Sport: World Cup 2018, Belgium vs England, England returns home with fourth place.

England has left Russia with fourth place after going down 2-0 to Belgium in St Petersburg.
ENGLAND has brought fourth place home after losing 2-0 to Belgium in the World Cup’s third place playoff in St Petersburg. The Englishmen looked dashed after their stunning loss to Croatia in the semi-final and allowed the Belgians to scrape a early goal minutes after kickoff.
From there they were playing catchup before conceding a second goal late in the piece to rival captain Eden Hazard.

Belgium and England both leave the World Cup happy to have reached the semifinals. Belgium may be a little happier, though.
The Belgians earned their highest World Cup finish by beating England 2-0 in the third-place match on Saturday. Thomas Meunier and Eden Hazard scored a goal each.

“These players didn’t want to rely on talent anymore, wanted to work as a team,” Belgium coach Roberto Martinez said.
“Their standards have been magnificent. They wanted to make the country proud, every single Red Devils fan proud.”
France and Croatia will play in the final on Sunday at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow. The French beat Belgium on Tuesday in the semifinals, while the Croats defeated England on Wednesday.
Meunier’s early goal matched a World Cup record for Belgium by having 10 different players score in a tournament, something only done before by France in 1982 and Italy in 2006.
Both Belgium and England were playing for the seventh time in 26 days, but the Belgians entered the match with an extra day of rest.
Meunier scored in the fourth minute, knocking a cross from Nacer Chadli past England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford. Hazard added the other off a pass from Kevin De Bruyne in the 82nd