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Star power BS and bias towards attacking players as usual.
Yeah just came to reply that he said himself that he shouldn't have got it. If you have to give it to a Belgian player then Courtouis I suppose. Anyway, trivial stuff
He said as much himself, something along the lines of he didn't think he was good and wasn't sure why he got the award
Never seen him so poor. His passing was fairly abysmal. A joke that he got motm.
KDB got MoM!? He was terrible (as were most of the Belgian players to be fair). Enjoyed watching Canada, hopefully they can scrape through
Belgium really have wasted their golden generation by having Martinez at the helm, I was actually shocked to see he was still in charge. Absolutely baffling.
Both Croatia and Belgium looked like jaded, past-it teams today. Can't see either of them doing anything even if they make it out of the group...
Unlucky for the Canadians, Belgium looked poor, maybe they'll play themselves into it,win their next game and they're in the record books,9 group win in a row,are Canada goose- d?
Fingers crossed that Canada still have something left in the tank for the remaining two matches. The likes of Alphonso Davies was out on his feet with about 20 minutes to go, but that could have been due to his recent hamstring injury
How is he still the **** manager.
Ah that's so gutting. Canada were great, galling that they're leaving the pitch empty handed.
Feel sorry for Canada. Probably deserved a draw. Belgium look an aging side that has seen its best years. Doesn't help that KDB was off it. Lukaku hasn't played many minutes, so I don't see him making much difference. If I were Croatian or Moroccan, I'd be feeling much more optimistic than I would have been before the game.
Belgium are bad, they're lucky that they only played Canada tonight.
This Canada side is such a frustrating team to watch. It’s like watching a team of Adama Traores.
That tackle should be a sending off. He scissored him out of it.
I thought that header was going to hit the back of the net!
Openda is having a good season. I can see him putting the game to bed.
Yeah they looked like a team that were relying on a first half goal to either defend or build on.
They appear to have nothing left, physically and mentally.
Must be exhaustion. They have been going at full tilt for the whole game.
Serious lack of composure and footballing intelligence from Canada now. Heart will only get you so far.
Ronnie Whelan has an awful negative miserable attitude. Still he’s better than Kenny Cunningham and his fake stand up comedy routine.
whatever happens tonight the Canada players have been a credit to their country.
ive said it before but I still believe Belgium have wasted a golden generation with Martinez at the helm.
Why are you shooting from there Laryea? Canada just lacking that bit of nous round the goal...
The lack of end product from Canada is starting to be much more obvious now. Just don’t have that bit of quality where it counts, whereas Belgium have it in spades as bad as they’ve been tonight.
Belgium are decidely crap De Bruyne might as well not be playing in the first hour. Canada much the better team. Belgium will be doing well to finish with 11 men.
From replay at HT, whistle hadn't gone when the foul happened. So the contact on the ball was enough to not give it, even though defender got possession only due to the foul
Whatever the result tonight, I think Canada have a great chance of going through. Would love to see them nick a point here though, at the very least.
Both Belgian subs now booked. Not what Martinez was planning I'm assuming
That's what I think Lineker said before showing an angle of the defender getting the slightest touch
Tielemans deservedly hooked.
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