RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL (AP) — Twice now, Belgium have relied on a late revival boosted by stamina and their bench to turn desperate situations around at the World Cup.

Yesterday, it was teenager Divock Origi, who turned a listless Belgian performance into a late 1-0 win over Russia, enough to qualify for the next round.

Belgium barely contained a reinvigorated Russia for most of the match, yet struck with a blistering late spurt of class and opportunism to turn a bad situation into a wild, fist-pumping celebration for coach Marc Wilmots and his team in the 88th minute.

“Why were we good in last 10 minutes? Simple, the others were tired,” said Wilmots. “The Russians were so tired they looked at their feet, and it offered us chances to counter.”

After their dour 1-1 draw with South Korea, Russia produced the kind of sparkle and dominance that most had been expecting more from Belgium in front of 73,819 increasingly restless fans at Maracana stadium.

With Belgian King Philippe looking on, substitute Kevin Mirallas hit a freekick against the post in 84th minute, setting off the amazing turnaround. At first it appeared as if late flashes from Eden Hazard would only camouflage a dismal performance.

But then the playmaker made a move into the area on the left and spotted Origi free in the centre. A pinpoint pass from Hazard and cool right-foot finishing from the 19-year-old Origi gave Belgium the victory.

Belgium didn’t play with any real authority for most of the game on a bright, sunny afternoon in Rio, confounding predictions that they should be one of the teams to watch at the World Cup.

Instead, it was Russia who applied most pressure in the second half and were let down by their blunt finishing touch. That helped give Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois his 100th professional clean sheet at age 22.

“We got the last pass wrong, or shot too quickly,” Russia coach Fabio Capello said. “The result was unfair, but the fact is we lost.”

Belgium moved to six points with the win, five ahead of Russia and South Korea. The Koreans lost to Algeria 2-4 later yesterday.

“Now we will build a party, but then it is back to work as of tomorrow,” Wilmots said.

Belgium could be considered lucky to go to half-time at 0-0, escaping a penalty in the 26th minute when German referee waved on play after defender Toby Alderweireld was late with a challenge on Maksim Kanunnikov in the area.

While most critics had been expecting a defence-oriented Russia against Belgium, Capello decided otherwise and the addition of 22-year-old Maksim Kanunnikov gave some zip to the team that it so badly lacked against South Korea.

Wilmots promoted his two substitute goalscorers from the 2-1 win over Algeria to the starting line-up and while Dries Mertens thrived on the right wing, Marouane Fellaini was sloppy and ineffectual in the centre of midfield.

Once Russia’s central defence of Sergey Ignashevich and Vasily Berezutskiy worked out how to control the Belgian passing combinations, momentum changed. And after the early massive cheers for Belgium from the crowd, shouts of “Ro-ssi-ya, Ro-ssi-ya,” took over.