Round of 16: France 1 - 0 Belgium
Belgium are the new England. A team full of stars, on paper a real contender, but on the pitch just not quite doing it. With my Villa bias I was surprised that Tielemans was benched, they missed his incisive passing this afternoon. Doku ran about and threatened to look threatening, without ever actually really being threatening. Lukaku toiled away again, De Bruyne only had flashes.
France spent the match just wazzing shot after shot high or wide. Even their winner was headed well wide, before Vertongen cemented OG as the most likely golden boot winner. Cruel luck in the moment, but France were far better overall. Kante in particular is looking absolutely great. Tight control, bags of energy and uses the ball really well.
I'd hoped it would be a classic, but not so. Never mind, only an hour til the next one!
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