Round of 16: Belgium vs Japan

[Jamiednm]

Japan churn out some decent players considering their national sport is weird sexual fetishes.

Fascinating country, Japan.

 

[Pittsburgh Footy]

Anyone else praying for a Courtois clanger?

OMG very nearly happened

 

[Huyton Layne]

Hahahaha Rom complaining the ball that was rolled in to his feet bounced up and hit his arm, somehow it was the passer’s fault.

 

[ToffeeTim]

Pipe down Courtois you overrated unathletic butter fingered statue

 

[Azza]

Bloody miles of space for Japan out wide. This is just crazy from El Clown.

 

[The binman chronicles]

So nearly karma wrapped up and served hot.

 

[Toffee in Jandals]

Japan looking dangerous on that left wing

 

[Rook]

Someone is going to spend evelenty hundred million of courtois.

 

[chrismpw]

Lols that 10cm-too-tall Cortoise couldn't get to that ball too easily.

 

[TheBlueGibbon]

Preferably due to a Courtois howler.

Nearly FFS.

 

[Huyton Layne]

Fascinating country, Japan.

Would love to go if they could move it a bit closer.

 

[Walken]

carasso doesn't seem awful or a liability, witsel tho.....

yeah you can't tell me theres a single thing he does better than Dembele, and any manager in the world could see this game is made for fellaini

 

[Osamabindiesel]

Japan are actually one of the better sides on th ball in the tournament. One of the few teams that look like an actual club

 

[tsubaki]

I'd have to think an African country would do it first, especially when the tournament goes to 48 teams

African qualifying is so ludicrously punishing. Enter more African teams and I'd fancy one of them to do it

Even ten years ago I'd have agreed with you, but there are only so many times you can see a potentially great side destroy itself (or be destroyed by the actions of others) before you begin to lose all hope.

Just look at that Ghana side of 2014 - they were better than the 2010 side that got robbed by Suarez et al, they pushed Germany and the Portugese all the way and yet went home bottom of their group with their two best players threatened with life bans and having almost gone on strike for money they were owed and which someone else had tried to filch.

 

[Mickey]

Bloody miles of space for Japan out wide. This is just crazy standard from El Clown.

FTFY.