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Surprised how strong Belgium look

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Didn't see the game but not a great result for Belgium. However they'll be happy to have salvaged a point.

Looking at their starting line-up compared to the game against Wales, Benteke (Villa's new £7m striker) came in for Miralles (Everton's new £6m striker), and Fellaini was dropped and replaced by Defour.

De Bruyne came on as sub but Lukaku remained on the bench.

That's it for now folks ..

 
Davey Baby said:
Didn't see the game but not a great result for Belgium. However they'll be happy to have salvaged a point.
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i heard they absolutely wrecked croatia, but couldnt finish to save their life

 
Davey Baby said:
Didn't see the game but not a great result for Belgium. However they'll be happy to have salvaged a point.
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I know FIFA rankings are pants, but Croatia is the 9th ranked team in that poll and today featured Modric, Perisic, Srna, Jelavic, and Mandzukic, so they are no slouches.

 
ace said:
I know FIFA rankings are pants, but Croatia is the 9th ranked team in that poll and today featured Modric, Perisic, Srna, Jelavic, and Mandzukic, so they are no slouches.
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They also gave a hard time to Italy on the Euros. They are a hard team to beat.

 
Don't see them being a major threat in the future (2014), better teams with better players in the past have failed to live up to the same hype. They don't have any proper strikers and their defence is pretty slow. Who knows though, in a year there could have developed some good strikers and got more depth at the back. None come to mind right now though.

It's teams like Croatia you should worry about, most of their players will be in their prime by the time the tournament kicks off and they have some great defenders and midfielders coming through who will most likely take part as well.

 
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If they had a top quality striker they could challenge imo. But they dont yet, maybe Lukaku will but he's very young still. Another problem they might find is lack of experience. I'd say its quite a young team without much experience in big tournaments. Top quality striker is their major problem at the moment. They're fine in possession they just need someone on the end to win them more games.

 
I think the next European cup should be a realistic target for Belgium. If they brought in a world class manager hiddink springs to mind, and played with a settled team for 4 years I think they have the personnel to challenge the world's best.

It's more than likely however that this golden age fades away through poor management and a lack of long term perspective, as many others including ours have before them

 
3-0 away to Serbia.

Top of their group.

De Bruyne looks a player.

 
Well, no surprise with that result but I would've at least liked to see us score. Onto Croatia now.

 
I really don't think they'll get more than a quarter final spot in rio unless the draw is kind but in 2016 they're in with a real chance

 
This wasn't a 3-0 match, Serbia looked better early on, and if they would have scored once or twice from all those chances, they could've won it.

 
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This wasn't a 3-0 match, Serbia looked better early on, and if they would have scored once or twice from all those chances, they could've won it.
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Yeah, I was surprised by how strong we looked and the chances we created (though it was at home).

 
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This wasn't a 3-0 match, Serbia looked better early on, and if they would have scored once or twice from all those chances, they could've won it.
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not to mention the third goal shouldnt have stood, since the player who scored it was couple of yards offside

 
2-0 at home to Scotland.

Benteke and Kompany.

Hazard started on the bench but came on at half-time for Dembele with the score 0-0.

Looking good for Rio folks ..

 
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2-0 at home to Scotland.

Benteke and Kompany.

Hazard started on the bench but came on at half-time for Dembele with the score 0-0.

Looking good for Rio folks ..
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What does Ferdinand have to do with this? :biggrin:

 
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Hazard

Courtois

Fellaini

Vertongen

Vermaelen

Lukaku

Kompany

Miralles

Kevin De Bruyne

Dembele

I have no idea if there are even more Belgian players coming through at this level, but surely they will be a force in the upcoming world cup? 

 
 
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