World Cup 2018: Group G [Belgium and England advance] Discussion Thread

[Calderyon]

https://i.imgur.com/v6D3W9N.png


Matches:

18th of June 2018

4 PM Belgium vs Panama [3] - [0]
7 PM Tunisia vs England [1] - [2]

23rd of June 2018

1 PM Belgium vs Tunisia [5] - [2]

24th of June 2018

1 PM England vs Panama [6] - [1]

28th of June

7 PM Panama vs Tunisia [1] - [2]
7 PM England vs Belgium [0] - [1]


Group G standings:

Belgium 3 3 0 0 9-2 9
England 3 2 0 1 8-3 6
Tunisia 3 1 0 2 5-8 3
Panama 3 0 0 3 2-11 0

[michael21]

England will win

[Nicky91]

come thru Red Devils :cheer:

[Calderyon]

Looking at team Belgium it´s hard to not see them win this group easily. England will give them a good opponent in themselves, but i think they will win the match in the end and thus finish with 3 wins after winning easily against both Tunisia and massacring Panama.

England might struggle against Tunisia at first and the first half has a good chance to end in 0-0, but i think they´ll sack up and find their game enough to get that one goal to win the match. If Tunisia gets the lead early, England will panic and be in deep trouble. I do not think they´ll have a problem against Panama though. Well in theory, but stranger things have happened.

Tunisia will try to bully and annoy Belgium and England, but they´ll only succeed in one of them. In the end Tunisia will get two losses and no points. But they´ll get an easy win against Panama.

Panama will have a tough job ahead of them and i do not see them getting anything out of this tournament in fact i think they would be lucky to even get 1 goal in the end. 3 matches, 3 losses, 0 points and quite a bit of goals scored in their net. Take it as an experience.

[Cherie]

Panama's first time at the WC the emotion from the players during the National Anthem :love:

[Nicky91]

nice to see the emotions from the panamese players during their anthem :hee:

[Calderyon]

Belgium is controlling the game.

[Nicky91]

but not scoring yet

[Denver]

Belgium are **** scared of Panama

[Shaun]

Not sure whether to be reassured by their lack of desire going forward... both could be harder to break down than we thought.

[Nicky91]

Belgium are **** scared of Panama

every right to be scared of the ones who had qualified instead of the mighty USA

[Denver]

Panama must be feeling like they won the World Cup right now? A lot of people expected Belgium to destroy them

[Nicky91]

Panama must be feeling like they won the World Cup right now? A lot of people expected Belgium to destroy them

Belgium needs to focus a bit more, on the finishing touch of their shots at goal


i'm so not a fan of their coach Martinez, Wilmots was so much better

[bots]

Many teams are slow to start in the first round. A draw between Belgium and Panama is a bad result for england because it will make them both focus more on their game against england. A draw and Panama have a chance to qualify

[Nicky91]

yes keep it at a draw guys, and then be more focused in the next 2 matches

[Crimson Dynamo]

Panama must be feeling like they won the World Cup right now? A lot of people expected Belgium to destroy them

plenty time to tank them 4-0

[Denver]

Ewww

[Nicky91]

:bawling: poor panama now 0-1 behind

[Nicky91]

so Belgium on their way to their first win in this group

[Calderyon]

Was a great shot by Mertens at the start of the first half. 1-0 to Belgium at 64th minute.

[Nicky91]

panama another attacking on for them now, as if they can score goals lol

[Calderyon]

Lukaku makes it 2-0 at 69th. Great cross from De Bruyne to Lukaku who ends it with a stellar header.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Great goal

[AnnieK]

Great goal....slow start but think they are warming up

[Nicky91]

so predictable :clap1: :clap1: weak defending from panama and a great goal by lukaku

[Calderyon]

3-0 by Lukaku at 75th. Belgium are tearing through Panamas defence.

[Denver]

Panama feeling the effects of an aging squad

[Nicky91]

panama is the predictable confirmed 4th place :fan:

[Calderyon]

Panama tried a sneaky long shot. Did not work.

[Calderyon]

Game ends in a 3-0 victory for Belgium.

[Nicky91]

Belgium wins with 3-0 against panama


now 1 hour and 5 minutes till the main event Tunisia vs England

[bots]

the bbc pundits are really building up the expectations for the england team .... do they ever learn :laugh:

[Daniel-X]

Petition to cancel it!

[Vladimir]

Well done Belgium! Good game for de Bruyne :clap1:

Good luck England!

[Calderyon]

Petition to cancel it!

Wrong thread?

[Calderyon]

England make it 1-0 at the 11th minute. Goal by Kane.

[Calderyon]

Tunisia equalizes at 35th via PK given by handball. Sassi scorer.

[Cherie]

were the VAR team on a toilet break when Harry Kane was rugby tackled to the ground in the penalty area :umm2:

[Alf]

were the VAR team on a toilet break when Harry Kane was rugby tackled to the ground in the penalty area :umm2:Must have changed channels, probably watching Coronation Street.

[Calderyon]

England makes it 2-1 in the stoppage time (91th). Kanes second.

[reece(:]

Didn’t think they’d pull that out in the end

[Calderyon]

^ Without Kane they probably wouldn´t.

[Mystic Mock]

the bbc pundits are really building up the expectations for the england team .... do they ever learn :laugh:

Don't listen to the pundits, I feel that Southgate seems to have the right idea of aiming for the Quarter-Finals which is possible for England, and personally would be something that I'd be happy with.

[Mystic Mock]

^ Without Kane they probably wouldn´t.

Tbf without Loftus-Cheek we wouldn't have had the corner which Kane scored off.

[rusticgal]

were the VAR team on a toilet break when Harry Kane was rugby tackled to the ground in the penalty area :umm2:

They were...they are supposed to be looking out for things like this. It was a more worthy penalty than the one given against England..:shrug:

[rusticgal]

England started so well...but after the penalty it all went flat...but they deserved the win even though they made hard work of it :cheer2:

[Cherie]

They were...they are supposed to be looking out for things like this. It was a more worthy penalty than the one given against England..:shrug:

It happened again in the second half, he spent 88 minutes on the floor with a Tunisian foot on his back :joker: VAR only works at times it seems

[MTVN]

Having now seen most of the major teams across two games I think we're going to bloody win this thing

[MTVN]

Germans will bottle it tomorrow no doubt

[michael21]

Having now seen most of the major teams across two games I think we're going to bloody win this thing

One game at a time

Now on to the final :dance::cheer2:

I already fill in my wall chart with England in each round to the final :dance:

[MTVN]

One game at a time

Now on to the final :dance::cheer2:

I already fill in my wall chart with England in each round to the final :dance:

Sunday is just a formality, 3-0 minimum

[michael21]

Sunday is just a formality, 3-0 minimum

I hope so :dance:

[michael21]

Also cant wait to see who we get in the last 16

[Nicky91]

today Belgium's match against Tunisia, if it goes to how i want to see it, we would see a better Belgium than against Panama, cause i know the red devils are known for growing into a tournament

[Vanessa]

Come on England 🇬🇧 :dance:

[Cherie]

Come on England 🇬🇧 :dance:

:dance:

[Nicky91]

england is tomorrow though

[Cherie]

england is tomorrow though

and...this thread is for all 4 teams in the group!

[Nicky91]

and...this thread is for all 4 teams in the group!

yes, first we get Belgium and Tunisia for today


i think if the belgians have analyzed their game against england, they should put the pressure on Tunisia from the start


England vs Panama tomorrow, i only can think of england winning, cuz panama didn't impress me at all against Belgium


but i hope my overconfidence isn't gonna jinx england though :worry:

[Cherie]

yes, first we get Belgium and Tunisia for today


i think if the belgians have analyzed their game against england, they should put the pressure on Tunisia from the start


England vs Panama tomorrow, i only can think of england winning, cuz panama didn't impress me at all against Belgium


but i hope my overconfidence isn't gonna jinx england though :worry:

I take nothing for granted with England tbh

[Nicky91]

I take nothing for granted with England tbh

that's the right mentality :thumbs:


just think of one match at a time

[MTVN]

Crikey three goals already

[Nicky91]

yeah i was surprised as well, i had missed the first 20 minutes

[James]

Nice half from Belgium.

[Nicky91]

3-1 at half time

[MTVN]

This makes me a bit worried for Thursday

[Cherie]

This makes me a bit worried for Thursday

same

[Alf]

Belgium are gonna get an extra days rest on us before our meeting. Not very fair.

[Nicky91]

Belgium are slaying right now, no rest days just extra training days for them

[James]

Bit of a strange Phil Neville vendetta against Tunisia's Khazri there. He was probably their best player.

[Brother Leon]

Meh. Finishing 2nd would probably be better anyway if Germany finish 2nd and Brazil first.

[Alf]

Meh. Finishing 2nd would probably be better anyway if Germany finish 2nd and Brazil first.Finishing second isn't the attitude we want. We want to create a winning culture.

[Brother Leon]

Finishing second isn't the attitude we want. We want to create a winning culture.

Give me Japan/Senegal and then Mexico/Switzerland to reach the Semi Final. That will do Winning Culture just fine.

[Alf]

Give me Japan/Senegal and then Mexico/Switzerland to reach the Semi Final. That will do Winning Culture just fine.Doesn't matter who you get, you have to beat the best teams to win it at some point in the tournament. We can't worry about any one team, you have to believe you can beat anyone.

[Vladimir]

Apparently Lukaku injured his ankle and might miss the England game.

[Nicky91]

i'm just saying don't underestimate Panama, anything can happen in 90 minutes


the ball is round, me and my family are saying



England of course is the huge fave in this match against Panama but fave on paper says nothing

[Cherie]

i'm just saying don't underestimate Panama, anything can happen in 90 minutes


the ball is round, me and my family are saying



England of course is the huge fave in this match against Panama but fave on paper says nothing

Agree, the heat will be a factor, it will be a cool day for the Panamanians

[Nicky91]

Agree, the heat will be a factor, it will be a cool day for the Panamanians

and england has the hurrikane who is a great attacking player

[Cherie]

Engerland, Engerland, Engerland Engerland nah nah :dance::dance:

c'mon England :worry:

[MTVN]

k0mLsS7Owxo

[Alf]

Decisions, Decisions

With us already through to the knockout stages, how does Gareth go about the final group game?

Does he protect his star players and give other members of the squad some game time? or does he ride the momentum wave that we're currently on, and stick with his best team.

[thisisdanny]

the ball is round, me and my family are saying

My favourite Nicky quote so far I think

[Alf]

My favourite Nicky quote so far I thinkGet Nicky on Mastermind.

His specialised subject - Stating the bleedin' obvious


Stole that one from Fawlty Towers

[Calderyon]

England was very dominating against Panama. Good job. The goals in themselves were also splendid. They just need to remember that it was only Panama that they faced and focus on Belgium next, which is their first true test.

But they still are lucky to have such a world class player in Kane.

Have to check the Belgium vs Tunisia highlights to comment on that.

[Nicky91]

come on england fight for 1st place in the group now :cheer:

[Nicky91]

i kinda expect england and Belgium won't bring their best players today

[Wizard.]

Footballs coming home!

[Mystic Mock]

Vardy and Rashford up front just doesn't fill me with as much confidence as Harry Kane.

Hopefully they do a good job tonight though.

[Calderyon]

Belgium 1-0 at 51st minute.