Belgium - Republic of Ireland (R)

Allez Diables Rouges!! Rode Duivels!

 

This game better be good ... I woke up early for this.

 

What a chance for Hazard. Of course he sky's it over the crossbar.

 

Belgians applying a lot of pressure, but no end result.

 

Not sure what happened to Hazard. One year ago he was probably one of the top 10 players in the world. Now I'm not sure he's even one of the top 10 players on this Belgium team.

 

There was a question about team unity for Belgium, but Lukaku went to celebrate the goal with coach and bench ... Seems like a good sign for them.

 

Ireland might have deserved a pen before the Belgium goal. Dangerous play by Vert in the area.

 

game over .... I'm going to make some breakfast

 

Gotta track the midfield runs. Cardinal sin, there.

 

Damage control now for the Irish. Could see another goal from Belgium I think

 

This looks like one of the groups that won't advance a 3rd place team. I can't see Sweden or Ireland finishing with more than 2 points.

 

Italy might field an under strength team as they are through

 

Which means those players will be fighting for a bigger look in the squad. Ireland would do very well with a draw.

 

Good to see Belgium play the way many expected.

 

True ... but Italy's B team will still be organized and tough to break down. It's hard for me to imagine this Ireland team earning more than 1 point in that game.

 

Here is the other thing. Our B team is really what we already fielded, but Conte has not realized that yet. Players like Insigne and Bernardeschi should be starting, and they are probably better than any forward Conte has fielded so far. In attack at least, Insigne and Bernardeschi will be trying to prove themselves that they should be starting, so I doubt we will go very easy.

 

lol we arnt you canadian lol