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No great damage done for Gareth Southgate as the next KO match was his main target. Re the match itself - Belgium B team v England B side - IMO Dembele was the best player on the pitch literally 'smoking a cigar' and I think Fellaini 'opened' a few eyes' re the frailty of certain English defenders who really were exposed in aerial duels. Boyata also very good in the Belgian defence - seemed to 'raise his game'. I'm not a Fellaini fan and I call him 'the wrecker' but he did his job very well tonight with a few English players aware they were in a 'real physical battle'! Also big question marks re their goalie Pickford?? Dunno what to make of this lad - a temperament issue? The winning goal? A cracking shot by Januzaj who never really 'did it' previously with Man Utd and ended up moving on and playing for various footie clubs in his fairly short career so far. A very good goal all the same. So Belgium move on to take on Japan, a good pairing for them, but it will be a testy match v high energy opponents. One thing that surprised me re Belgium is the fact Martinez has a decent player squad at his disposal - a lot better than I realised!
Lastly, what about Batshuayi's goal celebration?? How funny was that kicked ball rebounding off the England goal post and bang on his head - almost a KO lol! He won't forget that celebration 'in a hurry' lol! Priceless!
No great damage done for Gareth Southgate as the next KO match was his main target. Re the match itself - Belgium B team v England B side - IMO Dembele was the best player on the pitch literally 'smoking a cigar' and I think Fellaini 'opened' a few eyes' re the frailty of certain English defenders who really were exposed in aerial duels. Boyata also very good in the Belgian defence - seemed to 'raise his game'. I'm not a Fellaini fan and I call him 'the wrecker' but he did his job very well tonight with a few English players aware they were in a 'real physical battle'! Also big question marks re their goalie Pickford?? Dunno what to make of this lad - a temperament issue? The winning goal? A cracking shot by Januzaj who never really 'did it' previously with Man Utd and ended up moving on and playing for various footie clubs in his fairly short career so far. A very good goal all the same. So Belgium move on to take on Japan, a good pairing for them, but it will be a testy match v high energy opponents. One thing that surprised me re Belgium is the fact Martinez has a decent player squad at his disposal - a lot better than I realised!
Lastly, what about Batshuayi's goal celebration?? How funny was that kicked ball rebounding off the England goal post and bang on his head - almost a KO lol! He won't forget that celebration 'in a hurry' lol! Priceless!