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Belgium and England will play Saturday in St. Petersburg the match that nobody wants to play, although this period is more than a consolation for both teams, as they could enter history if they got third place.
The Red Devils and Pross fell from the finals when they emerged as favorites to challenge him, but the Belgians lost 1-0 to France and the English lost in the 2-1 extra time against the Croatia.
To the disappointment of not reaching the final, the Belgians have the incentive to achieve the highest ranking in their history in the World Cup, improving the fourth place in Mexico-1986, the other time the Red Devils managed to reach the semifinals. "We only have one idea in mind: to leave with a good feeling of the World Cup, we will give everything to finish third, it would be a success to reach the best position in history for Belgium, "warned Friday in a press conference coach Roberto Martínez.
On the part of the English, the 1966 title is already very far away and they did not play a semi-final of Italy-1990, in a tournament in which they finished fourth.
It's been a couple of really tough days. We were 20 minutes from a World Cup final, "coach Gareth Southgate told reporters on Friday at a press conference, saying they would fight for third place because that they owe it to "our audience" and because they want to keep the bar high. Until the end. "
The" golden generation "of Belgian football also dreamed of the first title world, but now they have to focus on the last step of the podium, which would give them morale for the next tournaments. Two years will be a new championship of Europe, in which the Red Devils will still be in shape and I hope we will make another good tournament. From September, we will have to think about it, "said goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois.
– Kane and Lukaku for the Golden Boot –
With regard to England, his coach, Gareth Southgate, has formed a team very young and talented.For this World Cup, the selection went well beyond the expectations of analysts and fans themselves
The disappointment of not having reached the last contrasts with the fact that the England sees with optimism the future of this selection. "We have shown that we can do well in big tournaments and the goal now is not to wait 20 more years to play a big semifinal" , said captain Harry Kane in reference to Eurocopa-1996, the last big tournament the one that the Pross arrived at the last instances
The Belgians and the English made their fans thrill and the triumph would be a nice way to finish the tournament, listening to the statements of the two technicians this Friday's, what seems clear is that both teams will come out with all their guns in search of third place.
The two teams were already in the third match of the first phase, but the Belgian victory (1-0) should not be used as a reference, since both were already ranked and played with many substitutes.
The match for third place will also have the attraction of watching the duel between Harry Kane English and the Belgian Romelu Lukaku, both players. that in principle they will fight for the Golden Boot of the World Cup.
At the present time the advantage is for the Englishman, who leads the table with 6 goals, for the 4 of Belgium. In this fight, only the French Antoine Griezmann and Kylian Mbappé, all three to three before Sunday's Grand Final against Croatia, could interfere.
– Possible starting teams:
Belgium: Thibaut Courtois – Toby Alderweireld, Vincent Kompany, Jan Vertonghen – Thomas Meunier, Axel Witsel, Marouane Fellaini, Yannick Carrasco – Kevin De Bruyne, Romelu Lukaku, Eden Hazard . DT: Roberto Martínez (ESP)
England: Jordan Pickford – Kieran Trippier, Kyle Walker, John Stones, Harry Maguire, Ashley Young – Jesse Lingard, Jordan Henderson, Dele Alli – Harry Kane, Raheem Sterling . DT: Gareth Southgate.
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