Update‘It wasn’t sexy but it’s good enough’: Belgium edge out South Korea for third win in a row

Belgium came into the World Cup with a side short on experience but long on flair and were considered a good outside bet after an unbeaten qualifying campaign of eight wins and two draws.

They have cemented their position as dark horses with three wins out of three and at the same time shown they have strength in depth by giving all but one of their outfield players a run- out.

But Belgium, a country of 11 million people squashed between Germany, the Netherlands and France, have shown little of the flair that marked their qualifying campaign and the way they ground out three one-goal wins has been more Germanic efficiency than French flair.

“It’s maybe not the sexiest football we’ve shown but we’re very happy with nine out of nine points,” Mousa Dembele told reporters after Thursday’s 1-0 win over South Korea.

“Every game we win we’re more and more confident.”