Re: World Cup (2018) - Group G (Belgium, England, Panama, Tunisia)

by BarcaLearning Sat Jun 23, 2018 9:53 am

Missed the first half an hour... the final 10 mins or so Beligum seem really on top. So Tunisia did cause Belgium trouble? Gotta catch up the first 30mins now back Razz

by urbaNRoots Sat Jun 23, 2018 9:57 am

Belgium and Croatia are the best teams of the tournament so far.

Excellent work from Martinez to finally make this team work to their potential.

by Luca Sat Jun 23, 2018 9:58 am

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:
sportsczy wrote:Belgium likes to counter attack.... just how they set up. So Tunisia pushing forward is actually the way that they want it to go.

Weird why they would push forward though, against us they barely left their penalty area lol.

They have no reason to sit back. They conceded too early and on top of that, with the England loss they have nothing else left to do

Doc wrote:
Luca wrote:Big Rom ffs

I wonder who Belgium is going to choke against

You don't have to wonder, it's gonna be England.

That's not really a choke. I mean in the knockouts

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Sat Jun 23, 2018 9:58 am

urbaNRoots wrote:Belgium are the team of the tournament so far.

Excellent work from Martinez to finally make this team work to their potential.

They've played Tunisia and Panama calma lol.

by BarcaLearning Sat Jun 23, 2018 10:04 am

Certainly not that exciting teams to beat, but still cant help rooting for Belgium, they are really a talented team. If they show maturity and play to their full potential they have a good chance for the WC, considering other big teams have been unimpressive.

by Nishankly Sat Jun 23, 2018 10:10 am

Firenze wrote:Lukaku 4
Firmino 4 (minutes)

Can't wait for Lukayku to knock you out coz he's a scrub killer Proud

by Mr Nick09 Sat Jun 23, 2018 10:13 am

this Belgium team is... not sure they cant be trusted to go far. They are eating waves of attacks from Tunisia, and this game would be closer if Tunisia had quality up front.

Belgium defending is amateurish, Witsel-DeBruyne is comically bad at covering the rest of the team

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Sat Jun 23, 2018 10:16 am

Witsel- De Bruyne CM against a team who plays 3 midfielders, two wing backs and two forwards Proud

Can't wait.

by zigra Sat Jun 23, 2018 10:26 am

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:
urbaNRoots wrote:Belgium are the team of the tournament so far.

Excellent work from Martinez to finally make this team work to their potential.

They've played Tunisia and Panama calma lol.

At least they didn't struggle against scrubs. Already better than a few other of the so called top teams. But yeah, not exactly a big test for them.

by BarcaLearning Sat Jun 23, 2018 10:28 am

In that case let them be one of those teams that will outscore the opposition no matter how many they concede Razz

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Sat Jun 23, 2018 10:28 am

Can't wait to smash them tbh, Gareth SouthGOD has my complete faith he can banish the Waffle making melts.

by BarcaLearning Sat Jun 23, 2018 10:30 am

That no.2 defender's defending for that chance, really does look amateurish....

by Jay29 Sat Jun 23, 2018 10:30 am

Belgium now resemble a Martinez team.

A dangerous attack, but a wide open midfield, a dodgy defence and an all-round lack of control over the opposition.

The best thing they're doing is getting the most out of their attackers and that's enough to make short work of the weaker teams. They'll be a threat to stronger teams, too, but they'll give up chances for sure.

by juvealbanian Sat Jun 23, 2018 10:38 am

Choosing Witsel over Nainggolan will prove costly once Belgium faces a big team.Also they don't have decent wingbacks which would have allowed them some tactical change.

by BarcaLearning Sat Jun 23, 2018 11:37 am

Batshuayi had enough chances to be the WC top scorer so far already Looool Very Happy

by CBarca Sat Jun 23, 2018 12:26 pm

Jay29 wrote:Belgium now resemble a Martinez team.

A dangerous attack, but a wide open midfield, a dodgy defence and an all-round lack of control over the opposition.

The best thing they're doing is getting the most out of their attackers and that's enough to make short work of the weaker teams. They'll be a threat to stronger teams, too, but they'll give up chances for sure.

Kind of a shame because a Belgium defense anchored by Vertonghen-Alderwerield can be formidable (as we've seen from Poch). There is no reason they should be viewed as weak defensively with the right managing.

Then again, Poch would never set up such an expansive attack. Tradeoffs, I guess. But a very risky one for Martinez, I think.