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Day 9- Belgium vs Republic of Ireland, Iceland vs Hungary, Portugal vs Austria

THFCSPURS19

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Dembele set to start for Belgium today. The Belgium game might be like a PL game because there's so many PL players on both teams.
 

hughy

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Where's the Dembele news from? He deserves to start, Belgiums best CM.
 

coopsy13

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If wilmots continues with the crazy team selection and poor tactics that he usually does then Ireland will turn them over.
 

easley91

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Gonna miss Belguim v ROI, annoyed really since of the three that is the one I want to watch most. Want Iceland to get something again today, hope they do well. And hopefully Portugal are god awful again as that is hilarious to watch.
 

Riandor

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Portugal vs Austria is set to be quite an encounter.
Both really need a win at this stage and whilst the 'not lose' set-up of the tournament means a draw would not be a total disaster, it's starting to get a little tight, especially for Austria, who were supposed to be a dark horse in this tournament.
 

Shadydan

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If Belgium get some width going and put Alderthongen together and Dembele in front of them....basically if they copy Spurs's setup then they'll be fine.
 

ghjk_91

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That's a much better team than the one against Italy. They were far too slow and ponderous, Carrasco and Dembele should make a difference.
 

werty

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Disappointed Ward is starting. Even more disappointed Dembele is playing.
 

Marty

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How can a spoilt little child like hazard be captain of his national team? Got to be vermalen surely
The build-up here in Norway has touched on it. Historically the Belgian captain has always been the most experienced and most capped player, so on that basis Vertonghen would be the natural choice when Kompany is out. Instead Wilmots has given it to Hazard simply as an ego boost, which hasn't gone down well in Belgium at all, and particularly badly in the Flemish areas as both Wilmots and Hazard are Walloon.
 
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