Live shot of World Cup Belgium vs. England 2018

Miller was suspended against France due to a suspension of the yellow card. Belgium lost this match 1-0. Hmm …

Familiar Opponents

England and Belgium know each other very well. They played 23 times in nearly a century of competition. England leads the series with 15 wins against five draws and three defeats. But Belgium won the group match earlier in the World Cup, beating the Three Lions 1-0 to win the group's top spot. The two teams met three times before the World Cup on Saturday, finishing in a draw (1954), England (1990) and Belgium this year.

Changes in the alignments, but Kane and Lukaku will begin

At least to begin with, the Englishman Harry Kane and the Belgian Romelu Lukaku will be in the party today. Kane is in first place for the Golden Boot by entering Saturday's game with six goals. Lukaku trails with four. Their attacking counterparts, Raheem Sterling and Eden Hazard, respectively, will also start.

The Lions triumphed a bit over their remaining lineup, making five changes to the losing camp against Croatia in the KP. Belgium makes two changes, including Thomas Meunier, who returns from suspension

Kane, Lukaku continues the Golden Boot

"The last thing players will want to do while the dust settles on their half outputs Finals is to contemplate a meaningless match. "- Louis van Gaal, who led the Netherlands to his third place in 2014.

This is a game that does not pose the question of" who? "or when? "More often"

Belgium and England, fresh after historically disheartening losses, have to play again for bronze glory at the 2018 World Cup. The match is about very little bragging rights and, for FIFA, additional ticketing revenues to the detriment of teams that just want to go home.

But the truth is that people are watching this. The popularity of TV is usually high – the addicts of the Cup of the World, perhaps, begin to get rid of their favorite drug with only two games to play – and generally well-contested.

Since the 1934 tournament, the match has been used to establish world rankings, give young players their first glimpse of the World Cup and decide on the coveted goal crown known as the Golden Boot.

It just happened the second time that the match was played In 1938, Brazil faced Sweden and Leonidas, the star of canarinho, scored two goals to score the decisive goal.

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Twenty years later, the French Just Fontaine extended his lead. He scored four goals in the match against West Germany, finishing the tournament with 13, a record that has been seriously contested only once (by Gerd Mueller, who in 1970 needed a hat trick for (19659038) This year, the two tournament leaders – the Englishman Harry Kane and the Belgian Romelu Lukaku – could be in the spotlight.Managers often use the third place to give players who have not yet seen the time on the field the opportunity to live the World Cup.

The other thing about this match is that he often a lot of goals to raise the pressure mountains of players for the first time in weeks

The verdict is whether the game of third place has a salutary effect on the "return to the mount" for teams discouraged, won the match for third place in 1970 and continued to win it all years later, but the Dutch did not have the same lift in 2014.

"This match should never be played," said Dutch manager Louis van Gaal. "I say it for 10 years."

It was played, and his team beat the Brazilians, still shocked by the 7-1 semi-final loss to Germany, by a score of 3-0. The Netherlands failed to qualify for this World Cup. Brazil? Flambée dans les quartiers

When: Saturday, 10 am

How to watch TV: Fox

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