Atalanta star Charles De Ketelaere has made history by scoring for Belgium against Spain, ending Unai Simon’s record clean sheet at the World Cup after 649 minutes.
The goalkeeper had broken the previous record set by Italy’s Walter Zenga, who had gone without conceding for 517 consecutive minutes during Italia ’90.
Spread out over two editions of the World Cup, Spain’s Unai Simon had managed to keep a clean sheet for 649 minutes of tournament football.
De Ketelaere ends World Cup clean sheet streak
It was ended by a wonderful glancing header from Atalanta attacking player De Ketelaere, who was acting as a False 9 for Belgium in the competition.
De Ketelaere scored his third goal in two games for Belgium, cancelling out the Spain opener that had been tapped in by former Napoli midfielder Fabian Ruiz.
Spain have conceded their first goal of the World Cup
Charles De Ketelaere scores the equaliser for Belgium
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He had also bagged a brace along with an assist in the 4-1 Round of 16 victory over the USMNT.
The winner of this quarter-final will go on to face France in the semi-final of the World Cup.