{"id":1256935,"date":"2022-11-23T21:36:26","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T21:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/23\/2022-world-cup-canada-miss-penalty-as-belgium-seal-laboured-win\/"},"modified":"2022-11-23T21:36:26","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T21:36:26","slug":"2022-world-cup-canada-miss-penalty-as-belgium-seal-laboured-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/23\/2022-world-cup-canada-miss-penalty-as-belgium-seal-laboured-win\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 World Cup: Canada miss penalty as Belgium seal laboured win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/3495763-71262428-2560-1440-696x522.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"3495763-71262428-2560-1440\"\/><\/div>\n<p>A first half goal from Michy Batshuayi hands Belgium a hard-fought 1-0 win over Canada in their World Cup opener in Qatar.<\/p>\n<p>The result means the Red Devils move top of Group F with Croatia and Morocco both tied on one point \u2013 following their 0-0 draw earlier on Wednesday \u2013 after the opening round of matches.<\/p>\n<p>Canada\u2019s pace caused Belgium\u2019s aging backline a wealth of problems and they had the chance to take the lead in the 13th minute from the penalty spot after a Yannick Carrasco handball at a corner.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Alphonso Davies stepped up but his poor shot was denied by Thibaut Courtois who dived low to his right to make the stop.<\/p>\n<p>Canada continued to pressure and had a penalty shout reviewed by VAR in the 39th minute when Richie Laryea went down in the area under a challenge from Axel Witsel, but it was deemed to not be a penalty.<\/p>\n<p>Two minutes before half time and Belgium took the lead against the run if play through Batshuayi. He latched onto a hopeful long ball by Toby Alderweireld and slotted his shot into the bottom corner.<\/p>\n<p>The second half was a scrappy affair with Belgium keen to disrupt Canada\u2019s rapid attack at any opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>Canada had plenty of shots on goal but lacked cutting edge. Their best opportunity to equalise came in the 49th minute when Jonathan David nodded a free header over the bar.<\/p>\n<p>Substitute Cyle Larin also had a good chance to level with ten minutes of normal time left, but his header was caught by Courtois.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"-FJ83-eMrc8\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kasiebo Tau At 9:55AM on Adom TV (23-11-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-FJ83-eMrc8?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A first half goal from Michy Batshuayi hands Belgium a hard-fought 1-0 win over Canada in their World Cup opener in Qatar. 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