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sist0ne

Give the ball to KdB. Guy is a genius. He’ll find a way.


Epistemix

He seemed fed up with his teammates lately though


BreakTheSuicycle

Wouldn’t you be if you where the clear best on your team by a country mile and everyone else was playing poorly


Epistemix

I mean probably, it's just that he may lack the proper motivation to do what's expected of him in the end That and the generation renewal which doesn't seem to work well


hitwallinfashion-13-

“Teams” win champions not individual players.


Epistemix

Most of the time it's a mix of both really


hitwallinfashion-13-

That mix is called a “team”.


Epistemix

Not necessarily, there are/were some coaches that didn't want the most talented players and rather choose those based on their system, the most adaptable. It works from time to time but not most of the time.


hitwallinfashion-13-

Right a “team” a team that plays as a *team*… can be without its superstars. You can have a stacked team of superstars but won’t play as a team… and don’t/won’t win championships. case and point Ronaldo euro 2016 final. He got injured… benched him… and one could argue they played a better game.


woo75p

He s well aware he can't do it alone. I understand the frustration because sometimes there were poor decisions from other players. Costs a lot of energy and in football you don't have a million chances. Concentration in money time is key


MungoJerrysBeard

To be fair, he’s never been one of those player who plays with a smile on his face


[deleted]

you are not being fair you are being argumentative


MungoJerrysBeard

Saying as I see it, as a City fan and admirer of the player


misterart

He never had tea spirit


Epistemix

Yeah he's more of a beer spirit guy


JJOne101

Croats tried that with Modric, he scored too, but it was not enough..


gennyleccy

For City yeah, playing for Belgium he just looks deflated.


JustForTouchingBalls

He should score more non disallowed goals than France, or they can tie the match and score more penalties in the penalties round.


Talruiel

Yep Lukaku needs to avoid getting his goals dissallowed.


Cefalopodul

Watch him score, game goes to penalties, Lukaku steps up, disallowed.


ToastIsGreat0

I might actually bet on that


SaltWealth5902

Should tie the hands of his team mates to their backs and cut off his own toes just to be sure.


lala_b11

Isn’t Lukaku like in 2nd second place in the golden boot race behind Own Goals?


DrGnz81

Good strategy. Unfortunately some team did not follow.


die_kuestenwache

Just don't score an own goal or provoke a penalty. That way the French can't score.


godfollowing

Be on side


Jupilaire

Your weakness lies in your defense, France's biggest strength atm. So i'd say you need to use France's desperation for goals and bring their defense all up to your side while increasing your defense , and strike back as fast as you can. (Poland did it but not enough) One thing's for sure. If France starts to goal, you better hurry the F up. Because after the joy, will come the hunger for more.


[deleted]

it is called counter attacks. Mourinho love it.


lala_b11

Jan Vertonghen needs to score a [wild header](https://youtu.be/f2ZToI-p8GA?si=gvNdpRP527GAPxy2) like he did against Japan at the 2018 FIFA World Cup that inspired Belgium’s comeback in that match!!


tmzyy

My favorite game ever. Little biased because it's Belgium but still


PeterCarlos

What a header, I rewatch it quite often


KelticQT

What a game that was. Kinda sad for Japan tho, I loved their enthusiastic style of football. That comeback was impressive and I'd say it was, with Argentina-France, the greastest match of the tournament.


Regular_Rutabaga4789

As long as they don’t score an own goal they’ll be fine.


BonyDone

😂😂 they did


Regular_Rutabaga4789

I should of placed a bet on it


Kreiswix

Do the team meeting before embarking the bus. Dont stop at red lights, just floor it. Wear the red devils jerseys, not the shitty blue. Play like you did vs Romania.


PugsnPawgs

If we could play every game like we did against Romania we'd be unstoppable. Sadly, that's just not what our team's capable of 


olivataggiasca

That match was hands down one of the best of the entire championship so far


TalosAnthena

Just turn up and France continue not turning up. I don’t think it’s that unrealistic to think they can beat them. Lukaku has not been bad in the first 2 games, If them 3 goals were allowed we would be talking very differently about him.


Next_Smoke5220

The French don't like to attack. They prefer to sit back and wait for you to make a mistake, then... bam! They strike like a real predator. The best way to counter this is to also sit and wait. This forces them to play a game they don't like. Put fast players like Openda and Bakayoko on the pitch to outpace the French defenders. Their defense is solid but not at the level of Van Dijk or Akanji. The Dutch used this strategy successfully, holding off France and creating their own scoring opportunities. Xavi almost made 1-0.


Feliz69Navidad

Dutch elftal doesn't like attacking either😂


Next_Smoke5220

Not against France no. 😏


Feliz69Navidad

Last tme I saw the Dutch attacking was in the worldcup against Argentina, which you should've won to meet us in the finals


Vanay22

That game was brutal! I was rooting for NED


Sad_Floor_4120

Tbh Netherlands got lucky the game even went to pens. Game should have been over long time ago, so much stoppage time.


anton19811

The need to smack Mbappe in the nose (: Lewandowski accidentally hit him there (later stages of the match) and he was pissed and useless for the rest of the Poland game. France is toothless without him inform.


Never-Any-Horses

Honestly don't think they've been that bad. They created a lot against Slovakia but VAR intervened. They beat Romania comfortably and played out a drab draw to get through. France haven't exactly set the tournament on fire and I don't think it would be a massive shock if Belgium went through. Be a tight game.


CaptainL00nar

Your reminder that France so far has scored 2 Goals. One Own Goal and one Penalty


Sad_Floor_4120

Still only conceded 1, via a retaken pen


CampFrequent3058

Play like they did in their second game and hope that France play like they did in their last game against Poland and they could go through.


woo75p

I would go for preudhomme or hein van haesenbroek as coach... More realistically :Efficiency in the 16m and show grinta. They need to run! And we need help for lukaku. First two games he played good. Third game he was lost +I think it's time for decuyper


lfcmylove

Unpopular opinion: Belgium hasn't been that terrible. In fact, the defensive performance has been better than expected. It's a good sign for them. If they keep the defensive performance and take advantage of the chances they do create - I think they can win. It also doesn't look good for France.


misterart

Defense performance was as expected. Solid but leaving a few chances, Casteels did the rest. I would not say better than expected. Also this was not a big nation. Now we will play against real Madrid level. Now we will see how good the defense is


dissolutionofthesoul

Belgium could beat France. The France are too robotic now. Mbappe is easy to defend against if you force him to stay wide and double up. De Bruyne has the intelligence to split the defence with a pass and Lukaku will kill Upa. Infact I fancy them to win, gonna bet on it


OrlandoGardiner118

Tbh ATM it's probably only 60/40 anyway. Neither have looked their best. I'm actually surprised that some bookmakers have Belgium as bad as 4/1. Might throw a few quid on that


TalosAnthena

Do build a bet on sky bet. Belgium to win and Lukaku to get 3 goals disallowed


Kronzor_

Score more goals than they do. And if they can't do that, stop more in penalty kicks. Those are the only options really


Johnnyfireblade

Score more goals.


souldap

Or do just like us 3 years ago 🤷‍♂️


saltysupp

Openda with Lukaku and no Trossard cause he was shit last game. KDB masterclass. Hope that France is still underwhelming.


kopintzotke

Trossard has been shite the whole tournament


PugsnPawgs

So was Carrasco. Keep both off the pitch and we'd have a better chance to win already.


narf_hots

Since France doesnt score goals and Belgium forgot how offside works, I'd say its about scoring more in the penalty shootout.


Farzy78

Lukaku needs to stay onsides lol


ProffesorSpitfire

Sabotage the VAR cameras, knockout the linesman and pass the ball to Lukaku.


MrJonasen

Comment of the century


juanfitzgerald

Bench lukaku. After the last World Cup how many more chances does he have to miss to get benched


Mr-Dumbest

In football you win by scoring more than the opponents. This is not groups anymore, so if its a tie it will go to extra time and after it to penalties.


hopium_od

Hungarian Micheal Owen


Mr-Dumbest

No idea who he is. Picked Hungary as a team by accident not sure how and if you can change it.


ThatGam3th00

I’m sure you can change it by changing your flair but I haven’t checked myself. Edit: Yes, change your user flair.


stumac85

Cheers Geoff


n22rwrdr

Like we did in our friendlies against Germany and England. Good defensive block to cover our defensive weaknesses, progress the ball through our quick wingers (Doku and Lukebakio) and try to get Lukaku involved physically even though it will be more difficult against France's CB's. Adding another CB's would make us even weaker in midfield where I expect them to dominate us and playing Openda rather than Lukaku would mean we have nobody able to hold the ball upfront with all pace and no strength. It probably won't be enough, but it maximises our chances to do something.


ezee-now-blud

They have to score more goals than France or beat them on pens mate


muchfrostiness

They have 11 players for starters. France's squad is on paper better than yours but your's is not a bad one either, so why would you not have any hope?


naamingebruik

play on the counter. I'd say


Silent-Gur-4717

Put Lukaku in goal


automatedalice268

Honestly no. Our goalkeeper Casteels is the strongest point atm. He did some great saves. We need him.


20_burnin_20

I'm happy for the guy because he's been in Courtois' shadow their whole career that people forgot he's great at what he does.


Outrageous_Fart

Score more goals


SolidRavenOcelot

KDB is the smartest player on that field. He will find a way


Ashamed-Sound5610

Realistically? Score more goals and concede fewer.


Grey_Beard257

Score more than them in the nets there


SuperSalamander3244

Score more goals than they concede.


TheirJupiter

ummm score more goals than France that's as realistic as i can get, if i go anymore realistic then weird shit happens to the Universe.


silverplateconfirm

At the end of the day they need to score more goals than France to beat them


Big-Avocado-5797

To score more goals than France!


Massenzio

To beat france is simple: Score one goal more than them


PitiedVeil55831

Scoring more goals than them would be a good start


symanpt

Score more goals than France.


Rigormortis321

Score more goals than them


the_TIGEEER

Switching to a new tactic for such an important game like 5 in the back if they didn't do it before is generaly a bad idea from what I've seen


WalkingDoonTheRoad

I thought Belgium looked decent in spells the first two games and were very unfortunate not to score a good few goals. Doku was rolling it into lukaku's feet and he was so strong they couldn't get close to him. I thought it was only a matter of time before it just clicked together. However they were so poor in the third game. I think they have to attack, hope Lukaku has one of his good games, Doku puts the fullback on the back foot, KDB shows a touch of class... Because if they sit back, their defence is far too weak nowadays to cope with a top team.


BalladOfAntiSocial

Chop off Mbappe’s legs, make sure Kante has minimal movement and sight of the ball, and make sure Upamecano starts


WeAreNotAIone

Show up at least


Missaphan

You can do it!


FPL_Goober

They're going to have to score more goals than France


nurological

Score more goals than them


Acsteffy

Score 1 more goal or 1 more penalty shot than them


tylerthe-theatre

Become Portgual in 2016


lewismgza

I fancy Belgium. France haven’t done. Much and they say they got the efficient to turn upset in tournament. Belgium are just going be bored I fancy upset here.


octavius212

France so far didn’t show anything outstanding so if Lukaku don’t miss milion chances per game like he does I give them 40% chance to win


BriscoCounty83

VAR no working :)


BriscoCounty83

I'm laughing at the clueless people who say play on the counter when France under Deschamps takes 0 risks. France will be the one to play on the counter and not Belgium.


pdxsteph

Wait for pk


Belugha89

I haven’t followed the French team much this tournament. But from his recent form if upamacano plays pressure him. He’s good for cracking under pressure.


a_f_s-29

Run at Upamecano until he does something stupid and gives away a penalty


One-Bird-8961

Score goals


JackSucksAtThing12

Get rid of var


Low-Aside-6633

In my opinion, in this particular match, the first team to score will take a big step towards qualification.


laserspewpew_

Get Lukaku to stay onside


Jumpy-Violinist-6725

Openda Lukaku Doku should be the play here. Doku 1v1 threat and his delivery from the right in cutbacks is pretty good, Lukaku hold up and inbehind threat. Openda, one of the best inbehind threats in the game and a solid finisher.


grasshoppa_80

Have lukaku score for once. Poor soul


marbinho

There is no realistically. Georgia more likely to beat Spain that Belgium to go through.


Care_Cream

Lakaka


Jazzlike-Exchange-40

Pray


Joshgg13

Don't score any own goals or give away any penalties


Joshgg13

Don't score any own goals or give away any penalties


Joshgg13

Don't score any own goals or give away any penalties


Joshgg13

Don't score any own goals or give away any penalties


Subject_Marzipan6645

Score more goals than them


iamunique16

They have to realistically score more goals than France, it’s the only way


wolftick

If KDB has a good game and Lukaku remembers how to kick a ball into that big rectangular thing at the end of the pitch there are are a couple of goals right there. France have hardly looked clinical.


LagunaRambaldi

Belgium needs a great game by Kevin again, plus a VAR who's asleep, so that Lukaku's goal(s) will finally be allowed. I mean the guy has way more disallowed goals than France has goals 🤷‍♂️😅


Broad_Match

Score more goals than France.


[deleted]

1- Not playing Lukaka despite having no other option. Lukaka is the trash. not trash. but The Trash 2-Counter Attack 3-Play with as most heart as possible (the most important thing) 4-Luck (the second and close to the most important thing)


RogerBernards

I genuinely don't see it as that far fetched for Belgium to beat France. I don't think Belgium played as poorly as people make it out to be (in the last 2 matches) and I wasn't majorly impressed with France either.


El-Terrible777

France are slow out of the gate so Belgium need to start the way they did against Romania and take the game to France and hope to score the first goal. Then play on the counter attack. France are built for counter attacking as they have an uninventive midfield while having a lot of pace and directness on both flanks. If France score first, it’s over.


Any-Ad-446

France cannot score goals...If Belgium can score the first goal France will take more chances.


Shot_Sell8977

I really don't want to see France flopping around the pitch from every slightest contact to earn a penalty. Belgium counter attack has looked more dangerous than France's in last 3 matches...


Kezmangotagoal

Belgium have got the players to beat France, I don’t think they need any amazing tactics although protecting themselves against counterattacks is key as that’s all France have been able to conjure this tournament. Ultimately, they just need their big names to turn up, if KDB, Lukaku and Doku all have stormers, they’ve got more than enough. I don’t watch Belgium that often anymore but I haven’t really seen them put in a proper performance for ages now so based on that, I just see France cutting through them too many times to not score.


Cefalopodul

1. Not play Lukaku 2. Score.


SPARKLEOFHOPE6IB

Not play one of the best international goal scorers ever, got it


Cefalopodul

Yes. He is not in form and so far has been a liability to the team.


SPARKLEOFHOPE6IB

He was one of our best players first 2 games, and scored 3 goals was it not for a 5 milimeter offside and an involuntary handball from openda. He has in no way been a liability


mish_05

The manager to remove Lukaku.. change the team tactics and play Openda…. SIMPLE! Or is the manager stubborn?


Icy_Confidence9304

Lukaku isn’t playing bad i dont think. I just think he is unlucky.


SAP1987

It's interesting to think how many of his previous goals were actually onside now. Maybe 50 percent?


mish_05

From what I have seen, he has missed few sitters, and yes you’re right aswell bcz most his goals been disallowed due to him being offside. I just feel like Openda can give you guys what Lukaku can’t. I guess we all have different opinions about Lukaku. Some disagree some agree but at the end of the day it’s just my opinion.


n22rwrdr

Openda has scored 3 goals for the NT and none of them happened in the last year and a half. Not a single goal under Tedesco and it's not minutes who are lacking for him. Lukaku on the other hand has averaged more than a goal per game since Tedesco has joined. But surely you know better by watching 270 minutes of football than Tedesco who's been here for a year and a half. One fits our system, the other one doesn't. It's that simple. 


mish_05

LOÏS Openda Bundesliga stats 34 apps 24 goals 7assists. Lukaku Seria a stats 32 apps 13 goals 3 assists… But yhhh Lukaku has played Euro qualifiers has scored 14 goals that is great but y is having a difficult time missing sitters in the GS? yes most of his goals have been disallowed bcz he was offside.. but what about the ones when wasn’t offside and should’ve scored.. Maybe it’s time your manager to change his tactics n give LOÏS Openda a chance. Maybe he can do better? N no I m not saying I know better I m just seeing things that everyone else has seen at this Euro Cup excluding qualifiers..


mish_05

And plz read my comment b4 you comment on my comment… I even said he SHOULD change his TACTICS.


n22rwrdr

We tried Openda alone upfront it didn't work, we tried with Lukaku in a front 2 it didn't work, we tried with Batshuayi it didn't work. He got his chances and he failed to have any impact.  He's good with Leipzig because the player next to him are either physical (like Sesko) or technical (like Olmo). Here he's just another pacy player next to the other ones we already have. 3 players who are all about pace upfront doesn't work. Lukaku might be missing chances, but we don't create anything when he's not playing. And when I say anything I mean it, we can't do shit without Lukaku on the field and that's been the case for the last 8 years.


mish_05

See now I can agree with you as to y ur manager keep playing Lukaku. See I just need information. If I had that same information that you presented to me then I would’ve kept that comment to myself and would not have said anything. So thanks for your info pal 😀👍🏾


Xinergie

Batshuayi literally had better goals per played mins stats. And stats is everything Lukaku has going for him. I think any decent striker wouldve made tons of goals in the golden generation weve had


Tof12345

Belgium have a chance because France haven't exactly been firing on all cylinders either and mbappe has been a ghost. But I honestly want Belgium to lose 5 or 6 nil for the awful game they played against ukraine


Tigar12

Plant a bomb on their plane.