Overview

• In the 66th–67th minute at Cardiff City Stadium, referee Daniel Siebert halted the match when a rat ran across the pitch soon after an earlier stoppage for a Belgian head injury.
• Thibaut Courtois tried to catch the animal but it slipped away, and Wales forward Brennan Johnson chased it off the field to applause before play resumed.
• Belgium prevailed 4-2 with two Kevin De Bruyne penalties (18', 76'), plus goals from Thomas Meunier (24') and Leandro Trossard (90'); Joe Rodon (8') and Nathan Broadhead (89') scored for Wales.
• The result lifted Belgium to first place in Group J on 14 points after six matches, with Wales third on 10 and North Macedonia on 13 having played once more.
• Clips of the chase went viral, and Courtois said afterward he would have carried the rat behind the advertising boards and would not have harmed it.