  non-European team in the tournament after Les Bleus knocked out Uruguay  in Friday's first quarter-final. But  Tite's men, who badly missed the suspended Casemiro, were soundly beaten  by third-ranked Belgium thanks to a pair of goals before the break at  the Kazan Arena, despite the Selecao mounting a second-half fightback.Fernandinho turned a corner into his own net to put Belgium in front, with a superb counter-attack extending their advantage.Romelu Lukaku's skill and strength carried the Red Devils deep into  Brazil territory and Kevin De Bruyne lashed home a brilliant 20-yard  rocket from the striker's pass. Brazil could find no answer until a 76th-minute headed reply from  Renato Augusto, with star man Neymar virtually anonymous other than  three poor attempts to win a penalty, although referee Milorad Mazic  perhaps should have pointed to the spot when Vincent Kompany dived in on  Gabriel Jesus.Neymar did finally come to life in injury time,  forcing a brilliant save from Thibaut Courtois with a curling shot from  outside the area, but it was not enough to sustain his team's challenge.A  pair of early corners were poorly defended by Belgium, Thiago Silva  only able to turn his effort against the post before Paulinho mishit his  shot when picked out in the box.Belgium then scored from their first corner of the game in the 13th minute.Kompany tried to flick on Eden Hazard's left-wing delivery but the  decisive touch came from his Manchester City team-mate Fernandinho, who  was deputising for Casemiro and turned the ball past Alisson via his  arm. Courtois made comfortable saves from Philippe Coutinho and  Willian as Brazil, playing in the quarter-finals for the seventh  straight World Cup, rallied.But Belgium, now unbeaten in 24 matches, sensationally doubled their lead by breaking from a Brazil corner in the 31st minute.De Bruyne advanced on the exposed Marcelo and arrowed a wonderful  drive across Alisson from the edge of the penalty area after Lukaku  collected the ball, turned and embarked on a 40-yard rampaging run with a  perfect pass at the end to free the playmaker.Referee Mazic waved away Neymar's penalty appeals at the end of  the first half, with the official unimpressed again as the Paris  Saint-Germain star went to ground after the restart.Tite  introduced Roberto Firmino for Willian at the break and the striker got  the slightest of touches on a low Marcelo centre, before Mazic again  refused to point to the spot when Kompany appeared to bring down Jesus.Hazard  missed a chance to wrap the tie up by firing wide from De Bruyne's  pass, Courtois denying substitute Douglas Costa at the other end.Brazil's  third change yielded a goal three minutes and 14 seconds after his  introduction, Augusto gliding between two static Belgium defenders to  nod a flicked header past Courtois from a sublime Coutinho cross.And  Augusto could have levelled moments later, instead dragging his 20-yard  shot just wide as Brazil piled the pressure on Belgium in the last 10  minutes.Coutinho's first-time shot flew wide and yet another  Neymar penalty appeal was rejected, before the world's most expensive  player drew a phenomenal fingertip save from Courtois in the 94th  minute.But Belgium held on and the much-maligned Roberto Martinez  will lead his side into a World Cup semi-final against France on  Tuesday.</blockquote>

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