Re: WC 2018 QFs - Brazil vs Belgium

by zigra Fri Jul 06, 2018 8:54 pm

THIS IS A EUROPEAN CUP Molenation

by sportsczy Fri Jul 06, 2018 8:54 pm

Again.... France are taking this. Absolutely no midfield and Brazil was incredibly clumsy in front of goal.

by sportsczy Fri Jul 06, 2018 8:55 pm

I mean ffs... Chadli, Witsel and Fellaini lol.

by Art Morte Fri Jul 06, 2018 8:55 pm

Have Brasil ever had a striker at a World Cup who's started all their games and not scored a goal?

by Guest Fri Jul 06, 2018 8:56 pm

jesus christ

by sportsczy Fri Jul 06, 2018 8:56 pm

Art Morte wrote:Have Brasil ever had a striker at a World Cup who's started all their games and not scored a goal?

Not that I remember.

by zigra Fri Jul 06, 2018 8:56 pm

Betty La Fea wrote:Jesus is the better striker than Firmino. Its clear to anybody who watches games.

In a world in which strikers don't need to score goals.. sure.

by BarcaLearning Fri Jul 06, 2018 8:57 pm

WOOO OHOOOOO BELGIUMMM~~!!!!

Hazards fitness is amazing, hes so vital in keeping the ball at least and countering...

So happy to see this team wiht potential finally perform and knocked out the favourites, now they are the favourites with France.

by Firenze Fri Jul 06, 2018 8:58 pm

Art Morte wrote:Have Brasil ever had a striker at a World Cup who's started all their games and not scored a goal?

@ChemicalGirl

by FennecFox7 Fri Jul 06, 2018 8:58 pm

very impressed with lukaku. he may not score but he isn't the donkey he once was. opened up tons of space for belgium to exploit

by farfan Fri Jul 06, 2018 8:59 pm

Kebab wrote:
farfan wrote:
Kebab wrote:f.ck this generation.fck evolution. small teams play better than big teams. no respect for big teams. i miss 90s

France was viewed in the early 80's the same way Belgium is viewed today.
Spain was considered a big joke until their golden generation in 2008.

Maybe you're just witnessing Belgium becoming a " big team " .

Ohh really? Now i remember it . Before that i dont remember. So france was a small team like belgium?

i cant understand how these shit teams improve and become big teams

Yes, you dum dum :facepalm:

before 1982 France hadn't made it past the group stage in 24 years. We also had 0 finals and failed to qualify to every single Euro since the very first one.

We were actually more irrelevant than Belgium are now.

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Fri Jul 06, 2018 9:00 pm

Thought Brazil were really unlucky tbh Laughing

Kind of expecting France to beat Belgium tbh but at least they give themselves a chance by not playing De Bruyne alongside Witsel in front of a back 3.

by Unique Fri Jul 06, 2018 9:02 pm

bel-gum have the world cup now imo. martinez wins the world cup ffs.

by Kebab Fri Jul 06, 2018 9:02 pm

Despite losing Brazil played brilliant (compared to Argentina). No back passes no side passes, great understanding and great players everywhere. fk you sampaoli, even iran had better team than you

by zigra Fri Jul 06, 2018 9:03 pm

France absolutely should beat this team. Brasil should have scored more than 1 goal as well.

by RealGunner Fri Jul 06, 2018 9:03 pm

EPL experienced players came through for Beglium.

best league in the world.

by Kebab Fri Jul 06, 2018 9:04 pm

farfan wrote:
Kebab wrote:
farfan wrote:

France was viewed in the early 80's the same way Belgium is viewed today.
Spain was considered a big joke until their golden generation in 2008.

Maybe you're just witnessing Belgium becoming a " big team " .

Ohh really? Now i remember it . Before that i dont remember. So france was a small team like belgium?

i cant understand how these shit teams improve and become big teams

Yes, you dum dum before 1982 France hadn't made it past the group stage in 24 years. We also had 0 finals and failed to qualify to every single Euro since the very first one.

We were actually more irrelevant than Belgium are now.

great. lets see who is the true scrub in the next round

by Unique Fri Jul 06, 2018 9:04 pm

Art Morte wrote:Have Brasil ever had a striker at a World Cup who's started all their games and not scored a goal?

yep. jesus cheers

by RealGunner Fri Jul 06, 2018 9:08 pm

This game showed the best and the worst of martinez lol.

Guy set up his team to destroy Brazil. First half they should have ended it. But then he literally lost the plot and had no idea what to do till the 85th minute.

Fellaini was incredible but Hazard MOTM by far.

And about Brazil. This generation (starting from 2014) is arguably one of their worst ever.

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Fri Jul 06, 2018 9:10 pm

Even in the first half they were incredibly lucky, Brazil should have scored multiple times.

Never seen such wasteful play over 90 minutes in my life.

by Jay29 Fri Jul 06, 2018 9:11 pm

The last team to beat Roberto Martinez in a competitive game was... Sunderland. rofl

Fair play. He's doing a good job with this team despite nobody thinking he can. It's not always straightforward but he's got their attackers firing and that's getting them through.

by Doc Fri Jul 06, 2018 9:11 pm

Really? I would have given Conetois or KDB motm but Hazard, in those last 10 minutes, played a smart game. Having a nice WC, no more casper games for him.

by Kebab Fri Jul 06, 2018 9:12 pm

European teams are well organized and their defense are best. south americans are best in attack. but in the end defense and parked busses wins. like pele said "defense wins cups"

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Fri Jul 06, 2018 9:13 pm

Doc wrote:Really? I would have given Conetois or KDB motm but Hazard, in those last 10 minutes, played a smart game. Having a nice WC, no more casper games for him.

Hazard was really good IMO, De Bruyne obviously more impactful with the goal but Hazard had some really nice dribbling and created a lot of chances.

Probably the most involved Belgium player IMO, also shout out to Lukaku on De Bruyne's goal with a fantastic run.

by Art Morte Fri Jul 06, 2018 9:14 pm

RealGunner wrote:
And about Brazil. This generation (starting from 2014) is arguably one of their worst ever.

Last WC they had Fred starting up top and now Jesus, it's like they're producing only street footballers with fancy tricks and no goalscorers.

by zigra Fri Jul 06, 2018 9:14 pm

Kebab wrote:European teams are well organized and their defense are best. south americans are best in attack. but in the end defense and parked busses wins. like pele said "defense wins cups"

Lol no. The best attacking team is France.
Best team at parking the bus was probably Uruguay. Maybe Sweden can compete.

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