Belgium vs. England: The numbers of a duel "frustrated"

After losing in semifinals the option to fight until the end Last match of the World Cup, The Belgian and English national teams are measured today, from 9:00 am, Colombian time, at the Zenit stadium of Saint-Petersburg, to define the third and fourth places of the continental tournament.

Belgium was unable to achieve the dream World Cup and France lost the opportunity, despite being considered the best football team deployed throughout the orbital event in Russia, because it crossed with the French talent, the most balanced selection of the World

England, by contrast, was the weakest of the four semi-finalists and that proved it, because that she could not maintain the victory that she had over Croatia and when she seemed to have the ticket for the final, she allowed the draw. Strong blow Beaten, with the sadness of the elimination, the two countries will fight this Saturday for third place, for the consolation prize, which in the Olympic system would be the bronze medal, that is why English coach Gareth Southgate said: "We owe it to ourselves and the fans to finish Russia 2018 and there is a possibility of medal, not everyone has this opportunity in life

For one of the Belgian figures, Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne, "we have more than one wish, get a sixth win in Russia for us to can go on vacation with the most peaceful minds. Our World Cup has been amazing so far. The journey continues. We are going to third place. "

But beyond the bronze medal, this match may define something more relevant, the Golden Boot of the World Cup, because the top scorer until now is the Englishman Harry Kane, with six goals, and ahead of Belgian Romelu Lukaku, who adds four and a triple.

This is another duel. It will be a hand-in-hand of gunners, but also depending on their badistants to finalize Kane will have Ashley Young and Reheem Sterling, while Lukaku will have Eden Hazard and Kevin De Bruyne, in talented duels, but also in front of high level defenders.

To take into account

This will be the 4th World Cup match between England and Belgium.They are equal after 3 matches: 1 team win (5GF-5GC) and 1 draw.In the first 2 games, they went up to the end. in overtime

Belgium will play its 48th World Cup match Take 47 PJ: 19G-9E-19P (66GF-72GC).

For Belgium, Russia 2018 could be your best participation in a World Cup. Until today, his best performance was in Mexico in 1986, reaching 4th place.

Belgium is the 2018 Russian national with the highest average goals per game (2.33), being the most goals scored (9).

Romelu Lukaku, the Belgian top scorer: 40 goals in 74 PJ, will look for the goal that places him as the top scorer of his team of the World Cup (sum 5).

Jan Vertonghen, one of the pillars of the defense, is the player with the most international presence. He will play 108 PJ (10 World Cup matches / 2 goals)

Highlights

They shared the Group G in Russia in 2018. This match was the only one England could score goals in this World Cup. Belgium has kept its fence undefeated.

England will play its 69th World Cup match. He wears 68 PJ: 29G-21E-18P (91GF-62GC). 42.7% victories

For England, it could be their second best World Cup, after their only consecration as locals, in 1966. The English never got a second place nor a third place in the World Cup. second match for the 3rd place of a World Cup after 28 years, in Italy 1990, 2-1 defeat against the host, goals of Roberto Baggio and Salvatore Schillaci (IT); David Platt (IN).

Harry Kane will be looking to be Russia's top scorer in 2018. He currently has 6 goals in 5 PJ. He will fill his international part n ° 30º.

Jordan Henderson was the player with more quits (10) vs. Croatia He left behind a 30 undefeated PJ without losing against England (it was the best current series of a player with his national team).