Guardian Australia · World Cup 2026

Tielemans’ controversial late penalty caps Belgium comeback over Senegal

· By Ben Fisher
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A seesawing classic of a contest had just ticked into the 122nd ­minute, penalties all but a formality, when the referee, Saíd Martínez, wandered back towards the centre circle to award Belgium a stoppage-time penalty. The VAR, Guillermo Pacheco Larios, had highlighted Lamine Kamara swiping away Youri Tielemans’s le…

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