Match Day Thread World Cup Watch

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lazarus20000 said:
That's harsh to say Belgium came close to humiliation, Japan played very well and could have beaten a lot of teams last night, but Belgium showed the quality and class to come through a tough situation. Croatia have been by and large, playing very well throughout the tournament. They felt the pressure in their last game, but they still showed signs of class.

Of course it a knockout tournament and anything can happen, but there comes a time that you have to play really well to beat the best sides. Who knows, maybe England will do that. We will find out today what this England team is made of.
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It was Japan mate, had Belgium not brought the grock on and gone long, they’d be out today and Martinez would have been looking for another job by the weekend.

Fine lines and all that. What’s important is getting through. Each game as it comes.
 
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Tobes said:
It was Japan mate, had Belgium not brought the grock on and gone long, they’d be out today and Martinez would have been looking for another job by the weekend.

Fine lines and all that. What’s important is getting through. Each game as it comes.
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That's why it's over 90 minutes and teams need to adapt and change to the occasion, Martinez did that to great effect. Compare this to Spain, who kept on with their tica taka and went out. The Manager failed to change the system and factor in Costa more, who was on very good form. That's why it's imperative that a team has a plan B when things don't go your way.

Belgium is probably my favorites for the tournament now, they can play great football but also change it up and play more direct, but have the class of De Bruyn and Hazard to do that too.
 
lazarus20000 said:
That's harsh to say Belgium came close to humiliation, Japan played very well and could have beaten a lot of teams last night, but Belgium showed the quality and class to come through a tough situation. Croatia have been by and large, playing very well throughout the tournament. They felt the pressure in their last game, but they still showed signs of class.

Of course it a knockout tournament and anything can happen, but there comes a time that you have to play really well to beat the best sides. Who knows, maybe England will do that. We will find out today what this England team is made of.
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The result matters, not the performance. Japan were amazing for 3/4 of the game, but couldn’t close the game out.
 
lazarus20000 said:
That's why it's over 90 minutes and teams need to adapt and change to the occasion, Martinez did that to great effect. Compare this to Spain, who kept on with their tica taka and went out. The Manager failed to change the system and factor in Costa more, who was on very good form. That's why it's imperative that a team has a plan B when things don't go your way.

Belgium is probably my favorites for the tournament now, they can play great football but also change it up and play more direct, but have the class of De Bruyn and Hazard to do that too.
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Don’t you dare praise Bobby. He doesn’t know how to defend you know
 
PJS - BACK AND BOSSING IT said:
The result matters, not the performance. Japan were amazing for 3/4 of the game, but couldn’t close the game out.
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Japan were naive and should have slowed it down and defended more, but maximum respect for playing the way they did, which was working excellently up until the Belgium changes happened. It was a great game and will go down as an all-time classic. Better to go out on your sword than on a wimper.
 
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lazarus20000 said:
I like Bobby, always comes across as a gentleman. But managing Belgium is a tough task, no ones been able to get the best out of them for ages. But so far they seem dangerous, but you're right, they do need to tighten up at the back.
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They have the players to get to a final attacking wise like we had. But wining the tournament they probably need to be better at the back defence wise.

Probably get undone in the final against brazil play acting not the football lol.
 
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jenners04 said:
They have the players to get to a final attacking wise like we had. But wining the tournament they probably need to be better at the back defence wise.

Probably get undone in the final against brazil play acting not the football lol.
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imo he should be retrospectively put on 2 yellows for each of last two games so he can't dive again or risk suspension
 
lazarus20000 said:
True they weren't playing well, but other teams weren't that great either. This World Cup we have Belgium, Brazil, France and Croatia who are very good, playing good football.
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Don't agree with those four being very good. No one as stood out imo. Certainly no more than anyone did two years ago
 
lazarus20000 said:
I like Bobby, always comes across as a gentleman. But managing Belgium is a tough task, no ones been able to get the best out of them for ages. But so far they seem dangerous, but you're right, they do need to tighten up at the back.
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nobody you mean Marc Wilmots whos an absolute clown when he had the golden generation.

The man was playing 3 centre backs and an average rb in every back 4 with a midfield pairing for witsel and felleini the dumb *****.

No wonder they were ****e
 
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BobbyD said:
nobody you mean Marc Wilmots whos an absolute clown when he had the golden generation.

The man was playing 3 centre backs and an average rb in every back 4 with a midfield pairing for witsel and felleini the dumb *****.

No wonder they were ****e
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Most of the Belgian team play for clubs in the PL top six, they really ought to be doing better.
 
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