In the world cups, destiny gives and takes away in the blink of an eye. Precisely this happened in the 1-1 draw between Belgium and Egypt in Group G activity, when the African squad was heading towards victory, Romelu Lukaku appeared and in 14 seconds he saved Belgian pride with the tying goal.

It was a goal of resilience, ambition and power from a player often underestimated, but who has always raised his hand in favor of the Belgian squad, saving them from a true fiasco in the history of the World Cup with a goal that killed the aspirations of the pharaohs.

Lukaku was sent onto the field in the 66th minute and in 14 seconds he was present with his physical presence, with his strength, to honor his status as the best scorer in the history of his country's national team, surpassing figures such as Eden Hazard, Kevin De Bruyne, Paul Van Himst and Marc Wilmots, who have established records in favor of the Belgians.

But the World Cups write those stories and for Lukaku, with a hell of a season in which he played just 44 games due to injury problems with Naples and his national team, Lukaku came off the bench to claim his place, putting all his effort into the playing field of the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL) in the United States.

Belgium started the game as a favorite over an Egyptian team that on paper looked like a victim, but in reality tried to disguise the power of a team that in one game is capable of looking like a favorite for the competition title and in another incapable of defeating this type of opponent.

But Egypt stood up better and knew how to handle the conditions of the match from the start of hostilities, playing with power and skill as did Emam Ashour, a winger for his country's Al Ahly, becoming a headache for the Belgians.

Precisely that player was seen by Salah so that, in a movement from outside to inside, he opened a crack in the Europeans' defense to send a right hand that was conclusive, without Courtois being able to avoid the damage.

The Arabs' goal seemed to be a burden on the backs of the Europeans, who only had one chance with a shot off goal by Kevin de Bruyne in the entire first half; On the contrary, the Belgian goal had to suffer when Zico's cross shot had the worst intentions, but Courtois saved his goal with a slap.

A decisive move for the Real Madrid goalkeeper who, before the World Cup, was on the verge of agreeing not to play in the World Cup, but it is clear that the team led by Rudi García, Jeremy Doku's teammate, needs him, who missed the last pass, had the last dribble left over and came to nothing.

But Doku and De Bruyne suffered the evil of the Belgian team, which individually can scare many, but collectively is far from reaching its best version, spoiling the efforts of Doku and De Bruyne, who became simple spectators in the first half.

For the second half, the matter changed when Rudi García had already relocated Doku to forward; However, even so, Belgium continued to depend on De Bruyne until Lukaku appeared, who, after 14 seconds on the field, caused the young Mohamed Hany to score in his own goal and represented the tie for the Belgians.