PBP Thread: Match #47, Belgium vs England, 28 June 2018

England seems to have pulled a Helen Keller in terms of getting the ball remotely near the goal.

 

This defense is shit! Mertens having way too much open space.

 

Quarterfinals - Brazil or Sweden/Switzerland?

 

FT: 0-1.

Belgium wins Group G to face Japan and England is second and will face Colombia.

 

Did you folks know that Thierry Henry is a coach especially for Belguim's offensive department? I have to confess that Belguim's attacking game is one of the best in the World and evolved under Martinez and Henry. But questions regarding their defense still remain. At least for me. Japan should be no problem for Belguim. Most likely against Brazil in the quarter-finals we will learn how good this Belguim really is. Until then I will remain sceptical. They are no World Cup contender for me until I was proven wrong. How do you guys think about Belguim? Can they win it all or not?

 

If England is second, they face Colombia and avoid Bra/Mex in the quarterfinal and got Swe/Swiss instead...

 

The problem is Colombia is not an easy team like Japan...It's a gamble...At the end of the day, you have to live with the consequences for the decision you've made...

 

Garbage match.

 

Presuming they don't get matched up with Sweden and get savaged by Toivonon and his crew of Vikings.

 

I reiterate..belgium have nothing coming through..after this tournament..they are back to being garbage

 

After watching this game, I kind of agree...lol

 

Man haha, England better watch out because in my opinion football is coming home again on the 4th of July at Heathrow.

 

If u say so

 

After 2 long weeks of continuous games, we finally got one day of rest for our eyes. Take care of personal business and be back on Saturday...lol

 

@Kamtedrejt ... It's not Januzaj but here have an eagle salute

 

And about what you were saying that Belgium doesn't have any upcoming players. We are an 11 million people nation. England is five times that population seize. Do you expect us to have the same pool of players? And allright: Januzaj is 23, Tielemans is 21, Batshuayi is 24, T. Hazard is 25, E. Hazard is 26, De Bruyne is 27.

Okay we have some problems with young talent in defense but don't tell me that we will struggle at qualifying in 4 years. That's plain nonsense.

 

We Albanians are just cool. Everybody loves our double-headed eagle. Even the Swiss player Lichtsteiner made the eagle salute after Switzerland had scored against Serbia.

 

England just got scored on by Januzaj of all people. Embarrassing display from England ... only the one chance, an absolute sitter, and Rashford misses with the entire goal to aim at or an easy assist. Better win against Colombia now because this couldn't have been more obvious.

 

Batshuayi running to his phone to tweet after every game

 

Marouane Fellaini was over at my place earlier today to get some tips on Kaliningrad...

 

So will you lighten up a bit now?

 

That's a very misinformative statement. But whatever.

 

Of course. Albanians are proud people. We love to see our salute. Even when foreign players do it.

 

Despite the tackle on Januzaj, during training, before our opener you could see today Januzaj is a well-liked member of the team. Scoring against England must have felt great with all the crap he had to endure when he played in England.