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As shown by Panama, England has just as many defensive vulnerabilities, if not more.

I honestly don't get some of the responses here. He's now playing as the ultimate puppetmaster, a bit more behind the scenes, but he's pulling the strings from deeper. In his current role for Belgium he'll be making less direct assists but more pre-assists. He'll be scoring less, but he'll be...

No problem mate. Just stated the facts, he made two pre-assists. It's something that's quickly taken for granted. The past season though, Kevin had the most assists, as well as pre-assists in the league. I'd also like to see Belgium go all the way. But they'll either face Germany or Brazil in...

Two pre-assists... Passes to Mertens who picks out Lukaku in the box. Passes to Chadli who picks out Lukaku in the box. The team is built around him. He's the most central player, literally. He has 3 to 5 players that he can pick out, all deadly in front of the goal. Hazard, Mertens, Lukaku +...

You mean his first match where he was MOTM and delivered a sweet assist? He didn't play much after that.

Understandably. Good night.

It's not about one player, it's about the consequences that followed. And yes, one player can be a catalyst. Especially if the consequences have a huge impact on your best player. I've yet to see your explanation except "they let us down".

De Bruyne doesn't need much time on the ball though, he can play in one touch and can rip an entire defense apart like that... if there are options in front of him to play the ball to. Take away one of those options, and the opponent needs to watch one less player, and frees up an extra player...

Maybe you should think about why that happened first instead of blaming those players. By starting Gundogan instead of Sterling, you replace one of the players De Bruyne can focus his forward play towards, by a player that operates in his space instead. What would you expect to happen? Not to...

It's quite amazing this is the first post i've read about Klopp, after casually reading dozens of forums, that nails it. Klopp is a one trick pony. If he can't play his game, he has no plan B, he is unable to change the course of a game tactically. He can hope one of his players makes the...

Yup, and central defenders are also the best passers of the game. They often get a 100% passing accuracy. And the guy hiding on the pitch, doesn't lose the ball at all.

Hazard is a pretty easy going guy. It's all good for Eden. In fact, that's the only problem he has imho. He doesn't have the same drive as someone like Kevin. So i doubt what you are saying here is accurate.

Kevin has always been important for Belgium. In the qualifiers 4 years ago, he was even more influential on the pitch than he was the past qualifying campagne, when he often went missing. But the difference is, that since last year, since playing for City under Pep, his status off the field has...

Belgium wins 4-0 from Saoudi Arabia, in their only friendly game (they chose to play only 1 game in order to give the players some extra rest). De Bruyne assisted one for Lukaku, another for Batshuayi, and scored once on an assist from Lukaku. Lukaku scored a second time assisted by Hazard.

De Bruyne subbed off.

Already answered. Nothing wrong. Subbed for Vermaelen. Two men of glass get 45 minutes.

And De Bruyne scores as well.

De Bruyne, second assist.

Nothing wrong. Subbed for Vermaelen. Our two men of glass get half a game.

Just added another assist: for Lukaku/Belgium vs Saoudi Arabia.