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HomeSportsSpain no gree concede for 650 minutes, but Belgium don end am

Spain no gree concede for 650 minutes, but Belgium don end am

Unai Simón im record of no conceed goal for World Cup don stop at 650 minutes. Charles De Ketelaere score equaliser for Belgium against Spain for quarterfinal.

Simón go into di game wit six straight clean sheets and 609 minutes witout conceeding. Dat one don pass di old record of 517 minutes wey Italy goalkeeper Walter Zenga set for 1990.

Spain look like dem go extend di run wen Fabián Ruiz put dem ahead for di 30th minute. Thibaut Courtois first stop Dani Olmo shot, but Fabián arrive to score from di rebound.

Belgium answer just 11 minutes later. De Ketelaere score di 1-1, become di first player to beat Simón for 2026 World Cup and end Spain run of six straight clean sheets.

Di goal mean Simón streak stop at exactly 650 minutes across di 2022 and 2026 World Cups. E be di first goal Spain conceed anywhere for di 2026 tournament. Dem don shut out Cape Verde, Saudi Arabia and Uruguay for group stage, den keep clean sheets against Austria and Portugal for knockout rounds.

“E go take someting special to break down dis stubborn Spanish defence,” former England international Stephen Warnock tok for BBC Radio 5 Live. “E be moment of brilliance. De Ketelaere glance am near post and e be quite brilliantly worked goal from Belgium.”

Belgium no don win against Spain for dia last 11 meetings across all competitions. Di last time di Red Devils beat Spain na for group stages of Euro 1980.


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