LIVE REACTION: Spain vs Belgium: Merino's Magic ENDS Belgium's Last Dance & Mbappe Is Waiting

VERDICT: Belgium's last dance is over. De Bruyne, Lukaku, Fries — their international careers may be done. And Mikel Merino has done it again. The Cooligans break down every moment of Spain's 2-1 win over Belgium — Courtois out injured, Lemmens in goal, De Ketelaere's shock goal, Merino's clutch winner, and why Spain vs France is already the real World Cup final. Plus Twitter meltdowns, YouTube comment chaos, stock up/stock down, the updated knockout bracket, and a full preview of tomorrow's quarterfinals: Norway vs England AND Argentina vs Switzerland. ⏱️ CHAPTERS 00:00 VERDICT — Spain 2-1 Belgium, Belgium Eliminated 00:48 Game Summary + Graphic Breakdown 01:59 Courtois Out: Lemmens' Gluteal Injury Disaster 🤕 03:19 Mikel Merino: The Closer Does It AGAIN ⚡ 04:21 De Ketelaere's Shock Goal & Belgium's Fight 10:34 Player of the Game: Mikel Merino 🏆 11:54 The Goalkeeping Error That Decided It 13:57 Twitter & YouTube Reactions (Round 1) 🔥 16:03 Stock Up / Stock Down 📈📉 📈 Stock Up: Merino, Fabian Ruiz, Lamine Yamal, Ferran Torres 📉 Stock Down: Unai Simon, Jeremy Doku 18:51 Belgium's Lineup — Was It Disrespect To The US? 21:06 Spain's Fullbacks & What Makes This Team Different 22:29 Spain vs France: Is This Already The Real Final? 27:00 Updated World Cup Knockout Bracket 🗂️ 31:00 Tomorrow's QF Preview: Norway vs England ⚽ 36:00 Tomorrow's QF Preview: Argentina vs Switzerland ⚽ 🎙️ The Cooligans are two New York Latino stand-up comedians delivering the brutal truth about soccer every day. Subscribe for daily World Cup coverage. #SpainvsBelgium #WorldCup2026 #LamineYamal #DeBruyne #Spain #Belgium #WorldCupQuarterfinal #BelgiasLastDance #WorldCupReaction #Cooligans #SoccerPodcast Who Are The Cooligans? The Cooligans are two New York Latino stand up comedians who love soccer/football/futbol/calcio and do live streams, podcasts, and YouTube content around the sport. Imagine if you walked into the best comedy club in New York City and two comedians on stage were talking about the sport you love. That's the Cooligans! Exclusive content:   / soccercooligans   This is where we put everything we shouldn't say 😉 Two full YouTube episodes every week: Mondays 8pm ET Thursdays 8pm ET ➕ Multiple weekly clips and shorts @SoccerCooligans Hosts: Alexis Guerreros   / notalexis   Christian Polanco   / christian_polanco     / soccercooligans   https:///www.instagram.com/SoccerCooligans/   / soccercooligans   https://www.soccercooligans.com/ Weekly audio podcasts: https://www.itunes.apple.com/us/podca... https://open.spotify.com/show/6Uxrpmg... https://www.stitcher.com/show/cooliga... MERCH: https://onthevolleyapparel.com/collec... About The Cooligans: Two professional stand-up comedy who love being funny about soccer, MLS, USMNT, US soccer, USWNT, Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga and much more. Alexis is of Cuban descent and Christian is of Dominican descent, two futbol POWERHOUSES in the Caribbean. Shhh, let us have this. We'll help you enjoy the game after the 90 min are up.