Mirallas

I have to say though; I am emotionally too fragile for games like the one from last night...

Detail: Martinez made 2 substitutions, both scored (2-2, 2-3)

(BTW, I suspect Carrasco lost his spot in the starting 11)

I think you guys are overrating Columbia.

Meanwhile, Batshuayi

Just now, MikeO said:

I'm warming to the prospect of losing; what odds a Belgium/England final? Be interesting to see how the first elevens matched up.

I told my friends ahead of the WC that I'd maybe predict a France - England final. Like this, it seams plausible, cause if England loses, they're on the other side of the bracket from France.

shit  we scored

myeah ok, with these line-ups, England are clear favourites  

edit: plus I bet Cahill's relieved Mertens isn't playing  that was a regrettable moment....

edit #2 lol this is the first time I've ever seen an emote in italics.

Half of England and Belgium want their teams to lose

I think winning is the best option. England and Belgium are qualified and will face whatever comes out of Group H in the round of 16. No matter which team finishes first or second, England and Belgium are favorites to win their round of 16 games. Then, if you lost today, you will probably face Switzerland in the QF. If you won today, you're likely to face Brazil. What would you rather have: face Brazil as an unbeaten team or face Switzerland with a loss under your belt? If you win from Switzerland (or Sweden) you will go on to face either Spain or Croatia and I would NOT want to face Croatia, knowing I lost to Belgium/England. At this point, you have to take it from game to game, you can't afford to have your eyes on the finals. I'd say: whoever you root for tonight, better hope for a win.

7 minutes ago, MikeO said:

Brilliant, had to go out so was listening in the car.

Feel for Mexico though, first ever team to go out after winning opening two games since the days only group winners qualified! 

I'm pretty sure Mexico is through

edit: look

eh this sucks. Nigeria through and cocky Argentina sent home would've been a much better storyline.

I really really hope Messi doesn't get to score again.

Haha, if Germany loses, it's over

14 hours ago, tonkaroost said:

What was the vague statement from Radja? I would be pissed if I was him too. He's one of best midfielders in the world. 

With a lot of pain in my heart I'm putting an end to my international career. I've always done everything I can to be in the selection and to represent Belgium...Sadly enough, being REAL isn'tt good enough for SOME... And as of today, I will be the n°1 fan.

On 14/05/2018 at 22:24, markjazzbassist said:

what has he done with belgium?  would love the belgian folks to chime in @holystove @Mirallas .  i loved martinez but that belgium roster is stacked and they don't seem to be living up to their expectations.  but then again i don't watch them much, so would love to hear from people that do.

He's the kind of manager that, if he left tomorrow, no one in Belgium would probably notice  He's a bit of a boring type. That and there's this weird situation with him almost never calling up Radja Nainggolan, a really good defensive midfielder from AS Roma and his explenation is always "Doesn't fit in the tactical plans", which is quite obviously not the real reason. Turns out Nainggolan put a vague statement on his Twitter that it had to do with his (edit: his=Nainggolans) personality.

Let's remind ourselves that Chelsea once had Kevin De Bruyne and Mo Salah, but sold them off for €22m and €23m respectively due to being obsolete.

I just read about the news. It's getting comical at this point, as if EFC hasn't been through enough this season so far 

"Passion" should be shown in the game and not by attacking your opponent. So that incident was embarrassing and nothing else.

We may not have Lukaku, but we do have £75 mil, with which we could have done better. Rooney isn't really a striker anymore and other than that, we have no prolific guy up front. 5 goals so far... sometimes understanding football can be this simple apparently. 

No biggie! the game has still only just started!

I got a good feeling about this!

Well, it's a point nonetheless. We could've had none. Grinding any points we can get is going to save EFC from the danger zone

Sweet, a penalty, let's not miss it :praying:

Wasn't Niasse kicking the ball? Why the foul?

this sucks, dude :/ Go Mirallas!

EFC sure gives youth a chance!