Belgium vs Russia

Nuri Sahin

Capello hates Dzagoev.

bmcc10

Officer999 wrote: »

Belgium should throw on Januzaj...game is crying out for a spark

Apparently Wilmots won't play him because of lack of effort in training.

Nuri Sahin

ACTION. SOMETHING EXCITING HAPPENED.

Billy86

Twice in under one minute, two Belgians dribble through three defenders into very dangerous positions.

Then go w slow, safe passes to the defenders they just beat.

Hazard goes close there though.

McDave

Belgium are desperate. Their passing is awful.

At least Hazard is putting in some kind of a shift.

Billy86

And Fellini "only good for a header"... is no good with his head.

the incredible pudding

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

Capello hates Dzagoev.

Its nuts seeing as he had a good impact against S.Korea let alone the fact that he is generally one of the few good creative players Russia have. They need to do something anyway, Belgium are turning the screw.

Washington Irving

1-0 Belgium!

Nuri Sahin

Lols.

Origi scores, Belgium 1-0.

frisbeeface

Nice play Hazard

Billy86

ORIGI!!

That's goal was the end of Lukakus world cup.

abelard

Great from Hazard there

murpho999

Hardly deserved but Russia are awful too.

Belgium obviously mentally strong.

Hazard came good when it mattered

Pudsy33

Origi started that attack and ended it, good to see.

IvySlayer

Akinfeev beaten too easily?

McDave

Hazard!!!

Origi much more alert than Lukaku.

shrewdness

Twice now Origi has made an impact off the bench.

McDave

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

Did Hazard and Origi wake up Siesta Man?

To be fair to Belgium its a good sign when a team plays below par and still grind out the wins. They aren't showing championship winning form but if they get the bit between the teeth they could be hard to stop.

McDave

Billy86 wrote: »

ORIGI!!

That's goal was the end of Lukakus world cup.

That breakaway as well, even if it didn't result in a score.

AllGunsBlazing

Russian lads might want to think about seeking permanent asylum in Brazil. Putin no like.

Nuri Sahin

I had Belgian Waffles in the wee hours of the morning. Belgium were inspired. True story.

Sideshow Mark

Russia were poor. If their army had the same attitude as their football team, Crimea would still be part of Ukraine.

AllGunsBlazing

Origi generated some power with that finish.

Sideshow Mark

Sideshow Mark wrote: »

Russia were poor. If their army had the same attitude as their football team, Crimea would still be part of Ukraine.

Put it like this, if they were ran by the likes of Arshavin (who is probably one of the technically better Russians and is no longer on the squad) then Ukraine would probably be successfully be invading and taking over many of the Russian States.

Corholio

Deleted User wrote: »

To be fair to Belgium its a good sign when a team plays below par and still grind out the wins. They aren't showing championship winning form but if they get the bit between the teeth they could be hard to stop.

That saying is a bit of a misnomer though. You can play below par and just that, doesn't always mean it's a good sign even though you win. I think a decent side will beat them handy enough.

Still a fairly open world cup. None of the favourites flying it by any means. Germany looked only human last night when the questions were asked, Belgium are not living up to their hype, The Argies struggled against Iran and Brazil have flattered to deceive. Hollands 5-1 win over Spain gave a false impression of where they were really at. We may have a real upset at the end of this.

Jelle1880

We had a pretty good first 20 mins and the last 10 were good too, everything in between was horrible and boring.

Still delighted with the win, thanks to Hazard who decided to step up.

bmcc10

bmcc10 wrote: »

Apparently Wilmots won't play him because of lack of effort in training.

Link to that story??

twinex

Dozen Wicked Words wrote: »

Empty seats don't always mean teams haven't sold their quota, just means some FIFA hangers on haven't bothered.

Reasonable, I suppose ....and I cant fault their judgement, that was hard to watch.

764dak

I'm kind of disappointed with Russia.

vidor

764dak wrote: »

I'm kind of disappointed with Russia.

For me, they've been the worst team to watch in the tournament. Capello sure knows how to kill a team/game.