Belgium's Romelu Lukaku was the key to the most stunning goal of the World Cup and he didn't even touch the ball

Courtois rolls the ball out to Kevin De Bruyne, triggering an all-out sprint towards Japan's goal in one final effort to secure victory.

Moving with possession, De Bruyne sees he has numbers with five men to Japan's four, and everyone moving in the right direction.

With the numbers on their side, Thomas Meunier makes his run, sprinting towards space, hoping to extend the teams advantage and set up the game-winner.

When Meunier receives the ball, he's built Beglium's advantage even further. Now with a three-on-two, Meunier must only find a way to get the ball to the open man and end the game.

As it turns out, Romelu Lukaku would make it easy for him, pulling off a perfect dummy — a fake shot at the ball that draws in a defender while allowing the ball to roll onto the open man behind.

Lukaku knew that there was only one defender to keep pace with both him and teammate Nacer Chadli. Rather than battle for a one-on-one shot, Lukaku fakes his strike, draws attention, and lets the ball roll right by him.

On replay, one of the commentators would call it "the greatest dummy in World Cup history."

With Lukaku having done the dirty work, Chadli has an easy time putting the ball away.

You can watch the final sequence play out in its entirety here. On further replays, Lukaku's ability to hold off and trust that his teammate will send the team to victory only gets more impressive.

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