World Cup 2018 - Day 24: Belgian Bronze & Team of the Tournament
Tifo Football Podcast
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🗓️ 14 July 2018
⏱️ 29 minutes
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The Tifo team gather to discuss Belgium's victory over England and their Team of the Tournament, along with some comment responses.
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| 0:00.0 | Okay dokey, well, that is England, Belgium. Belgium 2. |
| 0:21.8 | England nil. |
| 0:22.8 | I just took a cursory glance at the statistics from that game, Alex, |
| 0:26.4 | and I saw that England had more shots, more shots on target, |
| 0:29.4 | higher level of percent. |
| 0:31.3 | A percent possession? |
| 0:32.9 | I don't know what I'm saying. |
| 0:34.3 | Less fouls, more corners. |
| 0:36.7 | If you were to look at that, you might think, |
| 0:38.8 | that's a team that was on top of the game and would win two-nil. You know, Belgium significantly |
| 0:42.9 | more fouls. But no, the World Cup surprises again. It's almost like looking at stats afterwards. |
| 0:47.7 | Can't tell you that much about the game out of context or something like that. |
| 0:51.8 | Yeah, I think that one of the strongest indications, particularly since the round of 16, started, |
| 0:58.6 | is the team with the lower possession has a very good chance of having been the winner. |
| 1:04.4 | Well, that's a theme, isn't it? |
| 1:06.0 | That's a trend. |
| 1:07.0 | It's a trend in tournament football in terms of teams sitting deep and looking to counter. |
| 1:13.6 | Belgium, we know, having seen it a few times, most notably against Japan, are a very good counter-attacking side. |
| 1:19.9 | Yeah. |
| 1:20.2 | When they're carrying the ball through the centre with DeBreiner and then looking to spring it wide. |
| 1:24.1 | So fast. |
| 1:24.9 | So fast. |
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