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  1. lamby

    lamby Needs a cold shower

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    Head-to-head
    • This is the first competitive match between the two countries. Their inaugural meeting in 2002 ended goalless. Belgium ran out 3-1 winners in a friendly a year later, Emile Mpenza scoring twice.
    Belgium
    • Despite this being Belgium's first World Cup since 2002 they began the competition as fifth favourites to win the competition, behind Brazil, Argentina, Germany and Spain.
    • Belgium are unbeaten in their last two World Cup group stages, in 1998 and 2002 (W1, D5).
    • However, they have only won one of their last nine World Cup matches, 3-2 against fellow Group H rivals Russia in 2002. They have also kept only one clean sheet during that period.
    • Eight of Belgium's last 14 World Cup goals have come from set-pieces: five from corners, two from direct free-kicks, and one from an indirect free-kick.
    • Belgium played out the highest-scoring draw in World Cup history exactly 60 years ago to the day of this match - 4-4 against England.
    Algeria
    • Algeria have failed to score in their last five World Cup matches, a record they share with Bolivia. It is 481 minutes since Djamel Zidane, no relation to Zinedine Zidane, scored their last goal back in 1986.
    • The Desert Foxes have attempted 71 unsuccessful shots during this period.
    • Algeria won six of their eight qualifying matches, losing to Mali and in the first leg of their play-off to Burkina Faso.
    • Islam Slimani scored five goals in qualifying, the equal-highest of African players present at the World Cup, alongside Ivory Coast's Salomon Kalou.
    • Seventeen members of the Algerian squad were born in France.
     
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    lamby, Jun 17, 2014
  2. ChilcoSaint

    ChilcoSaint What a disgrace Forum Moderator

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    Edited the title for you Lambie.
     
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  3. West Kent Saint

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    Hoping Belgium have a good tournament. I know they're not dark horses, but I'd like to see as many strong teams as possible in the latter stages.
     
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  4. Boss

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    Looking forward to seeing if "The New Bale", Chadli, can prove himself on the world stage and also it be a proud moment to see Bentaleb play in the world cup.
     
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  5. Joe!

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    Ha!
     
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  6. tomw24

    tomw24 Well-Known Member Forum Moderator

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    The new fail more like.
     
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  7. Joe!

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    Belgium XI vs Algeria: Courtois; Alderweireld, Van Buyten, Kompany, Vertonghen; Witsel, Dembele, De Bruyne; Hazard, Chadli, Lukaku.
     
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  8. ----HistoryRepeating----

    ----HistoryRepeating---- Well-Known Member

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    Be interesting to see how that lot do.
     
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  9. tomw24

    tomw24 Well-Known Member Forum Moderator

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    Penalty to Algeria.
     
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    tomw24, Jun 17, 2014
  10. ----HistoryRepeating----

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    Penalty!
     
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  11. - Doing The Lambert Walk

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    Penalty to Algeria!
     
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  12. ----HistoryRepeating----

    ----HistoryRepeating---- Well-Known Member

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    Gooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllllllllllll...................
     
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  13. tomw24

    tomw24 Well-Known Member Forum Moderator

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    1-0 Algeria.
     
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    tomw24, Jun 17, 2014
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    - Doing The Lambert Walk Well-Known Member

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    Belgium 0-1 Algeria - Sofiane Feghouli 24'
     
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  15. Dan

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    Ha, go on Algeria.
     
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  16. lamby

    lamby Needs a cold shower

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    As I said Joe no easy games!
     
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  17. Piri Weepu

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    We've been linked with Taider a couple times, haven't we?
     
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    Piri Weepu, Jun 17, 2014
  18. Joe!

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    As you said in the Uruguay v Costa Rica thread:

    And as I said earlier, Colombia had an easy game against Greece.
     
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  19. lamby

    lamby Needs a cold shower

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    Well a guy can change his mind. :biggrin:
     
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    lamby, Jun 17, 2014
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    This looks an easy game for Algeria as Belgium look clueless.
     
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    Tottonsaint, Jun 17, 2014
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