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Watch Belgium’s Michy Batshuayi score a goal against Canada in the 44′ in the 2022 Men’s FIFA World Cup.

SAVE OF THE DAY

Thibaut Courtois showed why he’s regarded as the greatest goalkeeper in the world against Canada. With Belgium in danger of going down 1-0 due to a handball inside the box, Courtois came up with a big save on Alphonso Davies.

Thibaut Courtois saves Belgium by blocking a penalty kick attempt

Belgium’s Thibaut Courtois makes an incredible penalty kick save after Canada drew a handball in the box in the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

There are those that will argue Courtois should have had to save another penalty in the first half, and they might be right, but in reality, he saved the only one he needed to and got Belgium the win.

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Before Canada and Belgium kicked off, FOX Sports analyst Stu Holden did the Alphonso Davies warmup on set.

Unfortunately for Canada, Holden is cap-tied to the United States (and retired).

Switzerland vs. Cameroon, 5 a.m. ET on FS1

If we’re to assume that Brazil is going to run away with the top spot in Group G — which feels silly given the amount of upsets in the tournament so far — then Switzerland, Cameroon and Serbia are all in a race to finish second. Switzerland vs. Cameroon is the first leg of that race.

Uruguay vs. South Korea, 8 a.m. ET on FS1

Uruguay might not be as star-studded as Portugal, but it has tons of quality on its roster and can feasibly finish at the top of the group, especially with all the noise surrounding Portugal at the moment. But first, it must get through Son Heung-min and South Korea.

Portugal vs. Ghana, 11 a.m. ET on FOX

After a disastrous start to the Premier League season with Manchester United, Cristiano Ronaldo has an opportunity to make everything right with a strong comeback performance on the World Cup stage — anything less would be seen as a failure for one of the greatest players of this generation.

Brazil vs. Serbia, 2 p.m. ET on FOX

Brazil saw its rival, Argentina, lose to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. It will be hoping to avoid the same fate against a much tougher Serbia side led by the striker duo of Aleksandar Mitrovic and Dusan Vlahovic. In any case, it should be a fun one.

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