Belgium v Iran LIVE: Mehdi Taremi goal ruled out by VAR after Iranian national anthem loudly booed

45 mins Belgium can’t seem to crack the code here, Tielemans and De Bruyne are giving it everything but it just doesn’t look as though it is clicking with Lukaku.

Could see a half-time sub.

41 mins: Well you don’t see this very often, Meunier took too long on his throw-in and the referee as punished him by reversing his decision and giving the throw-in to Iran

39 mins: Belgium get a dangerous free kick after three consecutive rough challenges on Kevin De Bruyne.

33 mins: Ezatolahi receives a yellow card for a conspicuous challenge on Tielemans, grabbing the midfielder by the shoulders and bringing him down.

Hydration break: Met with loud boos, as the hydration break begins, Belgium will be mostly happy with the opening quarter, but will be on alert after nearly falling behind to a lovely bit of ingenuity from Iran

Taremi was a hair offside, but it’s a wake up call to Belgium that they cannot take their foot off the pedal for a second against this Iran team

25 mins: Iran gifted a free-kick and pull of a cheeky set play, with Taremi being slipped the ball just behind the wall and the star striker snuck it past Courtois who had no doubt been taken by surprise.

VAR is checking it now, but it’s a close call

22 mins: De Bruyne and Yuri Tielemans link up beautifully and the captain let the ball run down the right hand side, then fired off a powerful shot at the near post to force a save from Beiranvand

18 mins: De Bruyne is already running the show, playing some unreal free flowing football, they are just lacking that crucial final pass, once they find it, it should be goal time.

14 mins: Iran have found a response to Belgium’s pressure and forced a brilliant save from Thibaut Courtois who dropped to his right as a low driven effort snuck through the defence.