{"id":51090,"date":"2025-10-14T03:16:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T07:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/courtois-chases-rat-in-match-wales-vs-belgium-in-qualifiers\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T03:16:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T07:16:02","slug":"courtois-chases-rat-in-match-wales-vs-belgium-in-qualifiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/soccer\/courtois-chases-rat-in-match-wales-vs-belgium-in-qualifiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Courtois Chases Rat in Match: Wales vs Belgium in Qualifiers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F1014%2Fr1559924_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\nAn unexpected incident interrupted the World Cup qualifying match between Wales and Belgium when a rodent invaded the playing field.\n\nThe curious event occurred during the second half of the match, generating surprise and amusement among those present. The small animal, after a brief run across the Cardiff City Stadium pitch, was finally removed by Brennan Johnson, with the collaboration of goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois.\n\nThe rodent disappeared behind a billboard, marking the end of its fleeting appearance in the game.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F1014%2Fr1559910_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F1014%2Fr1559911_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F1014%2Fr1559921_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a3.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F1014%2Fr1559922_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\nAfter the rodent&#8217;s exit, Belgium won with a score of 4-2, consolidating its position in Group J. Joe Rodon put Wales ahead, but goals from Kevin De Bruyne and Thomas Meunier turned the score around.\n\nDe Bruyne scored again from a penalty, and although Nathan Broadhead narrowed the gap, Leandro Trossard sealed the match.\n\nWales is now four points behind Belgium and will fight for second place with North Macedonia.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An unexpected incident interrupted the World Cup qualifying match between Wales and Belgium when a rodent invaded the playing field. The curious event occurred during the second half of the match, generating surprise and amusement among those present. The small animal, after a brief run across the Cardiff City Stadium pitch, was finally removed by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[5030,9792,607,523],"class_list":{"0":"post-51090","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-soccer","7":"tag-belgium","8":"tag-rat","9":"tag-soccer","10":"tag-wales"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51090\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}