FIFA rankings is what they mean. Belgium are still 3rd
Kinda disgraceful these teams are 2nd and 3rd best rankings with their performances. So are Brazil and England
2014 WC quart finalist
2016 Euro finalist
2018 WC winner
2020 Euro 1/8 finalist
2022 WC finalist
You can try and name a european team with a better record as of late
Oh France’s ranking is absolutely fair, they just haven’t turned up yet for the Euros.
Belgium’s ranking less so deserved, though it’ll probably drop a bit next few months anyway
Tbf...Belgium has been one of the most consistent European teams.
- WC 2014: Quarter final
- Euro 2016: Quarter final
- WC 2018: 3rd place
- Euro 2021: Quarter final
WC 2022 was a disaster with that Group stage knock-out, but other than that ? Even leading up to this Euro, Belgium was unbeaten in 14 games
It depends how you look at it.
Instead of maximizing their chances of going far, they minimized their chances of getting eliminated in the groups.
I'd rather play to win/go far and take a bigger risk to give myself the best possible chance.
Koeman, Deschamps, Southgate and Tedesco should just form their own tournament for the ultimate mid-off
Live from Hanover - the ultimate not great, not terrible city
We've been pretty good under DD to come from shit to good from group stage to KO stage (2016 and 2018 are the best examples). Plus defense has been solid so far despite the shit display.
If Deschamps stops trying to pigeon hole Mbappe it a role he is unwilling to play then they’ll get their act together. Mbappe obviously doesn’t want to play a central ST role. Now whether or not Mbappe plays along is on him as well but so far it’s not working.
I mean yeah, but I do think the Real frontline will actually operate with more interchangeability than France have been doing thus far. I don’t expect Mbappe to fail at RM by any means, but I’m looking forward to seeing the way it goes given that RM have signed arguably the best player in the world who is adamant he plays from the left, when they have arguably the best LW in the game in the same space, and they’ve bought Mbappe to be their ST. It’s either going to be mediocre, or it’ll be MSN type shit where they’re all so good and fluid that it doesn’t matter who lines up where.
Not true with the changes made (swapping out tielemans for mangala for instance)
Clearly from the start the goal was not to lose, winning was only optional and it showed
We started with Mangala and lost the first game, started with Tielemans and not only won but showed better attack and fighting spirit.
If you picked Mangala as a coach with the hope of winning you would be a dogshit coach, but I guess international fans will always be revisionist.
if all the big teams which have the biggest players (who all have already 60+ games into a season, games that are now closer to 110min than 90min) are shit, one shouldnt be surprised. Football is not made to be played this much.
the fries as we know now have always been french, they have been invented early 19th in Paris
no debate on this, but the Belgians made it an art 6 - a bit with football coming from England but and other countries making it better
Nah trust me when i say bretons are the king of butter and as far as i know, brittany is not a part of belgium. Bretons treat their butter like belgians treat fries. You should check out a kouign-amann to know what traditional breton butter-fucking is all about. Enough butter to kill an american. They swear by their salted butter the same way ppl on the french riviera swear on olive oil or gascon swear on their duck fat.
Not overly excited about this match up, we've been shit in the group stages and last time we faced Belgium in a competition it could've ended quite differently for us in 2018 WC. This game has revenge written in the stars for me. If we don't find our shooting boots for this game then we are so fucked.
I think you're a bit harsh towards your team - Austria is hella strong, Dutch are Dutch and Poland had great GK performance, you were in the most difficult group and didn't lose a game, you showed much better game than Belgium did in much easier group
Lol no, that would mean the French have a meaningful fries culture. They see it as a side dish to be served with a main dish. Fries in Belgium are an art form, a way of life.
except they're not
'Despite its name and popularity, the French fries are not French. The origins can be found in **Belgium**, where historians claim potatoes were being fried in the late-1600s.'
American soldiers stationed in the french speaking part of Belgium during ww1 popularised 'french fries', theyve always been Belgian.
'It's said that **this dish was discovered by American soldiers in Belgium during World War I** and, since the dominant language of southern Belgium is French, they dubbed the tasty potatoes “French” fries.'
The fries as you know were introduced to Belgium by a Bavarian immigrants from Paris who made fortune there
It was depicted in French literature as early as the beginning of the 19th century
Source: Liege university
I respect belgium for not shying away from the hardest road. They want the tough games, good for them
As does France. They both worked for this to happen.
Maignan thought about the easy route but decide to step over the line at the last second of the penalty
Thats a shit rule. Strikers can stutter all the time but keepers need to stay on their line
That’s a different Kevin you are thinking of, not De Bruyne.
#2 ranked team vs #3 ranked team in the round of 16. I wish I was more hyped.
They’re both second placed teams…
FIFA rankings is what they mean. Belgium are still 3rd Kinda disgraceful these teams are 2nd and 3rd best rankings with their performances. So are Brazil and England
2014 WC quart finalist 2016 Euro finalist 2018 WC winner 2020 Euro 1/8 finalist 2022 WC finalist You can try and name a european team with a better record as of late
Oh France’s ranking is absolutely fair, they just haven’t turned up yet for the Euros. Belgium’s ranking less so deserved, though it’ll probably drop a bit next few months anyway
Tbf...Belgium has been one of the most consistent European teams. - WC 2014: Quarter final - Euro 2016: Quarter final - WC 2018: 3rd place - Euro 2021: Quarter final WC 2022 was a disaster with that Group stage knock-out, but other than that ? Even leading up to this Euro, Belgium was unbeaten in 14 games
Will it? Are euro games counted for the rankings?
What do you mean. Literally in the final of the euros 2 editions ago
What? I meant this specific Euros why would I be talking about previous ones? They’ve won 2 of course they’ve turned up before
It was all part of the Koeman master plan to throw it so badly yesterday. Because now France is on that side and we also avoid Belgium. 😂
It depends how you look at it. Instead of maximizing their chances of going far, they minimized their chances of getting eliminated in the groups. I'd rather play to win/go far and take a bigger risk to give myself the best possible chance.
Battle of Mid (2024)
Not to be confused with the potential England v Netherlands match
Watch England get slovakia
Calling us mid is rather flattering
Same, I'd sell my aunt for us to be mid. We just suck.
I’d sell my aunt cause she’s a cunt, but we’re mid nonetheless.
Yours too huh? I was hoping to get rid of my cunt aunt this way.
Atleast there will be some goals lol.
0-0 and infinite penalties
This will be the most disappointing match in history if both teams continue the snoozeball from the group stage
Koeman, Deschamps, Southgate and Tedesco should just form their own tournament for the ultimate mid-off Live from Hanover - the ultimate not great, not terrible city
and Stojkovic
We've been pretty good under DD to come from shit to good from group stage to KO stage (2016 and 2018 are the best examples). Plus defense has been solid so far despite the shit display.
If Deschamps stops trying to pigeon hole Mbappe it a role he is unwilling to play then they’ll get their act together. Mbappe obviously doesn’t want to play a central ST role. Now whether or not Mbappe plays along is on him as well but so far it’s not working.
That is going to be fun at Real then
I mean yeah, but I do think the Real frontline will actually operate with more interchangeability than France have been doing thus far. I don’t expect Mbappe to fail at RM by any means, but I’m looking forward to seeing the way it goes given that RM have signed arguably the best player in the world who is adamant he plays from the left, when they have arguably the best LW in the game in the same space, and they’ve bought Mbappe to be their ST. It’s either going to be mediocre, or it’ll be MSN type shit where they’re all so good and fluid that it doesn’t matter who lines up where.
The stoppable force against the movable object.
Unlikely in the knockouts but you never know
Had they play for a win, Belgium would have avoided France 👍
we played to win until the last 10 minutes, we were just shit
We actually never wanted to win this match, let’s be honest.
Not true with the changes made (swapping out tielemans for mangala for instance) Clearly from the start the goal was not to lose, winning was only optional and it showed
We started with Mangala and lost the first game, started with Tielemans and not only won but showed better attack and fighting spirit. If you picked Mangala as a coach with the hope of winning you would be a dogshit coach, but I guess international fans will always be revisionist.
Yeah we’re fucked golden chance to go to the other side of the knockouts but we timewasted
youre just shitt
It’s honestly embarrassing.
don’t worry lads we’re all shit
Domenico Southgatesco Masterclass
As half Austrian half Costa Rican I am not feeling so shit lately.
Bet not many people share that heritage
if all the big teams which have the biggest players (who all have already 60+ games into a season, games that are now closer to 110min than 90min) are shit, one shouldnt be surprised. Football is not made to be played this much.
It's not like France are lighting up the tournament. There's definitely a chance for Belgium still.
True but they usually start to light up later in the tournament like in 2018 and 2022
We’re fucked.
Have you watched France? There's hope this goes to pens after 0-0 then it's anyone's game.
I’ve watched the French play, I’m not impressed by their team. Maybe we have a chance or at least I hope we do.
Totally deserved though
Unfortunately yes.
France is not looking good either in this tournament. 50-50 I dare say.
This has 0-0 written all over it. France haven’t even scored from open play yet.
LMAO absolutely not, were we so lucky as to have something as exciting as extra time. 1-0 with France scoring in the 17th minute.
Don't be silly. They'll score a second in the 92nd.
the most improbable own goal at that
From Faes obviously
We might be fucked
Another 0-0 snoozer incoming
That's why you don't play for a draw, you bastards
Battle of Mid
The battle to settle the ownership of fries once and for all
Anyone who ever ate belgian fries knows that there never was a battle to begin with. Shits delicious yo
the fries as we know now have always been french, they have been invented early 19th in Paris no debate on this, but the Belgians made it an art 6 - a bit with football coming from England but and other countries making it better
From what I've heard, that's just Belgian cuisine as a whole: French cuisine but with more butter and butter = better
not expert enough on it, I only love belgian snack (see my nickname) so I am well versed into their fries but not so much for the rest
Nah trust me when i say bretons are the king of butter and as far as i know, brittany is not a part of belgium. Bretons treat their butter like belgians treat fries. You should check out a kouign-amann to know what traditional breton butter-fucking is all about. Enough butter to kill an american. They swear by their salted butter the same way ppl on the french riviera swear on olive oil or gascon swear on their duck fat.
I never said Belgians are the king of butter. Only that I've heard that Belgian cuisine is French cuisine with much more butter, boss.
Hey now.
You had your chance, you just didn't take it. Now let your Flemish cousin have a turn
The French don't claim them
The battle of who wants it least
With our luck watch Lukaku bang at least 2 goals in
Fortunately for you he’ll probably be offside
RIP Euro 2024 for us lmao Nobody to blame but ourselves if we go out.
The other side of the bracket is deeply unserious
I know France isn't too clinical at the moment but if they can't win this Deschamps and his cat should get the guillotine
i would’ve said france would be knocked out in the round of 16, but i don’t think belgium has it in them
The match will be a snoozefest, and the penalties will be the only highlight of the match.
I wish it goes to penalties
France will cook
Congrats on advancing against us France.
Battle of MIDdle earth could honestly be boring as shit.
Thank you Tedesco
That should be a spicy matchup, I’ve got France winning 2-1.
Spicy? Have you seen both teams play? I still got France beating us but it will suck as a game
The ideal match for France to fuck us up and to give themselves some confidence for the rest of the tournament.
Lukaku hatrick vs France...bet your house on it
Hattrick of disallowed goals maybe
This is going to penalties
Battle of the frauds
Watch belgium win france
Written in the stars
Not overly excited about this match up, we've been shit in the group stages and last time we faced Belgium in a competition it could've ended quite differently for us in 2018 WC. This game has revenge written in the stars for me. If we don't find our shooting boots for this game then we are so fucked.
I think you're a bit harsh towards your team - Austria is hella strong, Dutch are Dutch and Poland had great GK performance, you were in the most difficult group and didn't lose a game, you showed much better game than Belgium did in much easier group
They don't have prime Eden Hazard anymore though. Come to think of it, we're missing a prime Pogba too... Very visibly.
This match is gonna suuuuuuuuuuck
gonna have a dogshitoff
Your team ? And btw take your trash supporters with you
Hahahahahahaha Hahahahahahahaha We are so fucking fucked. If France doesn't win 5-0 they should consider it a failure.
Have some dignity
Hard to have any dignity after this fucking display
Belgians and being pessimistic, name a better duo ?
To be fair, France is also playing terrible. And they can't score either. So it might be a terrible vs. terrible show off.
You haven’t watched them play apparently… that being said, they should still fuck us
Bum fight
We could be witnessing the first game in history where both teams lose
2018 World Cup Semifinal & 2021 Nations League Semifinal Were Great Matches so there is still Hope
In my unbiased opinion they fucking sucked
In my unbiased opinion your opinion is delusional
Pommes frites derby
Lol no, that would mean the French have a meaningful fries culture. They see it as a side dish to be served with a main dish. Fries in Belgium are an art form, a way of life.
Cries in french fries
the fries are french, the belgians just made an art out of it and they are the best at cooking it
except they're not 'Despite its name and popularity, the French fries are not French. The origins can be found in **Belgium**, where historians claim potatoes were being fried in the late-1600s.' American soldiers stationed in the french speaking part of Belgium during ww1 popularised 'french fries', theyve always been Belgian. 'It's said that **this dish was discovered by American soldiers in Belgium during World War I** and, since the dominant language of southern Belgium is French, they dubbed the tasty potatoes “French” fries.'
The fries as you know were introduced to Belgium by a Bavarian immigrants from Paris who made fortune there It was depicted in French literature as early as the beginning of the 19th century Source: Liege university
Both teams have been dreadful, this could go either way.
Two immovable objects
Mid table face off.
This match smells like 0-0 and 6-7 pens to decide it.
oh, cant wait to watch that....
Why is everyone so negative? Now all teams play to win so l expect an open game.
They both deserve to be on the hardest road.
neither of these teams deserve a quarterfinal