It was a clash of the Titans as Brazil lost 2-1 to Belgium in the second quarter-final of the World Cup.
Tottenham certainly had a decent contingent to support as Toby Alderweireld, Jan Vertonghen and Mousa Dembele were a part of the squad.
And for Spurs fans, it was a great night as Belgium picked up a hard-fought but a well-deserved win over the Samba boys.
Fernandinho opened the scoring as he put past his own keeper to gift Belgium the lead before Kevin de Bruyne lashed home a wonderful second goal. Brazil had a herculean task ahead of them and they failed to capitalize on the few opportunities they received.
Renato Augusto cut the deficit to one as he scored a header past Thibaut Courtois but Belgium held on and the Tottenham Twitter account was quick to show their love to the trio of Spurs stars in Kazan.
🙌🇧🇪 Our @BelRedDevils are in the #WorldCup semi-finals!
👏 Congratulations @JanVertonghen, @AlderweireldTob and @mousadembele! pic.twitter.com/LCyiZXv6mm
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) July 6, 2018
The fans too were jubilant with the performance and here are some of the best reactions from Twitter.
Ehh give @NChadli a shout too guys!!
— Salt Lake Spurs (@SaltLakeSpurs) July 6, 2018
GIVE TOBY WHAT HE WANTS DAMMIT
— JK0793 (@jk0793) July 6, 2018
And we are now guaranteed that a Spurs player will play in the World Cup Final!
— MARIE Hutton (@marie75hutton) July 6, 2018
Pay Toby the money.
— VB (@VonBlade) July 6, 2018
how about a Engalnd v Belgium final with Spurs playing itself hahaha
— I Have A Dream (@vagara86) July 6, 2018
New contract for @AlderweireldTob and re-sign @NChadli please! #COYS
— Giuseppe Messina (@ea1gmessina) July 6, 2018
it blows my mind that witsel is starting over dembele….. witsel is absolutely trash. dembele would rule the midfield and never loose possession in those situations.
— yo (@ImNokturnaI) July 6, 2018
Way to go lads. You beat the tournament favorites Brazil. What a team performance.
— Aaron Pitters (@aaronpitters) July 6, 2018
DO NOT sell Toby
— Shiv (@shivch22) July 6, 2018
Well done Jan so proud of you and the Spurs boys!!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
— To Dare Is To Do (@2_Dare_Is_To_Do) July 6, 2018
CONGRATS SUPER JAN😘😘😘
— Manush Rafatjah (@rafatjah) July 6, 2018
Congrats Super Jan
— Dee (@deenalovemuse) July 7, 2018
Well done, Jan! Historic result! Hope your luck lasts until the final (hopefully vs the England A-Team). Good luck to Mousa, Toby and Nacer too.
— Jaymes Bryla (@BryHard2) July 7, 2018
