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Create a commenting name to join the debate, There are no Independent Premium comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts, There are no comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts. 6, One of the best performing Belgians of the first half, the former Chelsea man faded in the second period. 6, One of the best performing Belgians of the first half, the former Chelsea man faded in the second period.
7, Excellent in the first half but, like De Bruyne, was seemingly invisible in the second. A frightening force in the latter stages. Writes Shaun Walker here: For some commentators part of the blame for the insipid performance in Brazil so far lies with Capello himself. Yahoo fait partie de Verizon Media. pop stars to review each country's national tune, read about how there's perhaps more pressure on Russia boss Fabio Capello than most, sporting success of the Sochi Winter Olympics. The Belgian manager Marc Wilmots has piled the pressure on Russia ahead of the two nations’ clash in Rio de Janeiro, insisting that Fabio Capello’s side had everything to do and that his own players can afford to be patient. 29 mins: A few people aren't especially impressed at Lineker getting involved with discussion about tax and so forth. 23 mins: Ouchies - another clash of heads, as Alderweireld and Kannuikov bash skulls while going up for a header. Belgium are through to the second round after Eden Hazard inspired them to a 1-0 win over Russia, with youngster Dicok Origi scoring the only goal, Sun 22 Jun 2014 13.53 EDT
Was a commanding figure at the back and earned his clean sheet. Please continue to respect all commenters and create constructive debates.
7, While football writers will undoubtedly use his surname as inspiration for less than complimentary headlines in the morning, this was a decent display on the left wing. The most insightful comments on all subjects will be published daily in dedicated articles. I can just picture the front page of the Sun. Due to the sheer scale of this comment community, we are not able to give each post the same level of attention, but we have preserved this area in the interests of open debate.
37 mins: Seems to be lots of space out there. 6, Was impotent whenever he ventured forwards and lacked the pace to get back once caught out. Belgium 1, Russia 0: 2014 FIFA World Cup | Group H Match Recap . Russia and Belgium. One other issue for Lukaku, though, is that his even younger replacement - the 19-year-old Divock Origi - ended up settling the game with an 88th-minute winner. Belgium struggled to pick the lock. 69 mins: "Belgian royalty, and Fifa royalty," notes Jonathan Pearces as the camera pans across the dignitaries in attendance. Well, that hasn't been great. Alexander Kokorin’s poorly struck header went wide of the goal. A menace. His header though is inexplicably wide, or “fluffed,” according to the ESPN commentator. to get them out of trouble against Algeria, who did their darndest to give one of the live contenders for the tournament a bloody nose. Yet at least. Russia win a corner on the right, it's swung over and drops to Fayzulin about 25 yards from goal, who tries a first time volley that just skuds over the bar. 6 mins: Samedov appears to be back on the pitch, and appears to be compuos. Click through our player ratings below... Wasn’t called upon on many occasions but stood up firm when asked to.
From said corner, Fellaini's header goes askew. Victory over Russia ensured everyone's 'dark horses' are into the knock-out phase