In the opening match of group H, where the Russian national team "foaled", the favorite of the qualifying "four" - the Belgian national team - met with its outsider - the Algerian team. Unexpectedly for the majority of fans, the nominal hosts opened the score in the game. The Belgian Jan Vertonghen on the 23rd minute of the first half in his own penalty box "flunked" the Algerian "top ten" Feguli. Feguli himself realized this penalty. The endless attempts of the Belgians to recoup were crowned with success only in the second half. In the 70th minute, the Mancunians midfielder Marouane Fellaini hit the Algerian goalkeeper with a headbutt, who had not looked particularly reliable at the gate before. Exactly ten minutes later, the goal of the "aristocrat" Eden Hazard put the Belgians ahead and set the final result of the meeting.