Our team is strong enough, and against Belgium I believed we could at least match them. Belgium came back from two goals down to win an extraordinary game, and a place in the quarter-finals, with two seconds of stoppage time to playI’m going to pootle off at this point. ... Technically, Japanese football is very strong, and we expect a really competitive team.
The midfielders behind them then move wide, which means that if the forwards don’t put pressure on the ball their opponents are left with a very straightforward pass down the middle of the pitch into their attacking third. 2 Jul 2018 2 Jul 2018 From the section World Cup Belgium complete a remarkable comeback as they come from 2-0 down to beat Japan and reach the World Cup quarter-finals. © 2020 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. And played in a wonderful spirit. Watch the 2018 Belgium vs. Japan World Cup Round of 16 full match held at Rostov Arena (Rostov-na-Donu) on Footballia "Lukaku scored the winner for Belgium in that friendly meeting last year, and Japan's Southampton centerback Maya Yoshida knows from his time playing in the Premier League of the difficulties the 25-year-old striker will pose. This seems strange, as a near-certain goal appeared to be prevented. And at that point I thought we might go into extra time. Today was about going through, and we did that. Belgium team is the well-balanced team and playing well in the 2018 world cup. Football is about winning and the boys showed an incredible winning mentality today.What a second half that was. Though they could have left one extra man back – as soon as Lukaku ran across the defence from right to left, bringing a defender with him, the entire right wing was unguarded, and when De Bruyne picked out the excellent Meunier they were doomed.Roberto Martinez – absolute genius/flukey fraud (delete as appropriate).Japan did brilliantly to keep Belgium’s best players quiet, and to threaten themselves. We saw that in the Euros two years ago. Belgium will be confident of beating Japan and reaching back-to-back World Cup quarter-finals on Monday. "The Manchester United center forward, with four goals to his name, is just one behind Harry Kane and firmly in the race to win the Golden Boot. Belgium 3-2 Japan (I... Belgium 3-2 Japan (ISL) Monday, 02 Jul 2018. International Sign Language - FIFA World Cup Russia 2018 2nd July 2018 - Belgium vs. Japan FIFA … And that really decided the match.It’s not just that we played well, but we had to win it. I really wanted to score another goal, and we did have opportunities. "It's a new challenge for us to get through, and hopefully we will make a new history for Japanese football. Even against the likes of On that last-minute free-kick/corner double-whammy:We wanted to finish the match, to win the match. Belgium coach Roberto Martinez does not expect any surprises from Japan in the World Cup's round of 16, as Maya Yoshida prepares for the challenge of facing a fully fit Romelu Lukaku.After beating England 1-0 in Kaliningrad to top Group G, Belgium booked a meeting with the Samurai Blue in Rostov-on-Don, with a place in the quarterfinals up for grabs.Martinez oversaw a 1-0 friendly win over Japan in November, before Vahid Halilhodzic was let go and replaced by Akira Nishino, but the Spanish coach of the Red Devils nevertheless feels he knows what to expect. “Are the laws of the game even applying at this world cup? These players can. BBC Match of the Day Live Belgium vs Japan Gary Lineker presents live coverage of the last-16 match between Belgium and Japan in Rostov. Belgium 3-2 Japan: World Cup 2018 – as it happened. All rights reserved. The strength, pace and clinical finishing of Lukaku could terrorize Japan's suspect defense.The 30-year-old Eibar attacking midfielder lacks the profile of Shinji Kagawa and Keisuke Honda but has been one of Japan's best performers at the World Cup, opening the scoring against Senegal. We were 2-0 up, and still we lost. "They're very well organized, dynamic.
We took the lead, but we couldn’t win. Belgium came back from two goals down to win an extraordinary game, and a place in the quarter-finals, … What a header!Japan are closing down well, and defending diligently if not always very calmly. However we did not really expect that kind of super counter attack, and my players didn’t expect within a few seconds, for the ball to be carried into our half. I am devastated. Keep believing. As of the end of the group stages, only Spain was on a longer run among the 32 teams at the 2018 World Cup (23 games).- Romelu Lukaku has scored 23 goals in 20 appearances for Belgium under manager Roberto Martinez, scoring four goals from four shots on target at this year’s World Cup. Inui was only introduced as a second-half substitute in the loss to Poland, and his directness was badly missed early in the match in Volgograd. There won't be any big surprises. Absolutely brilliant. On the BBC, nobody has mentioned Yoshida’s shove on Lukaku.

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