Rom has to do better with his header.
Day 19: Brazil vs Mexico and Belgium vs Japan
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Jinxed it of course
Route 1 football
Lukaku should have scored again. Headed it straight at him.
Crazy how they didn't start crossing more from the beginning, considering that on average, Belgian players are 3 meters taller than Japanese ones.
Hope this game never ends
Pretty sure if we actually looked up the stats, not that often at all? Not taking away from him here tonight but I rather suspect the people who like Fellaini have an exaggerated idea of the impact he's actually had off the bench.
Is that a snotter hanging in Lukaku's nose there?
I'd far rather see Japan get through here. Amazing chemistry and style. Belgium are just a bunch of individuals, reliant on a few crosses once they realise they aren't actually a bunch of superstars.
Some one score and win before FT. Don't want to sit through extra time and penalties. Have an early meeting tomorrow.
Definitely more than once but I don’t think it was a whole bunch either.
Same. I want another 30 minutes.
They can't defend crosses. Impossible to withstand the ET with Fellaini, Lukaku, Kompany and Vertonghen playing.
Belgium has never won a WC knockout game in regular time. They want this fact to go on and are waiting for ET to deliver the final blow.
His heading record is poor. Even defensively. He has scored some crackers with it but few and far between. Not really his game or he does not get to do it often I guess to be efficient enough.
That is the main reason he doesn't score much more. Whether in the air or on the ground, he hits the center of the goal too often
I do! It's not good for my nerves
We'll see, if it gets there. I think they will.
I hope Low is watching.
Doesn't make sense.
Time for Fellaini to put on the Moth-ra outfit and scare the Japanese in extra time?
Hope Fellaini got a payrise in his new, lucrative and well deserved contact.
Apart from finishing, he is doing everything right.
Most of these Japanese players are quite better than me at football, I have massive respect for them.
This will finally be one of these heartbreaking games where the underdog is going out undeservedly, right?
Playing with courage should be rewarded, but instead the opposite is always the case when those bus parking underdogs are more successful.
Playing with courage should be rewarded, but instead the opposite is always the case when those bus parking underdogs are more successful.
Come on Japan, you're becoming too kawaii thanks to this match to not win and make us cheer for you from now on.
Really like this Japan side
Did the scouts on here not say Meunier is a great crosser? Doesn’t surprise me to learn that he isn’t.
Im surprised that Belgium didn’t try that sooner.
He’s been absolutely brilliant since coming on, changed the game.
It's been a cracker
Same here. Just an amazing amazing game
Has Marouane commited a foul since coming on? Why can't he play this way for us?
I love this World Cup. Always host it please Russia.
Fellaini doing great. Again. Against england he was good and now
Same, their team chemistry is great to see.
Lukaku the new Heskwy.
This ref has been great.
Lukaku cross for Afro, can already see it