Belgium vs England, FIFA World Cup: Eden Hazard And Belgium Finish Third, England Fourth

This means Belgium have finished third, which is their best finish ever and England have finished fourth equalling their second best finish ever. 

Full time: Belgium - 2 England - 0

On for the last few minutes, Dele Alli tries a sneaky flick, but that results in a Belgium counter-attack. De Bruyne looks for the Meunier at the back post but England clear. 

Dier, who has had a good second half, overhits an attempted pass to Kane, allowing Courtois to clean up.

So unless Mbappe or Griezmann score a hat-trick in the final, Harry Kane will take home the Golden Boot. He has been terrible today and has had the least touches in the game. 

England, understandably, are becoming reckless in their attempt to get something from this game, leaving even more gaps for Belgium to exploit.

Belgium want more. This time Hazard leads the burst forward and finds de Bruyne who was hoping to get himself on the scoresheet too. But Stones' comes in the way of his shot at goal. 

De Bruyne collected the ball in midfield and turned and ran at England like he has done all game. He then slipped ball into Hazard as Jones got his feet in a muddle against a familiar foe who watlzed past him and beat Pickford at the near post with power. 

GOAL: Eden Hazard has scored and Belgium lead 2-0 

What a fantastic break by Belgium! With back-heel flicks and one-time passes they hurtled from their own box into the English one, whereupon Mertens hung a splendid cross up to the far post. Meunier arrived to meet it with a firm volley. Pickford stood up to it to make a fine save!

Dier has come on strong in this second period. He’s just flipped a nice pass from outside the D to Loftus-Cheek, who couldn’t quite get under control.

Dier and Loftus cheek look to getaway from the Belgian defense, but instead de Bruyne leads out a counter attack and finds Mertens, who went for glory but scuffed the shot. 

A cute chipped pass by Trippier to Lingard, who does well to hit it first-time across the face of goal. Dier meets it and sends a downwards header wider from seven yards. Right after that, Maguire heads wide from another Trippier freekick.

England are starting to create a few chances with less than 20 minutes left in the game. Dier had another chance with his head. Courtois stood firmly in the way. 

Trippier sends the ball in to the back post looking for one of his teammates, but Kompany who has been outstanding today clears it away for a corner. 

That was a much better move from England with a little bit of pace and verve coming in over there. They have a free-kick now after Rashford was stopped by Kompany unfairly as he tried to turn and run away. 

England very nearly equalised as Dier dinked it over Courtois. But Alderweireld comes around brilliantly to clear it off the line. That would have thrown the cat among the pigeons right away!

Dier has a crack from long-range, but Courtois saves his low drive without ado.

Kane keeps Golden Boot advantage: Romelu Lukaku's withdrawal means the Belgium forward cannot now reel in Harry Kane in the scoring chart. It's going to take something special in this game or tomorrow's Final to deny the Englishman the accolade.

Good play by England to pen Belgium back and then create room for Loftus-Cheek to cross from the right. It’s a cracking delivery across the face of goal, though a nick off Vermaelen takes it beyond the reach of Kane.

An England corner comes out to Harry Kane who's attempt to volley is woeful and it seems like form has deserted him midway through the tournament. The set-piece for England is turned into a counter-attack by de Bruyne who finds Mertens on the wing, but has pushed him too wide unfortunately..

Kompany produces a foxy flick at the near post to send Mertens’ corner into the mixer. No Belgian anticipated that, however, and England are able to welly it away.

After some ball hogging by both sides, Alderweireld finds Hazard with a beautiful ball and Meunier comes down the right overlapping. But Rose stops the cross from coming in. 

England who have had a lot of possession and almost double the number of passes in comparison to Belgium but continue to fail to impress with their final passes. Belgium now take of de Bruyne and bring on Mertens with an hour gone in the game. 

Chance! Once again Lukaku is put through one on one on goal by de Bruyne's brilliant pass through the gap between the central defense. Lukaku's first touch is terrible. To be fair, he has had chances to score but has lacked the killer insticnt. 

England have looked more like equalising in the last 10 minutes than in the whole of the first half. Lingard has injected life into the attack and once again almost found Kane with a volley across the face of the goal. Kane could not get anything on it otherwise that was 1-1. 

Stones booked for pulling down Hazard as Belgium broke away after clearing England’s corner. If a Japanese player had done that earlier in this tournament, Belgium wouldn’t be here today.

England have been brighter in this half, eager to run at their opponents. Trippier has a chance to deliver from the right and the set-piece delivery is dangerous. Alderweireld has to concede a corner. 

Rashford has a dart at Belgium's defense but can't make space to shoot. England keep the ball before Phil Jones goes to the byline looking for a ball back into the box. But Courtois covers well and releases Hazard who is enjoying running at the English defense. 

Right after Kompany has to hurry across to disrupt a good burst down the right by Loftus-Cheek.