Belgium Ends Spain's Record Shutout Streak With Quarterfinals Goal

Unai Simon’s impenetrable partition yet crumbled astatine the World Cup.

The Spain goalkeeper had kept a cleanable expanse for a grounds 650 minutes — the tournament's longest scoreless streak — earlier Belgium ended it successful the quarterfinals connected Friday.

Charles De Ketelaere got successful beforehand of Pau Cubarsi to caput successful Timothy Castagne's transverse successful the 41st minute, making the people 1-1.

Belgium became the archetypal squad to people against La Roja astatine this year's World Cup, snapping their tourney grounds of six consecutive cleanable sheets.

Spain’s streak began with a 0-0 gully successful the circular of 16 astatine the past tourney successful 2022, erstwhile Morocco precocious aft a punishment shootout. There was besides a astonishing scoreless gully against Cape Verde to unfastened radical play this year, followed by 4 consecutive shutout victories to beforehand to the quarterfinals.

Simón broke the erstwhile grounds of 517 consecutive scoreless minutes during a 3-0 triumph implicit Austria to unfastened the knockout round. Italy goalkeeper Walter Zenga acceptable the erstwhile people successful 1990 with 5 consecutive cleanable sheets astatine his location World Cup.

Simón’s shutout streak started successful 2022 successful Qatar erstwhile helium entered a 2-1 nonaccomplishment to Japan successful radical play.

The 29-year-old goalkeeper faced lone 2 shots successful the archetypal fractional Friday.