Belgium took on Wales at the Koning Boudewijn Stadion with both teams boasting undefeated starts to their qualifying campaigns. Many would have expected Wales manager Chris Coleman to have adapted his tactics to a more defensive approach with the strength of Belgium's side, which he did eventually resort to as the game went on.
Both sides started off slowly in the first ten minutes, with neither side taking control of possession or creating any dangerous chances. Although, this would not last for long, Divock Origi almost went through one-on-one with Wales goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey, however Wales' defence protected their goalkeeper well and shielded the ball into his grasp.
Real Madrid star Gareth Bale had a much more difficult chance a minute later to put his side ahead via a costless-kick. He struck the costless-kick with power from 30-yards out, making it dip over the wall, only to be denied from a great save by Chelsea's Thibaut Courtois.
Despite this chance for Wales, the game started to open up more and more for Belgium as time advanced. Eden Hazard in particular was becoming a threat to the Wales defence.
Belgium's quality was becoming evident as a long passing move went from defence to attack as Kevin De Bruyne rolled the ball into the feet of Origi who flicked it on first time, putting Nacer Chadli through on goal, who was to be denied by a fantastic save from Hennessey.
Three minutes later Belgium went close to scoring again. Kevin De Bruyne's corner was headed down to the feet of Lombaerts, who struck the ball against the Welsh post. Wales were on edge as the Red Devils were in firm control of the game and creating chances with ease.
Eden Hazard continued to lead the show for Belgium as they kept creating plenty of chances and were playing with a great tempo to their game. Despite this they struggled to find the final piece of the jigsaw when it came to finishing of their chances. Wales' defensive efforts were admirable as the score as both teams headed down the tunnel for half-time was 0-0.
All that hard defensive work by Wales was almost thrown away as Hazard again went close to putting Belgium in front, as his shot was saved well by Hennessey. At this rate, it looked like it'd take something special from Belgium to beat Hennessey as he'd put in, yet again, another impressive performance for Wales.
After a spell of Belgium possession, Wales had their best chance of the game, as in the 56th minute Bale went on one of his mazy runs, beating three players and hitting a shot across goal just wide of the post. Minutes later, Bale was at it again as he beat multiple players to put in a low, drilled cross which Belgium managed to clear away. Belgium's defence couldn't handle Bale's direct running and instead were having to prevent the final product of his runs.
In the 60th minute, Wales continued to put pressure on Belgium as another Bale costless-kick was denied by Courtois yet again. Belgium seemed to have escaped the Wales onslaught when an elbow by Marouane Fellaini on Joe Allen caused a break in play which allowed Belgium to regain control of the game.
Just before, Belgium had brought on Christian Benteke to help find the goal they'd been looking for, whereas this didn't seem to change much in Belgium's attacks. Therefore, minutes later, they increased their attacking power by bringing on winger Dries Mertens for youngster Origi, who'd had a rather quiet game.
Straight away Mertens was involved in the action as he flicked on a pass with his head into the path of Christian Benteke, who couldn't find the back of the net but managed to win Belgium's sixth corner of the game.
Chris Coleman seemd to be happy with his side taking a point away from Belgium, as Wales absorbed the constant Belgium pressure. Both sets of fans were in for a nervous last ten minutes as Wales looked to hold on and Belgium looked for a winner.
Wales' great defending allowed them to counter-attack at times as well, as in the 83rd minute a slick passing move outside the area led to a powerful Robson-Kanu drive which was saved and then put behind for a corner by the Belgian defence. The following corner was cleared out to the edge of the Belgium area where George Williams clattered into Dries Mertens in a 50/50 challenge. As replays showed, it was clear that a clash of heads seemed to knock Dries Mertens unconcious, although nothing has been officially confirmed as of yet.
This increased the amount of stoppage time, and added to a tense finish for the Wales side and fans as they had to hold on for six additional minutes after normal time.
Belgium went close to scoring in the dying minutes as a shot was scrambled off the line from a corner by the Welsh defence. A well deserved point was earned by Wales after an excellent defensive display, on the other hand Belgium will be dissapointed with a draw.