New Zealand 1-5 Belgium Highlights, FIFA World Cup 2026: Red Devils Crush All Whites To March Into Knockouts

Hello football fans! We're back with another live coverage of the Group G match of FIFA World Cup 2026 between New Zealand and Belgium at BC Place, Vancouver on Saturday, June 27. Stay tuned for the live score and real-time updates of the match.

Match: New Zealand Vs Belgium

Venue: BC Place Vancouver, Canada

Date & Time: June 27, 8:30 AM IST

Referee: Adham Makhadmeh

The FIFA World Cup 2026 will be telecast live on Unite8 Sports network on television. For live streaming, one can catch the action on the Zee5 app and website.

The pre-match rituals are done and the referee blows the whistle to get things started at the BC Place Vancouver.

That's excellent football all around. Belgium's Kevin De Bruyne gets an immaculate pass in the middle of pitch, who in return lines the ball and unleashes a strong strike towards the bottom left corner but Kiwi goalkeeper, Max Crocombe anticipates the ball well and makes a brilliant save.

Goaaalll...! Belgium gets a 1-0 lead as Leandro Trossard pounces on the rebound inside the box and unloads a powerful shot into the top right corner of the net.

Belgium's Jeremy Doku drives past the ball past an opponent to the edge of the penalty area, where he composes himself and fires in a strong shot that goes just past the right post.

That's the halftime whistle and with it both set of players are heading back to the dressing room. The Red Devils are leading by 1-0 courtesy of a 28th minute goal by Leandro Trossard.

Goal! Leandro Trossard (Belgium) reacts quickest to the loose ball inside the penalty area and calmly slots the rebound into the left side of the net. Belgium double their advantage.

Kevin De Bruyne gets a rebound at some distance from the post but he still goes for a shot and to everyone's amazement puts the ball into the bottom left corner. It was a sensational goal by the Belgian star to get extend the lead to 3-0.

Goaaalll...! Finally something to cheer for New Zealand as Elijah Henry gets a rebound and he unloads a shot from the edge of the box into the right corner to get his team on the scoresheet. The score line is now 1-3.

Belgium scored two last minute goals to extend their winning margin to 5-1 over New Zealand. Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) leaps to meet a beautiful cross and pings a header past the goalkeeper low into the middle of the net to make it 4-0. Then, Alexis Saelemaekers gets past the Kiwi defense and launches a mid-range shot to make it 5-0.

That's the final whistle and with it the stoppage time comes to an end. The Red Devils thrased All Whites by a whopping 5-0 to march into the round of 32 of FIFA World Cup, while New Zealand are knocked out of the tournament.