England and Belgium, your appointment at the top

With the ticket of 16 in hand, Belgium and England face each other only for the reward of victory Group G, in which Tunisia and Panama were simple comparsa.

The two teams will know shortly before their duel, when the Group H is defined, the possible rivals to be measured in the next turn, in which the first place in the sector will have strangely fewer days of rest.

At the rendezvous, Belgians and English are tied for points (6), goals in favor (8) and goals against (2) Thus, a new draw could force a historical definition by the number of yellow cards, a section in which the center Europeans are at a disadvantage by accumulating three warnings by two of the British.

In the history of the World Cups these teams met only twice, the records bringing a draw (4-4) in Switzerland 1954 and a proven victory of England (1-0 ) in the eighth-finals of the World Cup in Italy in 1990, where after scoring 0-0 within 90 minutes, they needed the extension for David Platt, at 119 minutes, scored an unusual volley on purpose that dictated the sentence.

Just in this event, in 1990, England managed to enter the round of the top four in the last time, which few believe I can get this time. Then the English still had a scorer at Gary Lineker, author of 10 goals in 12 World Cup matches.

This is not Lineker, but Harry Kane wants to look like and is on the right track. In scoring Panama three times, he realized that a footballer born on the Big Island did not have a World Cup right since Gary had it in 1986 against Poland.

Belgium also has time without exceeding the round of quarterfinals in a World Cup, which does not come from Mexico 1986, when a series of penalties defeated Spain and slipped to the semi-finals where he would succumb to Maradona

Although history says the opposite, the ranking of FIFA ] gives favoritism to Belgium, which occupies the third place, while the l? England does not reach the top 10, placing in 12th place.Game stretched to Kaliningrad

Nobody likes Lukaku

Roger Menama Lukaku Congolese family He was not yet 17 when he made his debut with the national team of Belgium In a friendly match against Croatia, March 3, 2010. He already had a phenomenal physique that generated suspicions of his biological age. This doubt has accompanied him since then and even today, at the age of 25, there are those who believe that their birth certificate is or has been altered.

What can be proved, is that in just over eight years from Anderlech has become one of the greatest Belgian scorers of all time. Statistically, there is no doubt. Lukaku is the top scorer in the history of the national team with 42 goals, including the four that he played in Russia in 2014, where he signed two doubles against Tunisia and Panama.

Moreover, thanks to these objectives and those achieved four years ago, in Brazil 2014 against the United States, this brown striker already equaled Marc Wilmots, with whom he now shares the privilege of being the Belgian top scorer in the World Cup.

Among his victims is the name of Mexico, a rival who scored a few goals in a friendly on November 10, 2017 in Brussels, but not yet in England, whose defenders know him very well. In the Premier League, with West Bromwich, Everton and Manchester United, Lukaku scored 100 goals, including 16 in the final season.

Today, unfortunately, due to an ankle injury suffered by Tunisia, he will not be able to help his selection to complete the first phase with a perfect march, something that is not the same. He made it four years ago, when Belgium added nine points after beating Algeria (2-1), Russia (1-0) and South Korea (1-0).