MATCH THREAD - Belgium 2 vs Algeria 1 - Group H - 5PM KO (UK Time) - Tuesday 17th June

[Brennan]

Big test of their credentials now.

 

[ijjysmith]

Forgot about Fegouhli

Good player him.

 

[wm02]

1-0 Algeria

 

[ste d' indica]

 

[bluemangroup]

Such a World Cup so far.

 

[West]

Soft peno

 

[toffeejack]

suppose that's good for my tipster head to head,

come on belgium, wake up

 

[matty1878]

Belgium have been grim but how mirallas isn't in there starting 11 amazes me

 

[toffeestillidie]

Bit baffled with that decision too .. have money on Belgium to go far this tournament but never had Chadli in any starting lineup suggested

Kev had more league goals than Chadli and De Bruyne combined last season, and one fewer assist (many of which were to Belgium's starting striker).

Very baffling decision

 

[nigelcoyb]

I was just about to say "they offer nothing teams like Algeria" oops!

 

[Dithering Dougie]

Terrible defending, even before this I had an irrational hatred of Vertonghan and him ruining my bet hasn't helped it

 

[Eric Djemba-Djemba]

Belgium would have scored 6 by now if Mirallas had started.

 

[neil999]

Soft peno

it was clear as day, vertonghen is ploppy plop

 

[Huyton Layne]

Why don't countries have a selection committee and a coach as separate things? Seems a lot of managers are good at one or the other.

edit: then again that just makes the squad better, bad managers can still bench Mirallases regardless

 

[toffee matt]

I think people tend to over rate Belgium because they see much more of their players on a regular basis compared to other countries.