FIFA World Cup 2026: Youri Tielemans' winning penalty sets record as Belgium script historic comeback
Updated On: 02 July, 2026 12:55 PM IST | Sujay Shivalkar
In the FIFA World Cup 2026 match against Senegal, Belgium secured an impressive victory by 3-2. Here's all you need to know (Pics: X)


Senegal's Habib Diarra opened the scoring after reacting quickest to Ismaila Sarr's effort that came back off the post following Sadio Mane's cross. Sarr then doubled the lead early in the second half after racing onto a long ball and calmly finishing past Thibaut Courtois (Pic: X/@FootballSenegal)

With this, Sarr registered his fourth goal of the tournament. He equalled the record of Roger Milla for the most goals scored by an African player in a single edition of the FIFA World Cup (Pic: X/@FootballSenegal)

Belgium's comeback began through substitute Romelu Lukaku, who finished from close range after Thomas Meunier's delivery (Pic: X/@BelRedDevils)

Youri Tielemans then headed in Leandro Trossard's cross to force extra time before completing the turnaround with his record-breaking penalty. His winning penalty in the 124th minute and 44th second broke the previous timeline records for late game-winners, becoming the latest goal ever scored in FIFA World Cup history (Pic: X/@BelRedDevils)

With this, Belgium also registered another historic first by becoming the team to recover from the latest two-goal deficit in regulation time in FIFA World Cup history (Pic: X/@BelRedDevils)
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