Off Topic World Cup Thread

Bloody BBC. Does Vermaelen play or not

Team news
Belgium v Japan (19:00 BST)
Belgium are back to full strength after naming a weakened team in the win over England - nine changes in total.
Vincent Kompany starts at centre-back alongside Thomas Vermaelen, the only outfield player to keep his place.
Premier League stars Romelu Lukaku, Eden Hazard, Kevin de Bruyne and Toby Alderweireld all come back into the team - while Thibaut Courtois starts again. Napoli's Dries Mertens, PSG's Thomas Meunier and Chinese-based duo Axel Witsel and Yannick Carrasco also start.
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Urge to copy & paste this into Hack Watch...
 
Apart from weaker teams, our half of the draw has the major advantage of all matches up to the final, perhaps even the final, being played in Moscow where its a lot cooler than Sochi etc.
 
Japan are a decent outfit and might, with a bit of luck, put the brakes on the commentators Belgo-Citeh love-in.
At the moment, listening to them is like a Manchester fan-zone. :emoticon-0121-angry
 
1-0 Japan. Belgium dawdling and not getting back quickly enough, plus a Vertonghen mistake.
 
Boom. Pick that out.
Martinez looks as confused as he always does when his team's losing.
It's a long way back for Belgium now.
 
Martinez needs to take off a centre-half and switch up the system. It's been wrong since the start of the tournament.
He's not getting the best out of his team, especially De Bruyne, Hazard and Mertens.