Post by mesi10 on Jan 10, 2024 22:53:35 GMT -5
With another win and display of offensive play, Roberto Martínez's Belgian team beat Tunisia and is heading towards the round of 16 of the World Cup, with the reputation of, at the very least, an alternative to the big teams.
Belgium believes it and that is great news for a World Cup in need of more than surprises.
Although he still has to go through the English test and prove that he is solvent in the qualifying rounds, Roberto Martínez's team seems to assume that his list of stars forces him to Binance App Users Data be the protagonist. Hazard is his emblematic player, Courtois is a sure thing in goal and Lukaku is the scorer they were missing. A backbone accompanied by De Bruyne, Mertens, Carrasco...Is there a more attractive selection at this moment?
Belgium beat Panama and came out ready to do the same with Tunisia. Within a quarter of an hour, he practically knew that the three points would be his. A real novelty and a change in mentality, because since the 2002 World Cup they had not scored in the first half.
A penalty taken by Eden Hazard, who was previously beaten by Syam Ben Youssef (m.6), and another goal from a cross shot by Lukaku, ten minutes later, put the Belgians in the round of 16 with the entire match ahead of them.
And the Tunisian response was commendable. Guided by Rennes attacker Wahbi Kazhri, Tunisia, far from letting go, responded with a goal from Dylan Bronn, heading in a free kick (m.18) and came to dominate for almost twenty minutes, but had no luck.
With its defense hit by injuries (Ben Youssef and Dylan Bronn himself), Tunisia conceded a new goal from the "predator" Lukaku before the break and, shortly after leaving the locker room, Hazard repeated it. This time it was after a deep pass from Toby Alderweireld, which left the Belgian magician alone to resolve with quality.
With the match resolved, Roberto Martínez replaced first Lukaku and then Hazard. A practical class in resource management, in keeping a staff involved and, incidentally, in reminding its stars that personal brands are at the service of the collective.
Without the two protagonists, it was the turn of Carrasco, De Bruyne and especially Michy Batshuayi, who had up to three clear chances to increase the score; The first was taken between the sticks by a Tunisian defender, the second was sent to the crossbar and the third against the body of the goalkeeper.
So much insistence that, in the end, the Dortmund striker was rewarded, rounding off a rout that Khazir reduced in stoppage time. A result with which Belgium begins to scare.
Belgium believes it and that is great news for a World Cup in need of more than surprises.
Although he still has to go through the English test and prove that he is solvent in the qualifying rounds, Roberto Martínez's team seems to assume that his list of stars forces him to Binance App Users Data be the protagonist. Hazard is his emblematic player, Courtois is a sure thing in goal and Lukaku is the scorer they were missing. A backbone accompanied by De Bruyne, Mertens, Carrasco...Is there a more attractive selection at this moment?
Belgium beat Panama and came out ready to do the same with Tunisia. Within a quarter of an hour, he practically knew that the three points would be his. A real novelty and a change in mentality, because since the 2002 World Cup they had not scored in the first half.
A penalty taken by Eden Hazard, who was previously beaten by Syam Ben Youssef (m.6), and another goal from a cross shot by Lukaku, ten minutes later, put the Belgians in the round of 16 with the entire match ahead of them.
And the Tunisian response was commendable. Guided by Rennes attacker Wahbi Kazhri, Tunisia, far from letting go, responded with a goal from Dylan Bronn, heading in a free kick (m.18) and came to dominate for almost twenty minutes, but had no luck.
With its defense hit by injuries (Ben Youssef and Dylan Bronn himself), Tunisia conceded a new goal from the "predator" Lukaku before the break and, shortly after leaving the locker room, Hazard repeated it. This time it was after a deep pass from Toby Alderweireld, which left the Belgian magician alone to resolve with quality.
With the match resolved, Roberto Martínez replaced first Lukaku and then Hazard. A practical class in resource management, in keeping a staff involved and, incidentally, in reminding its stars that personal brands are at the service of the collective.
Without the two protagonists, it was the turn of Carrasco, De Bruyne and especially Michy Batshuayi, who had up to three clear chances to increase the score; The first was taken between the sticks by a Tunisian defender, the second was sent to the crossbar and the third against the body of the goalkeeper.
So much insistence that, in the end, the Dortmund striker was rewarded, rounding off a rout that Khazir reduced in stoppage time. A result with which Belgium begins to scare.