3rd Place Match: Belgium vs England, July 14 [R]

Blondo · Jul 14, 2018

Belgium's ELO ranking post-World Cup ... + 120 points, gaining 5 places and now in 3rd place

England's ELO ranking post-World Cup ... - 34 points, falling from 7th to 10th place

Rattlehead · Jul 14, 2018

England joined Egypt and Panama, the only 3 teams with more than 2 losses.

Since FIFA count shootout as a draw, England statitstically has 1 win, 1 draw , 3 losses in their last 5 games.

Congrats to Belgium, a well deserve bronze. They're almost as good as France and I think equally good as Croatia. They beat England twice, beat Brazil, lost narrowly to France, scored more than 15 goals I think.

Yoshou · Jul 14, 2018

But 3W-1D-3L in the WC...

Terrier1966 · Jul 15, 2018

...and 2 of the wins were Panama and Tunisia.

Phillyspur · Jul 15, 2018

Statistically, England finished 4th, ahead of 28 other teams. Including Argentina, Brazil, Spain, Germany. That's a fact.

Philip J. Fry · Jul 15, 2018

Terrier1966 said: ↑

...and 2 of the wins were Panama and Tunisia.
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Not a big fan of England, but no matter who they beat to get there, a semifinals spot is something very positive, specially for such a young team.

Steve Page · Jul 16, 2018

Funny to see some fans gloating about England losing to Belgium twice and Croatia after extra time when their teams would have lost against those teams and more heavily. Especially Argentina who were thumped 3-0 by Croatia.