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Belgium's 1st-half double stuns Brazil, sets Twitter on fire

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This was not how Brazilians envisioned the first half of their quarter-final tilt against Belgium.

The Red Devils stunned Brazil in the opening 45 minutes, first with a Fernandinho own goal in the 13th minute, and later executing a perfect counter-attack started by Romelu Lukaku that resulted in a superb Kevin De Bruyne strike to double Belgium's lead in the 31st.

The Brazilian implosion and Belgium's first-half dominance drew plenty of hilarious reactions on social media:

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