Belgium finally ends Unai Simón’s 650-minute World Cup shutout streak in quarterfinals

Summary by The Pearland Editorial Desk · Byline on the source page: Beth Harris, Associated Press, as published by KPRC 2 / Click2Houston (NBC) · July 10, 2026 · 1 min read

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Unai Simón’s impenetrable wall finally crumbled at the World Cup.The Spain goalkeeper had kept a clean sheet for a record 650 minutes — the tournament's longest scoreless streak — before Belgium ended it in the quarterfinals on Friday.Charles De Ketelaere got in front of Pau Cubarsi to head in Ti...

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