Come on Belgium, you can do it. Getting excited already.
The French are a weird team, unpredictable!
Belgium we know if they have a strong team to play against they are good, weak team they screw up. Japan almost had them.
If Belgium loses lots of Taiwanese gonna lose big money betting on France. Suddenly they changed their mind and think France is the better team.
But:
âThe Battle of the Golden Spurs (Dutch: Guldensporenslag, French: Bataille des Ă©perons dâor), also known as the Battle of Courtrai, was a battle fought between the Kingdom of France and the County of Flanders at Kortrijk (Courtrai in French) in modern-day Belgium on 11 July 1302.â
France lost! I know itâs July 10, but does it matter.
June 2015 the Red Devils won from France 1-4.
Letâs wait and see.
Pretty terrific first half, even though itâs 0-0. Canât believe Pavard didnât just scoop that shot over Belgiumâs goalkeeper.
One thing not in shortage is confidence. On either side.
Cross after cross by Belgium, Franceâs goalkeeper canât/wonât get out and block any of them - yet Belgium canât convert mostly because thereâs nobody on the other end.
Belgiumâs Hazard just got mugged in front of Franceâs penalty box, no foul called. Wow.
France is in a half-defensive mode now ⊠although their attack has consistently been kinda breathtaking this half. Griezemann, whew.
You can hear the squeaking of tightening sphincter muscles all over the stadium in the 82nd minute.
Belgium 0-1 France
Belgium 0-1 France full time
Great game. France looks really good. Griezemann-Giroud-Mbappe are playing very well together. Franceâs goalkeeper made some terrific saves in this game.
Belgium played their hearts out. Best of luck in the consolation game.
⊠in the consolation game.
I think they should get rid of that. Just means that one team loses twice to end the tournament. 3rd place, no one will remember anyway. âMade it to the semi-finalsâ sounds better, no need to play another game.
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consolation game is not for the teams.
itâs for the host name/stadium to sell tickets to one more game, sell paraphernalia, make more money, etc.
And a participation award for the team that made it to the semi-finals and lost twice:
Itâs all a huge Conspiracy , I tell youâŠ
Itâs coming home is 14 charactersâŠ
âŠbut, it is isnât it?
England losing {13}
Hey itâs not all bad. At least Germany took something home.
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England changed too many managers over the years. Germany now makes the opposite mistake. Keeping a manager who doesnât know when itâs time to go.
You are correct/. When England won 5-1 , the German Team went back to the start. Total changes and went on to win the World Cup a few years later. Awesome team. I canât understand why theyare keeping Low? Itâs like keeping a Chancellor who doesnât know when to go 
They extended his contract way before the World Cup, that is why, and he wonât quit because itâs never the right time to quit (like smoking). 
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Itâs part of the national character. If a person or thing worked out very well once, you try to keep it forever. Change = bad
Why do so many people care about this?
You must be American.
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If America hosts future World Cups we can look forward to âthe Intergalactic Seriesâ including a couple of asteroids and a passing comet as teams and we will have half time TV breaks with Million Year ads costing the same amount as an Imperial Death Star.