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

Fox all agree that Belgium will win...Do we need to watch? lol

 

You septics take roleplaying as Perfidious Albion too far.

 

So England has replaced 5 starting players with Phil Jones, Danny Rose, Eric Dier, Fabian Delph and Ruben Loftus-Cheek. Gone are Kyle Walker, Ashley Young, Jordan Henderson, Dele Alli and Jesse Lingard. So main guys like Harry Kane and Harry Maguire still start...While Belgium will keep all starting guys in tact. They are determined to get number 3 spot. Should be good game

 

Looks like Russia has a wonderful WC so far: good attendance, no big controversy, no doping scandals...

 

England can rest their entire starting lineup, but if they lose, they will be seen as a side that made the semifinals without ever beating any team ranked above Sweden. With its only other wins, not counting the penalty shootout against Colombia (technically a draw), against Tunisia and Panama. Under such facts, few will take England finishing 4th as implying they were among the top 4 teams in this tournament, when they will have lost to Belgium twice, lost to Croatia, and failed to beat anyone ranked above Sweden.

 

England's anthem is very short...

 

That means that they don't deserve even number 4 spot...lol

 

Harry Kane and Lukaku will fight for golden boot...Kane needs more pk to make it...

 

Game on, ladies and gentlemen...Let's go all out...attacking and attacking...

 

Damn...Meunier just open his account ...1-0...England's defense is non existent

 

England is so overrated...

 

Meunier,a sarter who just scored for Belgium, was suspended against France...

 

Fast counter almost brings the score up to 2-0

 

If Sterling was a golfer, he would have the ‘yips’...he cannot pull the trigger and has already wasted 2-3 decent chances

 

Whenever Sterling has the ball he screws up. Opponents must feel comfortable when he's in control.

 

I have never understood why Southgate has stuck with Sterling. It has seemed that Rashford would have been a better choice.

 

Huh? They most certainly do! Toto Schillachi won the golden boot by scoring a penalty for Italy in 1990. Where in the world did you read that? It's an official world cup match. The fastest goal ever scored in a world cup was Turkey in the 3rd placed playoff.