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Cyprus 0-1 Belgium: Hazard winner keeps Group B interesting

Eden Hazard scored five minutes from time to all but ensure Belgium's place at Euro 2016 with a 1-0 win over Cyprus.

Eden Hazard's late winner in a 1-0 victory over Cyprus spared Belgium's blushes and all but confirmed its place at Euro 2016.

Hazard connected with a Dries Mertens cross to seal a win that puts his team one point behind Wales, which would have secured qualification if Belgium had failed to win.

Marc Wilmots' side, which beat Cyprus 5-0 in Brussels just six months earlier, showed little of the free-flowing football that its star-studded team is capable of, but its quality shined through with Hazard's winner.