LOS ANGELES (Kashmir English): Spain defeated Belgium in the second quarter-final of the 2026 FIFA World Cup to qualify for the semi-finals.
Spain defeated Belgium 2-1 in the quarter-finals played in Los Angeles. Former world champions Spain’s first goal was scored by Fabian in the 30th minute, after which Belgium’s De Catala equalized in the 41st minute.
The first goal in the tournament was scored against the Spanish team.
Spain scored the second goal in the closing stages of the match to take a decisive 1-2 lead. Spain’s goal was scored in the 88th minute by Marino.
Thus, Spain won 1-2 and became the second team to reach the semi-finals of the 2026 World Cup. Earlier, the French team had reached the semi-finals.
France secure Semi-Final spot after 2-0 victory over Morocco
Yesterday, in the first quarter-final of the FIFA World Cup 2026, France defeated Morocco 0-2 to advance to the semi-finals.
The French team dominated from the beginning of the match, as the first half of the match was goalless, but in the second half, the French team scored 2 goals in 6 minutes to win the match.
The first quarter-final played at the Boston Stadium started very well. The French team made several attacks on the Moroccan goal. France was awarded a penalty when Mbappe was brought down in the D, but the Moroccan goalkeeper saved Mbappe’s shot.
The match was goalless in the first half. In the second half, the French team made several attacks on the Moroccan goal. Finally, Mbappe scored in the 60th minute to give the team the lead, and in the 66th minute, Dembele doubled France’s lead with a beautiful goal.
In the 82nd minute, Morocco got a free kick, which the French goalkeeper beautifully blocked. At the same time, Morocco had another chance to score, but its player’s attempt also failed.
The French team managed to reach the semi-finals for the third time in a row.
Moreover, Mbappe’s number of goals in the current World Cup has reached 8 as he became the first player to score 8 goals in 2 different editions of the FIFA World Cup.
Mbappe also scored a total of 8 goals at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
