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is in in. Unbelievable. Argentina are through. | :01:17. | :01:24. | |
With messy and Argentina squeezing through, we know that seven of the | :01:25. | :01:30. | |
eight World Cup quarterfinalist -- Messi. Belgium face the USA to the | :01:31. | :01:34. | |
final spot and it could all get rather animated. In a nation's time | :01:35. | :01:41. | |
of need, 23 men have come together from across the world to wear the | :01:42. | :01:45. | |
red white and blue and fight for glory, bringing with them different | :01:46. | :01:50. | |
superpowers. From England, extendable limbs. From Germany, | :01:51. | :01:54. | |
superhuman strength from within. And from Captain America himself, | :01:55. | :01:57. | |
lightning strength and a will to win. Together they have formed a | :01:58. | :02:02. | |
force field shielding them from the threat of elimination. Their leader | :02:03. | :02:06. | |
on this quest is already a true World Cup superhero. But they will | :02:07. | :02:14. | |
have to have their wits about them as they face the young, inventive | :02:15. | :02:18. | |
and fearless stars of Belgium. They will be hoping to make the headlines | :02:19. | :02:24. | |
and build up -- live up to them build up as genuine contenders. They | :02:25. | :02:30. | |
have always seem to have the story on the opponents. With their faces | :02:31. | :02:33. | |
familiar all over the world, there can be no hiding place if they find | :02:34. | :02:39. | |
themselves in a tricky spot tonight. In this long overdue World Cup | :02:40. | :02:43. | |
sequel, these two nations will do battle for supreme justice in | :02:44. | :02:45. | |
Salvador. Yes, indeed. The two teams have not | :02:46. | :02:54. | |
met competitively since the 3-0 win at the USA is the first ever so -- | :02:55. | :03:01. | |
first-ever World Cup in 1930 when they finish third. Jurgen | :03:02. | :03:03. | |
Klinsmann's men are looking to join the Germans in the quarterfinal. | :03:04. | :03:08. | |
Belgium are looking to reach the last eight for only the second time | :03:09. | :03:11. | |
in their history. Their best run came in 1986 when they lost in the | :03:12. | :03:17. | |
semifinal to Maradona's Argentina. Here in the studio, looking forward | :03:18. | :03:21. | |
to this one are Alan Shearer, Rio Ferdinand and Chris Waddle. All | :03:22. | :03:26. | |
seven of the last 16 games have been very tight with the exception of | :03:27. | :03:30. | |
Columbia. But the favourites have always gone through --: B. Do you | :03:31. | :03:35. | |
see the same thing happening here -- Colombia. I am putting up a case for | :03:36. | :03:40. | |
the USA. I think they've been and they are disciplined no real stars | :03:41. | :03:47. | |
in the team. They've done incredibly well to get out of the top group and | :03:48. | :03:52. | |
I would not be surprised if you saw exactly the same performance as they | :03:53. | :03:55. | |
put up in the first three games. You will see the same again tonight. | :03:56. | :03:59. | |
Hopefully, they can hit Belgium on the break with Dempsey upfront. | :04:00. | :04:03. | |
Nobody has really grabbed the tournament by the scruff of the | :04:04. | :04:07. | |
neck. I hope that Belgium will come alive in this game. We have been | :04:08. | :04:12. | |
waiting for it. They almost like the so-called golden generation I came | :04:13. | :04:15. | |
from. They have the expectation and pressure on their shoulders. They | :04:16. | :04:20. | |
need to come alive and put their stamp on the tournament. How was it | :04:21. | :04:25. | |
handling that expectation? We did not coined the phrase ourselves, it | :04:26. | :04:28. | |
was put upon us, and these guys are the same is in terms of them being | :04:29. | :04:32. | |
great individuals playing at the highest levels for their clubs, but | :04:33. | :04:36. | |
can they put it into a team framework for their country? Can | :04:37. | :04:41. | |
they do it, it remains to be seen. As many Americans, what they lack in | :04:42. | :04:45. | |
talent they seem to make up for with determination. That is what they are | :04:46. | :04:50. | |
all about. They have not got a star player, they just work hard. The | :04:51. | :04:54. | |
Americans have always relied on fitness, and they can cover the | :04:55. | :04:57. | |
ground, they are well-organised and they will give everyone a game, but | :04:58. | :05:02. | |
they lack that bit of quality in the final third, and if they could find | :05:03. | :05:06. | |
a player like that, they could progress. This is the first time | :05:07. | :05:10. | |
Belgium have qualified for a major tournament since 2002, the players | :05:11. | :05:13. | |
and fans alike think this might be the start of something big. | :05:14. | :05:21. | |
Belgium, in my eyes, are one of the better squads in the tournament. | :05:22. | :05:28. | |
Quality, the likes of Hazard, Fellaini. Until it is proven | :05:29. | :05:34. | |
otherwise, I don't believe any team is stronger than mine. Belgium are | :05:35. | :05:38. | |
into the last 16 of the 2014 World Cup. This World Cup might be the | :05:39. | :05:47. | |
breakthrough moment for the USA, but arguably it is the second | :05:48. | :05:50. | |
breakthrough moment for Belgium, the second golden generation after the | :05:51. | :05:55. | |
Enzo Sheaffer led team of the 1980s. They might be a tiny country in | :05:56. | :06:01. | |
terms of stature and population against their opponents, but on the | :06:02. | :06:03. | |
football pitch there is no doubt that Belgium are the Goliath. The | :06:04. | :06:08. | |
watchword of qualifying was unity. The make us proud campaign was the | :06:09. | :06:14. | |
galvanising of the relationship between the team and supporters in a | :06:15. | :06:19. | |
way that was unprecedented. And it worked as well. Qualification was a | :06:20. | :06:20. | |
breeze. But in the group stages here they | :06:21. | :06:42. | |
have started, as much as a team can start when winning all of their | :06:43. | :06:44. | |
games and finishing top of the start when winning all of their | :06:45. | :06:49. | |
group. Lukaku was a major disappointment. You see him there. | :06:50. | :06:50. | |
He did not show that on the pitch. It is a different kind of pressure | :06:51. | :07:11. | |
to deal with. I don't think we've been in a position like this, we | :07:12. | :07:16. | |
have always been the underdogs. If you analyse the team in a physical | :07:17. | :07:20. | |
and tactical way, they are as good as anyone. Psychologically, have | :07:21. | :07:23. | |
they got the know-how of previous experiences? Looking back at Spain, | :07:24. | :07:27. | |
it was so hard to win that first tournament, so you are psychically | :07:28. | :07:29. | |
unknown. -- psychologically. We are careful, but at the same | :07:30. | :07:49. | |
time, we believe, and we This is the Belgium starting | :07:50. | :08:04. | |
line-up. Courtois yet to be on the losing side in 20 international | :08:05. | :08:08. | |
appearances. Captain Vincent Kompany has overcome a groin injury to | :08:09. | :08:12. | |
play. Van Buyten is the only player in the Belgium squad with previous | :08:13. | :08:15. | |
World Cup experience having played in South Korea and Japan 12 years | :08:16. | :08:19. | |
ago. Axel Witsel is one of the first names on the team sheet according to | :08:20. | :08:25. | |
the coach, Marc Wilmots, and no player has completed more passes | :08:26. | :08:28. | |
than him. Marrow way in Fellaini will play further forward. -- | :08:29. | :08:32. | |
Mullaney will play further forward. Kevin De Bruyne and Eden Hazard have | :08:33. | :08:38. | |
created chances and provided assists. Divock Origi starts up | :08:39. | :08:46. | |
front instead of Romelu Lukaku, who is yet to record a shot on target in | :08:47. | :08:53. | |
this World Cup. The star man going forward, Hazard, and you have played | :08:54. | :09:00. | |
against him. What is his bread? He is -- what is his threat? He is | :09:01. | :09:05. | |
great to watch, exposing, and when he shoots he gets the shots off | :09:06. | :09:09. | |
early. He can do what he wants. When he gets the ball, you don't know | :09:10. | :09:10. | |
what he he gets the ball, you don't know | :09:11. | :09:14. | |
ways. He is quick enough to go on the outside and come back on the | :09:15. | :09:19. | |
stronger foot. If he improves his goal-scoring return, this guy could | :09:20. | :09:22. | |
be one of the best players in the world in a couple of years. He was | :09:23. | :09:26. | |
unplayable in France, and he's starting to get that kind of form in | :09:27. | :09:30. | |
a Chelsea shirt. A bit more consistency required? That is part | :09:31. | :09:34. | |
of the problem when he has played for Belgium, and that is the job of | :09:35. | :09:37. | |
the manager to get that out of him and make a team performance and get | :09:38. | :09:40. | |
his strengths out. Chris, shaking your head there. I | :09:41. | :10:31. | |
played on the wing and it was hard, and you rely on service, and you get | :10:32. | :10:35. | |
judged on what you do with the football. For him, he could get them | :10:36. | :10:39. | |
out of the game, if you cut his line off and get tight, he's out the | :10:40. | :10:44. | |
game. He has to say to him, there is your shirt, go and play. He can win | :10:45. | :10:54. | |
football matches. What about Origi upfront? A big call. I've been | :10:55. | :10:58. | |
impressed with him. You look for guys to come on and change the game, | :10:59. | :11:02. | |
and he's done that. He has pace, he is direct, and that is the one thing | :11:03. | :11:08. | |
they have lacked with Lukaku or Mirallas. He is quick. One-on-one, | :11:09. | :11:11. | |
he is 19 years old, and he is Mirallas. He is quick. One-on-one, | :11:12. | :11:15. | |
on and playing with no fear. Very good vision, the delivery is | :11:16. | :11:22. | |
excellent. We showed his goal where he pulls off a defender. That is | :11:23. | :11:26. | |
clever. I have seen other guys try to get in there on the far post, but | :11:27. | :11:32. | |
he just drops off and set one up here for Vertonghen, a big call, but | :11:33. | :11:38. | |
the right call because the other two have not delivered. They are just | :11:39. | :11:43. | |
out of form. If the US make the quarterfinals they will match their | :11:44. | :11:46. | |
previous best. Off the pitch, Klinsmann and his men have captured | :11:47. | :11:53. | |
the imagination of the Americans like never before. This calls for a | :11:54. | :11:57. | |
proper anchor. Let's do this. USA making a bright start, and maybe | :11:58. | :12:08. | |
a chance already for Dempsey. Perfect start to the 2014 World Cup. | :12:09. | :12:18. | |
Ever since I started watching football in the 70s when LA watched | :12:19. | :12:21. | |
the New York Cosmos, I've been waiting for football to explode in | :12:22. | :12:26. | |
the United States -- when LA joined. 3400 tweets per minute. The | :12:27. | :12:38. | |
United States up to 21 in the opening game of the World Cup. I am | :12:39. | :12:43. | |
so pumped up about the USA soccer team. USA! USA! | :12:44. | :12:51. | |
Jones, it is the equaliser. It is in. Late drama, and almost the last | :12:52. | :13:01. | |
kick of the game. The United States have turned many doubters into | :13:02. | :13:05. | |
believers, and I am one of them. We have looked at the scheduled for | :13:06. | :13:08. | |
Thursday to see how we can peak in some peaks of the game and we will | :13:09. | :13:13. | |
watch on the International Space Station. What will you do, Germany, | :13:14. | :13:17. | |
when the US soccer team runs wild on you? Yes, they lost the game | :13:18. | :13:25. | |
tonight, but they have won the battle. Look at the smile on Jurgen | :13:26. | :13:31. | |
Klinsmann's space. Nobody, and I mean nobody, the US had a chance of | :13:32. | :13:37. | |
the group. We were in the group of death, but we got through, so you | :13:38. | :13:40. | |
can say the chances are there to win the World Cup. I believe that we | :13:41. | :13:47. | |
will win! I believe that we will win! I believe that we will win! I | :13:48. | :13:51. | |
believe that we will win! Or rather understated, as you might | :13:52. | :14:06. | |
expect. A big factor in that explosion of interest is Jurgen | :14:07. | :14:08. | |
Klinsmann, and here is his team for the night. Tim Howard lines up and | :14:09. | :14:15. | |
he made his international debut 12 years ago. DeMarcus Beasley winces | :14:16. | :14:20. | |
120th cap today at left-back. Fabian Johnson has been one of the star | :14:21. | :14:25. | |
performers at right back. Jermaine Jones will be the holding midfielder | :14:26. | :14:30. | |
with Michael Bradley, and Stoke City's Geoff Cameron is called into | :14:31. | :14:34. | |
the side. And Clint Dempsey leads the line with four goals in nine | :14:35. | :14:38. | |
World Cup matches, including two so far in Brazil. Allen, you've been | :14:39. | :14:42. | |
impressed with the organisational skills of the US. -- Alan Shearer. | :14:43. | :14:49. | |
Yes, and the togetherness. Jurgen Klinsmann has them organised. Every | :14:50. | :14:53. | |
single one of them knows their job inside and out, and that is what | :14:54. | :14:57. | |
they do very well. They have got the two banks of four players and they | :14:58. | :15:01. | |
will say to Belgium, OK, try and break through us because they are | :15:02. | :15:05. | |
solid and they are tight and ARA unit. They work very hard and they | :15:06. | :15:11. | |
are all disciplined, exactly the same thing, one defender goes in, | :15:12. | :15:18. | |
one comes out and the other one drops in. Don't be surprised if you | :15:19. | :15:33. | |
see that again tonight. There are nine guys there. They are tight. It | :15:34. | :15:39. | |
will have to be a Hazard at the top of his game. This is what they can | :15:40. | :15:45. | |
do. They have to send it. They will wait until they get their | :15:46. | :15:49. | |
opportunity. If they can do this, they will hit you on the break. They | :15:50. | :16:02. | |
should actually score. Three or four in the box. They can attack if given | :16:03. | :16:07. | |
the opportunity. You questioned if they have the quality in the | :16:08. | :16:11. | |
knockout stages. I think they have had a great journey. I think Belgium | :16:12. | :16:24. | |
will take control of this game. The underdogs have managed to hang on | :16:25. | :16:31. | |
for quite a long time. Yes. This could be similar. USA could hold | :16:32. | :16:36. | |
on, but it is just the quality that Belgium will have at the top of | :16:37. | :16:42. | |
their game. I think Hazard could be the guy who changes the game. Not | :16:43. | :16:49. | |
think the USA considers the underdogs. Their coach has got them | :16:50. | :16:55. | |
so well organised. It will be difficult to beat them. A lot of | :16:56. | :17:06. | |
players play in the Premier League and a lot of people will support | :17:07. | :17:10. | |
those players. They are quite popular. I've be supporting them. I | :17:11. | :17:17. | |
know them and they hope they do really well. I have played with Tim | :17:18. | :17:26. | |
Howard as well. I think it will be a good contest. I'd think Ofgem has | :17:27. | :17:34. | |
better quality. It is the -- I think Belgium have that are quality. | :17:35. | :17:44. | |
Argentina await the winners. Let's join our commentators. Good evening. | :17:45. | :17:51. | |
Salvador is the World Cup capital city of goals. | :17:52. | :18:00. | |
21 goals in four games here in what was the first capital city of | :18:01. | :18:10. | |
Brazil. The current capital is the destination for one of these teams | :18:11. | :18:15. | |
in the finals, and Argentina will -- in the quarterfinals. All seven | :18:16. | :18:23. | |
group winners are through to the semifinals. The Belgium and them | :18:24. | :18:31. | |
first. He their last four cups. This is as | :18:32. | :19:28. | |
far as Belgium has gotten. The only other USA-Belgium meeting | :19:29. | :21:01. | |
in the World Cup with the -- was July 1934. France were winning | :21:02. | :21:12. | |
against Mexico in eight to print Stadium across the city. Belgium | :21:13. | :21:23. | |
were one of only four teams to win all three of their group games, but | :21:24. | :21:27. | |
they have only been in front for a total of 24 minutes in this World | :21:28. | :21:32. | |
Cup. And behold, their performance has a disappointment. -- on the | :21:33. | :21:36. | |
whole. Lukaku oh is expected to has a disappointment. -- on the | :21:37. | :21:48. | |
Liverpool after the World Cup. The referee is Algerian. This is an | :21:49. | :22:17. | |
appointment which has been criticised by the US coach. The | :22:18. | :22:31. | |
United States have drawn one and lost one so far. They played an | :22:32. | :22:43. | |
astonishing 27 games, losing only four. Belgium have played only 13 | :22:44. | :22:56. | |
matches since they met in Cleveland. The exclusion of Kyle Beckerman is | :22:57. | :23:04. | |
not a surprise. Geoff Cameron of Stoke City take the place in | :23:05. | :23:15. | |
midfield. The only other change is Bedoya for Davis. Just how relaxed | :23:16. | :23:22. | |
and smiling the coach for the USA is. He is going to be the most | :23:23. | :23:29. | |
relaxed man in the Stadium. He has seen it and done it. It is going to | :23:30. | :23:38. | |
be a fascinating contest. A little bit of bias towards the USA, with my | :23:39. | :23:45. | |
crazy brother in law, but I am fancying Belgium, with their pace | :23:46. | :23:52. | |
and power and creativity. Hazard has yet to set this World Cup alight. | :23:53. | :23:59. | |
The referee and happy fourth up from right to left in the first 45 | :24:00. | :24:03. | |
minutes. A sultry evening in Salvador. This, over the Gonzalez. | :24:04. | :24:19. | |
Number 20, Cameron, on the ball there. He is a good athlete. I am | :24:20. | :24:28. | |
sure he has played there before. there. He is a good athlete. I am | :24:29. | :24:36. | |
Good save by Tim Howard. Nearly scored after 40 seconds. Great | :24:37. | :24:43. | |
start. That is the pace he has got. Electric pain. -- pace. A very good | :24:44. | :25:00. | |
tournament for Mertens so far. It is cleared away. Clint Dempsey. Good | :25:01. | :25:09. | |
save, then Howard. Right from the off. | :25:10. | :25:24. | |
It is interesting with because Beckham was quite impressive | :25:25. | :25:36. | |
in his three games. The coach has told the US journalists that | :25:37. | :25:46. | |
Beckerman is fit. Another corner. The point being made -- the point | :25:47. | :25:55. | |
you made not long before the teams have gone in with the point you | :25:56. | :25:59. | |
made. He feels Geoff Cameron is more athletic and more suitable. Which is | :26:00. | :26:12. | |
understandable. Mertens with this corner. They have started strongly. | :26:13. | :26:22. | |
Over the top of Origi. Belgium have to think about defence. Took it away | :26:23. | :26:34. | |
from phase macro -- Bedoya. Belgium free kick. United States were pretty | :26:35. | :26:37. | |
content, they lost 1-0 in that game. It had him for hours less | :26:38. | :26:49. | |
recovery time. Recovery time key. It is an important factor in the way | :26:50. | :26:54. | |
the US play. It is a high tempo game. They need their rest periods. | :26:55. | :27:02. | |
They don't have the ball very much, they tend to give away possession | :27:03. | :27:08. | |
and play on the counterattack, so they will need all their energy | :27:09. | :27:14. | |
against this Belgian side. The United States have travelled more | :27:15. | :27:18. | |
than any other nation, over 10,000 miles, and Belgium have travelled | :27:19. | :27:20. | |
under 2000 miles. What you can expect and hope you | :27:21. | :27:37. | |
have already thought, if a game with some piece about it. Some have | :27:38. | :27:44. | |
suggested the Belgian side has not been tested yet. In the last game | :27:45. | :27:55. | |
they played the majority and still managed to beat the Koreans 1-0. It | :27:56. | :28:02. | |
has shown good talk tour so far. Here is Origi tussling with Bradley. | :28:03. | :28:11. | |
Pepsi is off and moving. -- Dempsey. | :28:12. | :28:30. | |
Thomas Vermaelen is out of action, though Belgium are hoping that he | :28:31. | :28:36. | |
might be available if they reach the last eight. The coach of the USA | :28:37. | :28:44. | |
team has a full set to choose from. Possession conceded cheaply by the | :28:45. | :29:01. | |
United States. The Tongan. Kevin De Bruyne running behind that he won't | :29:02. | :29:03. | |
trouble Tim Howard -- Vertonghen. I'm disappointed to see Mousa | :29:04. | :29:11. | |
Dembele not playing, I think he gives them an extra spark in | :29:12. | :29:16. | |
midfield. Speaking to them this morning, he had a knock in training | :29:17. | :29:21. | |
yesterday, so maybe that is why. Here is DeMarcus Beasley getting | :29:22. | :29:27. | |
forward. Fellaini getting onto him. Onto the net of Thibaut Courtois, | :29:28. | :29:31. | |
but good to see DeMarcus Beasley willing to get forward and able to | :29:32. | :29:35. | |
get forward. Going down the left flank for the US from left-back. | :29:36. | :29:48. | |
Aldo Wear it forward for Origi. -- Aldo Wyer old. | :29:49. | :29:58. | |
Disappointed end of the tournament with the home | :29:59. | :30:19. | |
nation him out. Cameron The chase is on here. Bedoya has | :30:20. | :30:35. | |
done well. No white shirts in the box. Bradley available here. Jones | :30:36. | :30:42. | |
helps it on, looking for Dempsey, well anticipated Bayan Vertonghen. | :30:43. | :30:45. | |
helps it on, looking for Dempsey, Origi is onside -- well anticipated | :30:46. | :30:48. | |
by Yann Vertonghen. Origi is onside -- well anticipated | :30:49. | :30:56. | |
that the US, when they commit men forward, when it breaks down, they | :30:57. | :31:00. | |
are open, and that is what Belgium will look to do, play on the | :31:01. | :31:06. | |
counterattack with the pace of Origi and Hazard. A bit more care, and | :31:07. | :31:10. | |
would have been through. The impressive Fabian Johnson. He has | :31:11. | :31:16. | |
been wonderful, hasn't he? Really terrific. Athletic, good footballer. | :31:17. | :31:22. | |
Borussia M?nchengladbach have done well and signed him up from | :31:23. | :31:29. | |
Hoffenheim before the World Cup. He has possibly been the most | :31:30. | :31:31. | |
impressive writeback I've seen in the tournament. -- right back. It's | :31:32. | :31:38. | |
been a tournament in which the tournament. -- right back. It's | :31:39. | :31:41. | |
number nines have been conspicuous by their absence, and the number | :31:42. | :31:45. | |
tens have been the key to a lot of the victories. I don't mean | :31:46. | :31:49. | |
literally the number nines and the number tens, but those who play in | :31:50. | :31:53. | |
that position. Lukaku is one of the number nines who has not really | :31:54. | :31:57. | |
shone. I feel a bit for him. A lot of pressure, still young, probably | :31:58. | :32:02. | |
only played a season and a half in the Premier League and still | :32:03. | :32:05. | |
learning the game and people expect such big things. A good charging run | :32:06. | :32:12. | |
from Fabian Johnson and he is unable to keep the ball in play. | :32:13. | :32:14. | |
from Fabian Johnson and he is unable side trained here in the build up to | :32:15. | :32:28. | |
the game. The fact -- Fifa requested that they save the playing surface | :32:29. | :32:34. | |
by playing and training across on the other stadium. That is quite an | :32:35. | :32:38. | |
by playing and training across on impressive stadium, and I saw it | :32:39. | :32:44. | |
from the air yesterday. Vincent Kompany puts it forward. | :32:45. | :32:57. | |
Speaking about number tens, Eden Hazard, who is not really in number | :32:58. | :33:04. | |
ten for Belgium, but can play their, I wonder what his best | :33:05. | :33:08. | |
position is, playing behind the striker on the left, as he has done | :33:09. | :33:14. | |
so often in the World Cup. This goes towards Fellaini, and the referee's | :33:15. | :33:21. | |
whistle is blown. What you get with him wherever he plays is creativity | :33:22. | :33:24. | |
and the ability to beat people and create goals. The question | :33:25. | :33:27. | |
and the ability to beat people and the end of the season was defensive | :33:28. | :33:32. | |
responsibilities when tracking back. Especially against somebody like | :33:33. | :33:34. | |
Johnson. It will be an interesting battle stop -- battle. Matt Besler | :33:35. | :33:44. | |
for the United States. That will carry all the way through to | :33:45. | :33:49. | |
Courtois. Messages from all quarters of the USA, one from Mike Tyson this | :33:50. | :34:00. | |
morning. I understand that Chicago, home of the Bears is filled up with | :34:01. | :34:06. | |
supporters of the United States team watching on big screens. Aldo Wear | :34:07. | :34:17. | |
a. The referee's whistle goes against the American and in the | :34:18. | :34:31. | |
favour of Belgian. -- Belgium. Geoff Cameron using the pressure we talked | :34:32. | :34:34. | |
about. He will Cameron using the pressure we talked | :34:35. | :34:42. | |
minute piece. That is of Beazley. -- a minute's peace. -- that is off | :34:43. | :34:47. | |
DeMarcus Beasley. De Bruyne lurking on the edge of the | :34:48. | :34:55. | |
penalty area. Fellaini with the flick on. A lack of understanding | :34:56. | :35:01. | |
results in a needless corner put behind by Geoff | :35:02. | :35:03. | |
results in a needless corner put was behind him. He couldn't have | :35:04. | :35:07. | |
heard the call. There was nobody behind him. Given away a needless | :35:08. | :35:13. | |
corner. Dries Mertens to take. Vincent Kompany has trotted | :35:14. | :35:16. | |
forward. Belay -- Fellaini in there as well. Cameron, out. It's going to | :35:17. | :35:24. | |
come back in, onto the right foot Besler. And then a foul by | :35:25. | :35:32. | |
Alderweireld on DeMarcus Beasley which is given the US an escape | :35:33. | :35:39. | |
route. Marc Wilmots is pointing and gesturing. Member of four Belgian | :35:40. | :35:41. | |
World Cup squads himself. Gonzalez again. Johnson, outside | :35:42. | :35:53. | |
him. Hitting the back of Jan Vertonghen. | :35:54. | :36:22. | |
Good play from the USA, weathering the early few minutes and the little | :36:23. | :36:26. | |
scare from Origi. Finding their way into the game nicely. | :36:27. | :36:30. | |
Eden Hazard. Axel Witsel, up towards Origi. Did well, Cameron. DeMarcus | :36:31. | :36:43. | |
Beasley. A man down on the far side, and that is Divock Origi. | :36:44. | :36:56. | |
The physio will come under the young man who had the chance after 40 | :36:57. | :37:01. | |
seconds to open the scoring. Just catches him a bit late there. | :37:02. | :37:12. | |
Besler on Origi. Hopefully he will be all right to carry on. It would | :37:13. | :37:16. | |
have been a huge blow to concede so early. Just have to be careful with | :37:17. | :37:22. | |
the high line when you play against players with such pace, giving them | :37:23. | :37:25. | |
the yards to run into. We've already seen twice that on the counterattack | :37:26. | :37:31. | |
Belgium of the thread. Nothing wrong with keeping your shape. And keeping | :37:32. | :37:36. | |
those two banks of four players solid and building into the game, | :37:37. | :37:38. | |
which they have done in the group stages. He is back on the pitch. | :37:39. | :37:55. | |
I would be fascinated no of Thibaut Courtois has been given any promises | :37:56. | :38:01. | |
by Jose Mourinho about his place in the goalkeeping order at Stamford | :38:02. | :38:05. | |
by Jose Mourinho about his place in Bridge next season. DeMarcus | :38:06. | :38:09. | |
Beasley, that's a foul. Dries Mertens with it. One thing that is | :38:10. | :38:19. | |
important about that Oie is that he's a terrific goalkeeper -- about | :38:20. | :38:25. | |
that boy. Such a young guy, he's so -- shows such calmness. Cameron. | :38:26. | :38:29. | |
This time it is a Belgium throne. -- throw stop -- throw. Just a little | :38:30. | :39:06. | |
something between Jones and Fellaini, but not much. You don't | :39:07. | :39:09. | |
need that. No, we don't. And interloper on the field of | :39:10. | :39:23. | |
play. 15 minutes play, Belgium might have taken the | :39:24. | :39:25. | |
play. 15 minutes play, Belgium might but the US have settled the ship | :39:26. | :39:31. | |
since then and there seems to be a marked lack of urgency about getting | :39:32. | :39:36. | |
our friend here off the pitch. I think Jurgen Klinsmann will be the | :39:37. | :39:42. | |
happier of the managers. Other than the first chance, after | :39:43. | :39:45. | |
happier of the managers. Other than they've been reasonably comfortable. | :39:46. | :39:48. | |
It is Belgium who we expect to make the play and the attacks and put | :39:49. | :39:50. | |
pressure on the US, but so far the play and the attacks and put | :39:51. | :39:54. | |
haven't, really. They have not played with the tempo we expect from | :39:55. | :40:05. | |
players like De Bruyne and Hasn't. -- Hazard. My suspicion is a | :40:06. | :40:09. | |
Brazilian prison cell is not the best place to spend the night. I can | :40:10. | :40:15. | |
agree with you. Bradley has given it away. That's careless. Origi inside. | :40:16. | :40:25. | |
agree with you. Bradley has given it Cameron did enough. One of the | :40:26. | :40:27. | |
things that the has in this tournament. Gave the | :40:28. | :40:34. | |
ball away has in this tournament. Gave the | :40:35. | :40:51. | |
Johnson. Jan Vertonghen. DeMarcus Beasley with a clearance. Vincent | :40:52. | :40:54. | |
Kompany's header. Zusi here. Dempsey. Look at Johnson, sprinting | :40:55. | :41:07. | |
ahead. Bradley, working it wide. Cut out by Alderweireld. Would have been | :41:08. | :41:10. | |
behind Bedoya anyway. That is a public challenge, and Geoff Cameron | :41:11. | :41:20. | |
will surely get a yellow card here. -- the public challenge. Took out | :41:21. | :41:28. | |
Dries Mertens. -- a bad challenge. Trying to uses energy and | :41:29. | :41:30. | |
athleticism to let him know he's there, but silly to get a yellow | :41:31. | :41:36. | |
card so early. The point about Bradley, maybe he could have done | :41:37. | :41:39. | |
more in terms of attacking play, but is running stats, he has been 15 or | :41:40. | :41:47. | |
20% more than anyone in his team, so he's | :41:48. | :41:48. | |
20% more than anyone in his team, so quality not there. Eden | :41:49. | :41:52. | |
A threat down both flanks for taking it away from Bedoya. | :41:53. | :42:03. | |
A threat down both flanks for Belgium. Dries Mertens on one side, | :42:04. | :42:09. | |
Hazard on the other. Witsel. Alderweireld. Bedoya got a foot in. | :42:10. | :42:18. | |
That is very of play from Kevin De Bruyne. | :42:19. | :42:31. | |
The former Scotland team manager, and German manager, assisting Jurgen | :42:32. | :42:39. | |
Klinsmann, the man who won Euro 96. Vincent Kompany. Poor touch from | :42:40. | :42:49. | |
Dempsey, unlike him. Just running at the back four, | :42:50. | :42:52. | |
Dempsey, unlike him. Just running at his first touch. Zusi. Johnson, | :42:53. | :43:00. | |
trying to test Jan Vertonghen. That is a corner kick. It's a good ball, | :43:01. | :43:06. | |
they should look at it more often. He has got the legs over Jan | :43:07. | :43:11. | |
Vertonghen. Playing the blind ball and letting players run at it, that | :43:12. | :43:16. | |
gets the team up, and now they have a corner. Sensible play. It will be | :43:17. | :43:22. | |
taken by Graham Zusi for the United States. | :43:23. | :43:31. | |
Six, seven white shirts up to the corner kick. Up went Cameron. Almost | :43:32. | :43:39. | |
fell beautifully for Dempsey, but not quite, trying to take on Vincent | :43:40. | :43:43. | |
Kompany who would not be beaten. Origi, FEC is the run of Hazard. | :43:44. | :43:51. | |
DeMarcus Beasley pixies pocket. Has to get his head up, as a man over. | :43:52. | :43:56. | |
Didn't look, a bit of awareness. A bad touch. Lost the chance. That is | :43:57. | :44:04. | |
from America's corner. Again, it's the counterattack when talking | :44:05. | :44:10. | |
about. Lovely ball around the corner, Dempsey into Bradley. | :44:11. | :44:14. | |
Dempsey. Courtois saves. Great stuff. Good play. | :44:15. | :44:21. | |
Dempsey again. Just up under his feet, his left foot. -- stuck under | :44:22. | :44:34. | |
his feet. This is a very, very promising match for the last place | :44:35. | :44:39. | |
in the last eight of the 2014 World Cup. Here goes Eden Hazard. Blocked | :44:40. | :44:47. | |
by Besler. Witsel. Jan Vertonghen. Axel Witsel. Eden Hazard. Jan | :44:48. | :44:55. | |
Vertonghen. Kevin De Bruyne onside. Origi in the middle. Headed out by | :44:56. | :44:59. | |
Gonzales. Alderweireld back in. Two or three standing in an offside | :45:00. | :45:05. | |
position. Tim Howard gets the moving, quickly. Here is DeMarcus | :45:06. | :45:10. | |
Beasley. Bedoya wanted it. Dempsey trying to feed it back. | :45:11. | :45:17. | |
Ebb and flow, this way and that, it is great. Just opened up a couple of | :45:18. | :45:23. | |
minutes, but great pressure from minutes, but great pressure from | :45:24. | :45:26. | |
Bradley to win it back. Here is Bradley again. Cameron. DeMarcus | :45:27. | :45:33. | |
Beasley. Bedoya in the middle. Vincent Kompany, away. You have to | :45:34. | :45:41. | |
say, Fellaini, trying to get back in position, it is slow motion. He has | :45:42. | :45:49. | |
to try a bit harder to get back in. Dempsey, running into that man, | :45:50. | :45:53. | |
Fellaini. Origi holding it up, turning. Besler. Captain played by | :45:54. | :45:57. | |
Dries Mertens. Now Fellaini. Gonzalez. Zusi has been caught in | :45:58. | :46:09. | |
possession. In real trouble here. Zusi lost it. Jan Vertonghen can go | :46:10. | :46:15. | |
either way. Kevin De Bruyne puts it wide. Brilliant chants, loses in | :46:16. | :46:27. | |
midfield. Jan Vertonghen picks the pants -- pass. | :46:28. | :46:32. | |
A player of his quality, top goal-scoring qualifying, top in | :46:33. | :46:39. | |
assists. He will be disappointed with himself. Best chance of the | :46:40. | :46:45. | |
game so far. All came from sloppy play in the middle of the park. It | :46:46. | :46:47. | |
was Zusi lost the ball. Yes, play in the middle of the park. It | :46:48. | :46:52. | |
What a let off for him. Huge. Courtois. Alderweireld. And again. | :46:53. | :47:11. | |
Origi trying to get him behind. Besler at the place to stick with | :47:12. | :47:20. | |
him. -- had the pace. Every good attack from Belgian has come through | :47:21. | :47:23. | |
counterattack or turnover of possession. That is when the USA | :47:24. | :47:28. | |
will be most vulnerable, when they have the ball themselves. Origi. Of | :47:29. | :47:35. | |
the outstretched toe of DeMarcus Beasley. The reason I say that is | :47:36. | :47:40. | |
when they set up and have the two banks of four, they look quite | :47:41. | :47:41. | |
solid. Belgian corner. In the three matches they have | :47:42. | :47:57. | |
played, this is as well as I have seen Belgium play. Dries Mertens | :47:58. | :48:05. | |
with the corner. Fellaini the back post, over him, and there holding | :48:06. | :48:12. | |
going on. The World Cup is not about how you start, it's how you finish, | :48:13. | :48:17. | |
which is a cliche, but if you improve through the tournament... | :48:18. | :48:23. | |
Yes, this is the Dempsey chants, couldn't get it out of his feet. | :48:24. | :48:28. | |
Takes it first touch. Comfortable save for Courtois -- Dempsey chance. | :48:29. | :48:32. | |
Can see the disappointment in his face. | :48:33. | :48:57. | |
Jan Vertonghen. Jurgen Klinsmann I be worried about the retention. Jan | :48:58. | :49:03. | |
Vertonghen, could have pulled it back to Origi but it is a way as he | :49:04. | :49:07. | |
aimed for Fellaini. DeMarcus Beasley did well. He played it too late. | :49:08. | :49:15. | |
Eden Hazard here. Almost a carbon copy of the goal they scored late | :49:16. | :49:19. | |
against Russia. Eden Hazard teeing up Origi. | :49:20. | :49:45. | |
Axel Witsel. They say if you want goals in the World Cup, this is the | :49:46. | :49:51. | |
place to come, Salvador. We haven't had any yet, but I wouldn't put a | :49:52. | :49:55. | |
lot of money on this finishing 0-0. Nor would I. Fellaini was the right | :49:56. | :50:01. | |
ball if he had played it earlier. Eden Hazard here. Hazard. Cameron | :50:02. | :50:16. | |
got footing. -- got a foot in. Vincent Kompany. The collision | :50:17. | :50:24. | |
between DeMarcus Beasley and Origi, both are OK, it was accidental. Jan | :50:25. | :50:28. | |
Vertonghen, he spent a fair amount of time up the field in the last | :50:29. | :50:31. | |
five minutes and he has won a corner. He has had some joy, Jan | :50:32. | :50:40. | |
Vertonghen, Zusi has lost a couple of time, and there is a man over on | :50:41. | :50:47. | |
the far side. He has to switch on. It only takes a couple of seconds | :50:48. | :50:51. | |
and you have lost the full-back. Dries Mertens to take it. Taken | :50:52. | :50:56. | |
and you have lost the full-back. by Gonzalez. Jones just beat Origi | :50:57. | :50:59. | |
in the by Gonzalez. Jones just beat Origi | :51:00. | :51:05. | |
scrap with Alderweireld which was won by the Belgian. Cameron. Gives | :51:06. | :51:06. | |
it won by the Belgian. Cameron. Gives | :51:07. | :51:26. | |
he's in the mood today. Theory goes. Hazard -- here he goes. Gonzalez, | :51:27. | :51:30. | |
knocking it between one ankle and then the other like a pinball. It's | :51:31. | :51:36. | |
a corner. Popping up in the holes like you does at Chelsea, hard to | :51:37. | :51:41. | |
pick up. When he starts running, with that balance and boys, | :51:42. | :51:46. | |
difficult to contain. The six Belgian corner already. A | :51:47. | :51:57. | |
difficult to contain. The six it to bounce, and that gives Jan | :51:58. | :51:58. | |
Vertonghen something to do. They Vertonghen something to do. They | :51:59. | :52:02. | |
might have a problem because Zusi can play it to Dempsey. Covering | :52:03. | :52:09. | |
might have a problem because Zusi Brilliant defending, good break away | :52:10. | :52:14. | |
from the US. Four players at the Belgium. Eden Hazard. He went a hot | :52:15. | :52:21. | |
from the US. Four players at the say. So much for the tight game we | :52:22. | :52:26. | |
talked about. These two having a real go. Just what we want to see. | :52:27. | :52:40. | |
The kick-off time will help both. 5:30pm local time, so not the full | :52:41. | :52:48. | |
heat of the day. The sun is setting as we speak. They don't need Fabian | :52:49. | :52:56. | |
Johnson to get injured. , a great turnaround. He could have played it. | :52:57. | :53:01. | |
As soon as he took the touch, the defender back inside. Zusi switching | :53:02. | :53:09. | |
off. He was caught ball watching. DeMarcus Beasley, good defending. | :53:10. | :53:19. | |
Origi here. The brine in the middle. Dries Mertens getting forward. | :53:20. | :53:22. | |
Ricocheting into Geoff Cameron -- the brine -- De Bruyne in the | :53:23. | :53:31. | |
middle. Howard's first thought, every time, is to get the US moving | :53:32. | :53:39. | |
forward. We saw it on the replay, problem with Fabian Johnson. This | :53:40. | :53:45. | |
would be a big blow, because he looks to get -- good get out down | :53:46. | :53:47. | |
the right with Fabian -- Jan Vertonghen. Fabian Johnson, who's | :53:48. | :53:54. | |
played in each of the games, and he has pulled up. That doesn't look | :53:55. | :54:00. | |
good. Doesn't look good at all. Already got strapping on it. You | :54:01. | :54:04. | |
know what is surprisingly. The central defender went off with | :54:05. | :54:24. | |
hamstring problem in the first game. They have already made a decision | :54:25. | :54:31. | |
that Yedlin is going to come on and it will be a straight positional | :54:32. | :54:46. | |
change. Yedlin will come on. This is a big | :54:47. | :54:55. | |
blow. I was talking earlier about the people who didn't witness and it | :54:56. | :55:01. | |
was intimated that the stucco type of witness -- the people who did the | :55:02. | :55:17. | |
thickness. The arguably losing their best player. Yedlin on, Jonathan | :55:18. | :55:27. | |
off. -- John. And purged a bunch of my friends who | :55:28. | :55:49. | |
works... Even Hazard a got back to help out. | :55:50. | :56:26. | |
A good start. Confident, quick. Give me the ball. I'd think the visitors | :56:27. | :56:45. | |
have really enjoyed themselves in Salvador. This is a vibrant and | :56:46. | :56:53. | |
colourful baby them at the moment. Best record Stadium at the moment. | :56:54. | :57:02. | |
-- Stadium at the moment. Brilliant stuff and | :57:03. | :57:38. | |
Perhaps click to is the most reliable goal-scorer. PA. -- the | :57:39. | :57:53. | |
booth. Heathcliff Dempsey, he is always wrong place at the right | :57:54. | :57:55. | |
time. This should be proud of how well | :57:56. | :58:02. | |
they have performed to stop --. Just over ten minutes to go in the | :58:03. | :58:32. | |
first half. The Kompany. That was handball, I think. Fellaini, who has | :58:33. | :58:52. | |
not proved to be a fight. They have not had any big books haters. | :58:53. | :59:22. | |
Good advantage. Lots of white shirts. That is the one time you | :59:23. | :59:40. | |
want him to go and left the stop -- on his left. That is going to be a | :59:41. | :00:02. | |
big help put a bow by to stop -- by De Bruyne will stop --. | :00:03. | :00:29. | |
Four years ago I've both in the town and my phone rang and a. I would be | :00:30. | :00:42. | |
bound to by someone in the office, but Yedlin had asked me who was | :00:43. | :00:50. | |
feeding on the game tonight and they spent half an hour on the phone with | :00:51. | :01:14. | |
him. A weekend top. -- he won everybody's hearts when he came to | :01:15. | :01:19. | |
Tottenham. Jan Vertonghen with the overlap. That will be a goal kick. | :01:20. | :01:28. | |
Been a very enjoyable game so far. I'm not sure what Fellaini's role | :01:29. | :01:32. | |
is. He's not linking the play or playing as | :01:33. | :01:33. | |
is. He's not linking the play or De Bruyne is doing that. I always | :01:34. | :01:39. | |
think he's better suited when he is high up or getting on the end of | :01:40. | :01:42. | |
things or protecting the back four. At the moment he's not doing either. | :01:43. | :01:49. | |
Yedlin, the substitute. A good ball in, and just too high for Dempsey. | :01:50. | :01:56. | |
Daniel Van Buyten jumped with him. What a superb defensive header that | :01:57. | :01:57. | |
is. Zusi, too high for What a superb defensive header that | :01:58. | :02:06. | |
Jan Vertonghen. -- out. What a superb defensive header that | :02:07. | :02:15. | |
that's not like me. Good cross from Yedlin though. It was. He has | :02:16. | :02:21. | |
that's not like me. Good cross from -- done two things well and one | :02:22. | :02:22. | |
badly. -- done two things well and one | :02:23. | :02:33. | |
bad ball. De Bruyne. Under pressure from Yedlin. Origi. Eden Hazard. | :02:34. | :02:44. | |
Dries Mertens. Alderweireld available. Mertens drives it in. | :02:45. | :03:46. | |
Besler knocks it away. That is his third poor cross into minutes. He's | :03:47. | :03:54. | |
got to do better. His approach work was very good against Russia, but | :03:55. | :03:59. | |
the end product didn't match it. And he hasn't run that out of play for a | :04:00. | :04:06. | |
USA throw. Yes, he is a talent, he is quick. He got the goal coming on | :04:07. | :04:15. | |
as substitute. Good finishing. That was against Algeria. In the first | :04:16. | :04:25. | |
game against Algeria yes. Timing has been the keeper Belgian with late | :04:26. | :04:28. | |
goals in all the matches. Yedlin is flying down the wing. Dempsey | :04:29. | :04:32. | |
arriving in the middle and Bedoya. Great pull-back, and Jones couldn't | :04:33. | :04:35. | |
finish it. Great awareness by Yedlin. A bit of an air shot by | :04:36. | :04:38. | |
Jones. Bradley. Brilliant break from Yedlin. He's | :04:39. | :04:59. | |
impressed me since he came on. De Bruyne. Vertonghen. Deflection on | :05:00. | :05:02. | |
that. Yellow card the Vincent Kompany. | :05:03. | :05:25. | |
Dashboard Vincent Kompany. -- for Vincent Kompany. Is coming down the | :05:26. | :05:32. | |
side where Yan Vertonghen is, because Hazard is not coming back. | :05:33. | :05:38. | |
Three times the right backers come bombing down and Hazard has not been | :05:39. | :05:44. | |
there. If you play down the left-hand side, you have to track | :05:45. | :05:54. | |
the full-back. Zusi. Yedlin. I apologise to Jermaine Jones in the | :05:55. | :05:59. | |
US midfield. It was actually Graham juicy -- Zusi with the shot. Jones. | :06:00. | :06:09. | |
A little ricochet taking it through to Vincent Kompany. Van Buyten | :06:10. | :06:13. | |
Alderweireld. De Bruyne. Alderweireld here. Another lovely | :06:14. | :06:32. | |
ball. Jan Vertonghen. Deflection on the cross, made it tough for | :06:33. | :06:38. | |
Gonzalez. Belgian corner. Again, Vertonghen getting down the left. | :06:39. | :06:45. | |
Really good when he goes forward, Vertonghen. Just defensively he can | :06:46. | :06:51. | |
be vulnerable. Especially when isolated. Since Yedlin has come on, | :06:52. | :06:56. | |
three times he's got down the right with no pressure from Hazard. A | :06:57. | :06:59. | |
token gesture of running back. Kevin De Bruyne with a corner. Tim | :07:00. | :07:14. | |
Howard with two fists on it. Came off Dries Mertens last. Bedoya gets | :07:15. | :07:18. | |
the decision. US throw. got to this stage of the World Cup, | :07:19. | :07:55. | |
in South Korea, beaten in a very tame, strange performance against | :07:56. | :07:58. | |
Mexico. It's been a very different evening so far this evening here. | :07:59. | :08:13. | |
likes of Mirallas the likes of Fellaini,, if they don't start | :08:14. | :08:20. | |
contributing, they will struggle because some of their players are | :08:21. | :08:25. | |
flat. Zusi. Running at Vertonghen. It's a corner kick. They have now | :08:26. | :08:31. | |
had three, and Belgium have had seven. Zusi to take it. | :08:32. | :08:45. | |
Zusi's ball in. Gonzalez climbed hugely. Courtois, don't know why he | :08:46. | :09:00. | |
punched it. Origi. Three added minutes. Origi, he got away from | :09:01. | :09:06. | |
Jones. Origi. De Bruyne, good try, but straight at Tim Howard. It it | :09:07. | :09:14. | |
early. Yes, good technically, and had no choice really. Add to try and | :09:15. | :09:21. | |
take it early to deceive Tim Howard. Again, a breakaway after the | :09:22. | :09:24. | |
American attack. Vertonghen. He would have been quite | :09:25. | :09:43. | |
pleased to see Fabian Johnson going off injured but, to be honest, this | :09:44. | :09:47. | |
young fellow is not giving him much of a break, is he? They are | :09:48. | :09:52. | |
similar. Athletic, love getting forward. Skilful. Not exactly a | :09:53. | :09:59. | |
night off for Vertonghen. That is for sure. Here is Yedlin. Van | :10:00. | :10:05. | |
Buyten. Don't know where that's going. Going to Dries Mertens, who | :10:06. | :10:09. | |
has done well. Witsel now for Belgium. For wrapping this attack. | :10:10. | :10:16. | |
Eden Hazard. Chased by Yedlin -- four up in this attack. | :10:17. | :10:21. | |
Bradley, back to help out as well. Has tried to get between the two of | :10:22. | :10:28. | |
them. He has at least one corner. Good defending. Stood on his feet, | :10:29. | :10:32. | |
did not dive in. Good body shape. De Bruyne, to take it for Belgium. | :10:33. | :10:48. | |
Vincent Kompany is come forward. Van Buyten as well. The header that met | :10:49. | :10:53. | |
it was that Jones. Jones was then pushed. That was by Daniel Van | :10:54. | :10:59. | |
Buyten. This is the early chance from De | :11:00. | :11:09. | |
Bruyne, didn't quite wrap is foot around it enough. Easy stop for Tim | :11:10. | :11:13. | |
Howard. -- he is foot. around it enough. Easy stop for Tim | :11:14. | :11:17. | |
play from Belgium is coming down the left, and all the good play from the | :11:18. | :11:19. | |
US is left, and all the good play from the | :11:20. | :11:23. | |
mainly because the wide men are not defending properly. They keep | :11:24. | :11:27. | |
getting caught out and not tracking the runners. If I was the full-back | :11:28. | :11:31. | |
I would be screaming at them the runners. If I was the full-back | :11:32. | :11:37. | |
me out, because it is Jan Vertonghen and Yedlin who have to do all the | :11:38. | :11:40. | |
work when they are two against one. A Belgium throw. Jurgen Klinsmann a | :11:41. | :11:46. | |
few seconds away from getting his side into the dressing room. | :11:47. | :11:56. | |
The referee's whistle brings the first after an end. Belgium have | :11:57. | :12:03. | |
edged it, that the best chance came in the first. Origi denied by Tim | :12:04. | :12:07. | |
Howard, who saved from Kevin De Bruyne. It has been a very pacey, | :12:08. | :12:13. | |
entertaining game in Salvador with the last of the quarterfinal places | :12:14. | :12:18. | |
up for grabs between Belgium and the USA. Half-time, 0-0. | :12:19. | :12:24. | |
Well, goals have been hard to come by in all of the first halves of the | :12:25. | :12:30. | |
first 60. Rodriguez scored, but other than that I can't think of | :12:31. | :12:35. | |
another. But it has been end to end, and it's hard to realise why it is | :12:36. | :12:41. | |
0-0. No goals, but entertaining. The USA are so opening the way that they | :12:42. | :12:45. | |
are attacking and committing men forward, so if they're | :12:46. | :12:49. | |
are attacking and committing men concede a goal, it will be conceded | :12:50. | :12:50. | |
by them getting forward and being hit on the counterattack, but | :12:51. | :12:57. | |
Belgium, the final ball and their play in the final third has been | :12:58. | :13:01. | |
poorer. A little bit more quality in their and they should be | :13:02. | :13:04. | |
poorer. A little bit more quality in game because they've had the better | :13:05. | :13:04. | |
chances. We've seen game because they've had the better | :13:05. | :13:09. | |
It's a similar game to Germany and Algeria. End to end, lots of | :13:10. | :13:12. | |
chances, but final finishing lacking. I think the USA are playing | :13:13. | :13:19. | |
into Belgian's hands. Belgium look at their best when they | :13:20. | :13:22. | |
counterattack, the likes of Hazard, De Bruyne, Dries Mertens on the | :13:23. | :13:29. | |
other side. Origi on the other side. The pacey showed to get onto that | :13:30. | :13:34. | |
and hit a shot, that was inches from going in. A good save from the | :13:35. | :13:39. | |
keeper but they continue doing that they can get caught. How do you see | :13:40. | :13:44. | |
it, Chris? I don't know what America do, they will play the same. The | :13:45. | :13:48. | |
squad is similar. It Belgium want to win the game, you have to get Hazard | :13:49. | :13:52. | |
as a number ten. I would put Januzaj on the left and Dembele in the | :13:53. | :13:57. | |
midfield to make a three and then the front three can win the game. We | :13:58. | :14:03. | |
watched Switzerland play this afternoon and they were never going | :14:04. | :14:07. | |
to come out of their system and they were quite content to sit and wait | :14:08. | :14:11. | |
over the USA are the opposite. Their attitude is, if we are going to get | :14:12. | :14:15. | |
knocked out, we will get knocked out having a go. It's refreshing to see. | :14:16. | :14:20. | |
It is good to see. We watched Switzerland, and while they gave | :14:21. | :14:24. | |
themselves the best chance of going through, possibly by penalties, it | :14:25. | :14:28. | |
doesn't make great rearing. It doesn't, but we did not expect this | :14:29. | :14:33. | |
from America. We talked about how organised they were, but they come | :14:34. | :14:36. | |
on today, and it is like, we will go out at blazing. They got off to a | :14:37. | :14:42. | |
quick start, Belgian, chance in the first minute, and a decent save from | :14:43. | :14:48. | |
Tim Howard. It was about 30 seconds. I liked the movement. He read the | :14:49. | :14:52. | |
game well, spacing behind for him and it's a good touch. A good save | :14:53. | :14:59. | |
from Howard in the end. But that set the tone. Attacking, spacing behind | :15:00. | :15:05. | |
the US. They got caught there. I wonder how many strikers do their | :15:06. | :15:09. | |
homework on goalkeepers, because Tim Howard, if you throw one, he tends | :15:10. | :15:14. | |
to sit down. I have played with players who do do their homework, | :15:15. | :15:19. | |
and these obviously don't, because I've watched this tournament, and | :15:20. | :15:21. | |
Tom Howard goes down early -- Tim Howard. That should just happen. If | :15:22. | :15:27. | |
you're a centre forward, you need to know what the strengths and | :15:28. | :15:32. | |
weaknesses are. Or the defenders. But more importantly, the | :15:33. | :15:35. | |
goalkeeper, what he's good at and not good at. I know that Tim Howard | :15:36. | :15:41. | |
is going down, so the chances are, I might try and lift the ball a bit | :15:42. | :15:45. | |
higher. That is down to the players. With the technology you have got, it | :15:46. | :15:51. | |
is there, and you have the access. I used to go up on the Friday and look | :15:52. | :15:55. | |
at the opponents. It could be a variation of three and I looked all | :15:56. | :15:58. | |
of them in depth, so if one of them came off the bench, I knew what I | :15:59. | :16:02. | |
was dealing with. If it's not up to the players, | :16:03. | :16:03. | |
was dealing with. If it's not up to the the managers should force you. | :16:04. | :16:07. | |
That is what you need to know. That is a new job, that. There's a job | :16:08. | :16:13. | |
and everything else apart from that. Chris, Dempsey, probably the best | :16:14. | :16:19. | |
chance for America. Good bit of players well. They have played when | :16:20. | :16:25. | |
they have the ball. Very open, the USA, good movement. Going down to | :16:26. | :16:31. | |
the right. It is is a quick shot, but that's how he scores. Doesn't | :16:32. | :16:37. | |
quite get hold of it. A short bit of backlift, not time to think about | :16:38. | :16:42. | |
it, slightly behind him. Just doesn't get the pace or accuracy | :16:43. | :16:45. | |
it, slightly behind him. Just wants. He looked disappointed | :16:46. | :16:48. | |
because it was an instinctive finish. This kid looks very good. | :16:49. | :16:53. | |
This is the one he pulls back and he finish. This kid looks very good. | :16:54. | :16:59. | |
cannot get a strike. He has fizzed it out and put some pace on it. | :17:00. | :17:15. | |
Yedlin needs no invitation to get down that side. When they do get | :17:16. | :17:21. | |
forward, that is when they are at their most vulnerable. You have to | :17:22. | :17:28. | |
get them credit. They are willing to get men forward. You now four | :17:29. | :17:33. | |
against three. The ball doesn't connect properly. USA are committing | :17:34. | :17:41. | |
men forward there. Just over the halfway line and already you have | :17:42. | :17:45. | |
five or six of them looking to attack. If that is what is going to | :17:46. | :17:51. | |
break them down, that will be their downfall. They are going to go out. | :17:52. | :18:02. | |
The exact thing happens again. The full-back lets them down. He has got | :18:03. | :18:07. | |
to pick that ball up earlier, Vertonghen. His head is down. Why | :18:08. | :18:14. | |
the time he lists it up, it is to wait. Exactly the same thing again. | :18:15. | :18:26. | |
Six of them ahead of the ball. They open themselves up to a | :18:27. | :18:31. | |
counterattack. Keep on attacking, but just have one eye behind you | :18:32. | :18:44. | |
also. He is not going to track you. He is basically saying, don't go, | :18:45. | :18:49. | |
but you want it to go. He is playing to the weakness of the opposition. | :18:50. | :18:56. | |
Four guys in the box. You have got to admire the way they are playing. | :18:57. | :19:05. | |
This is what you have to be wary of. You might just yet punished. -- gets | :19:06. | :19:16. | |
punished. The Belgian strikers, when you win that ball, don't pass the | :19:17. | :19:21. | |
ball sideways, get the ball up to us, because they have the pace. The | :19:22. | :19:30. | |
Brazilian love affair with the World Cup seems to be limitless. Even | :19:31. | :19:35. | |
children can find themselves blessed or saddled with a permanent | :19:36. | :19:37. | |
reminder. You have to say, that is meant | :19:38. | :20:25. | |
missing! -- that is magnificent! He has got great | :20:26. | :22:17. | |
Apparently there is a Fernandinho named after you, | :22:18. | :22:22. | |
Apparently there is a Fernandinho Moving on. As we move on, we thought | :22:23. | :22:33. | |
we would look at some of the skills and joy of the last two days. | :22:34. | :24:03. | |
Wonderful stuff. If you anything of this World Cup, here is | :24:04. | :24:09. | |
how you can catch up. Huge credit to anything of this World Cup, here is | :24:10. | :24:21. | |
all of them, nobody gave them a chance. It had to be Lionel Messi! | :24:22. | :24:37. | |
Has just been handed a bit of paper. 12 of the 15 goals have come | :24:38. | :24:43. | |
in the second half or later, so a reason to be cheerful. Let's keep | :24:44. | :24:53. | |
our fingers crossed. There is a more likelihood of goals as the players | :24:54. | :24:59. | |
get more tired. I'd think Belgium have got the better | :25:00. | :25:01. | |
get more tired. I'd think Belgium a difference. Eye can see the USA's | :25:02. | :25:10. | |
legs might be getting a bit tired. We can see Fellaini, what is his | :25:11. | :25:20. | |
position? Front man. We have played against him many times. He is | :25:21. | :25:28. | |
difficult to play against. He is awkward. He puts his arms | :25:29. | :25:33. | |
everywhere. He can play midfield, but you get the best out of him... | :25:34. | :25:38. | |
He never got to play at Manchester United. His best position is causing | :25:39. | :25:49. | |
problems for the centre half. He is going to struggle to play in that | :25:50. | :25:59. | |
position. The USA cannot play any other way. They have a little bit | :26:00. | :26:07. | |
more quality and fitness. It is other way. They have a little bit | :26:08. | :26:14. | |
refreshing to see the way the USA are playing. They do not want to be | :26:15. | :26:22. | |
giving Clint Dempsey to many tries at goal, because he could finish. | :26:23. | :26:33. | |
Danny Murphy and Steve Wilson. Thank you very much. The two teams | :26:34. | :26:40. | |
are out there and ready to go, and there has been no half-time | :26:41. | :26:46. | |
substitutions. Jurgen Klinsmann had to make one during play with the | :26:47. | :26:53. | |
right back who was injured, who was replaced by Yedlin, who has kept | :26:54. | :27:02. | |
Vertonghen equally tight. Here we go. Belgium all in red, USA all in | :27:03. | :27:15. | |
white. The second half. Both teams have a habit of scoring late. That | :27:16. | :27:22. | |
is good news. Seven out of eight USA... Seven out of the last eight | :27:23. | :27:29. | |
USA games, they scored in the second half. Five out of 64 Belgium have | :27:30. | :27:36. | |
come in the last 20 minutes of the game. -- five out of six games for | :27:37. | :27:45. | |
Belgium. United States has a free kick. It is not always about goals. | :27:46. | :27:58. | |
Both are willing to have a go. America are leaving themselves | :27:59. | :27:59. | |
open. That is out of play and it will be a | :28:00. | :28:19. | |
Belgian coming down on this near side. The USA are in their 10th | :28:20. | :28:30. | |
World Cup finals. Semifinalists previously, in a historic occasion | :28:31. | :28:40. | |
against Turkey. Belgian's first semifinal since 2002. | :28:41. | :28:52. | |
A flick over the top of the crossbar, a good one by Howard. A | :28:53. | :29:11. | |
clever little ball. I am not sure Howard needed to make that look as | :29:12. | :29:15. | |
extravagant as he did. We will give him the benefit of the doubt. Plenty | :29:16. | :29:26. | |
of time to move his feet. In comes the Belgian corner. Poor delivery. | :29:27. | :29:43. | |
Really sloppy. Vertonghen. Belgium broke. Mertens is disappointing me. | :29:44. | :30:00. | |
Towards Fellaini. Too many white shirts in there. Knowing the way my | :30:01. | :30:13. | |
predictions have gone, Mertens will probably score a hat-trick. I do not | :30:14. | :30:19. | |
think many people could have predicted what has happened in this | :30:20. | :30:34. | |
World Cup. Mertens is backpedaling. Dempsey waived his right foot, | :30:35. | :30:45. | |
controlled it. Vincent Kompany on a yellow card. If you have just joined | :30:46. | :31:00. | |
us, the Stoke defender is replacing Kyle Beckerman. No injury, just | :31:01. | :31:01. | |
selection. That does not trouble Tim Howard at | :31:02. | :31:29. | |
all. I have said enough about his lack of quality. This is his earlier | :31:30. | :31:38. | |
save. He had time to step back and catch that. ABT last -- maybe he | :31:39. | :31:55. | |
lost his bearings. A great thrower. He is a perfectionist. | :31:56. | :32:13. | |
A bit of a target. Mikkel Bradley snapping it. | :32:14. | :32:27. | |
Too much for the liking of the referee. Bradley has covered more | :32:28. | :32:37. | |
ground in this World Cup than any other player, and yearly 24 miles. | :32:38. | :32:49. | |
-- nearly 24 miles. He does not stop. Unbelievable athletes. I'd | :32:50. | :32:58. | |
-- nearly 24 miles. He does not not get that from just seeing him, | :32:59. | :33:05. | |
I've got that from statistics. It is hard sometimes to sift out the | :33:06. | :33:08. | |
thoroughly useless from the little nuggets. | :33:09. | :33:17. | |
Here is Bradley. Fellaini is going to have a pop | :33:18. | :33:38. | |
here, not his best effort. It is interesting, there are some | :33:39. | :33:40. | |
interesting statistics, but a lot of them do not matter ultimately. Here | :33:41. | :33:58. | |
is Vincent Kompany, shielding it and winning L Jim a throw in. -- | :33:59. | :34:08. | |
Belgium. Vincent Kompany did not feature at all in the last group | :34:09. | :34:14. | |
game against South Korea. Vertonghen sprinting ahead. Hazard has | :34:15. | :34:38. | |
Van Buyten finds Vincent Kompany. He was trying to feed Mertens but | :34:39. | :35:06. | |
someone was in the way. A free kick to the United States. When the ball | :35:07. | :35:23. | |
gets wide, Fellaini is nearly a second striker for the diagonal | :35:24. | :35:32. | |
ball. Hit a few diagonal balls, play off him. He is looking for a long | :35:33. | :35:41. | |
diagonal cross. Lovely ball | :35:42. | :36:05. | |
Neither got a touch. William ball from Vertonghen -- are brilliant all | :36:06. | :36:18. | |
from Vertonghen. Origi does not anticipate the defender missing it. | :36:19. | :36:39. | |
Eden Hazard here. Immediately under pressure I Jones and proudly -- by | :36:40. | :36:54. | |
Jones and Bradley. A slightly sleepy start to the second half, but it is | :36:55. | :37:03. | |
getting going now. That is a poor shots by De Bruyne. If you are going | :37:04. | :37:20. | |
to have him in the team, you have to play to his strengths. Hazard is | :37:21. | :37:24. | |
drifting into central areas, and when he does, the whole pitch opens | :37:25. | :37:32. | |
up to him. He has the ability to go both ways and to meet people. He has | :37:33. | :37:41. | |
options off the bench and he has used them while -- used them well, | :37:42. | :37:50. | |
the Belgian coach. Three of his substitutions have scored for him so | :37:51. | :37:58. | |
far. A good header from Origi and it just smudged the top of the | :37:59. | :38:05. | |
crossbar. Really good cross, good header, Origi. I am not sure whether | :38:06. | :38:16. | |
Howard is the coolest man in the stadium or what. Just across the top | :38:17. | :38:24. | |
of the crossbar. Here goes Vertonghen. He wants it back again. | :38:25. | :38:31. | |
Good Vertonghen. He wants it back again. | :38:32. | :38:39. | |
really up against it at the moment, United States. That would have been | :38:40. | :38:48. | |
goal of the tournament and the competition right there if it had | :38:49. | :38:55. | |
gone in. That would have been as good as anything we have seen. This | :38:56. | :39:01. | |
is the confidence he is playing with. He is getting down the left, | :39:02. | :39:05. | |
getting crosses, great technique. The reason it is happening is | :39:06. | :39:11. | |
because Zusi is just not defending. I cannot believe he is not being | :39:12. | :39:16. | |
screamed at by the bench and by his right back. Bradley has found him. | :39:17. | :39:27. | |
For runners for the USA. They shot the fax. -- this shot to flex. That | :39:28. | :39:37. | |
could have gone anyway. Powerful from Vertonghen. | :39:38. | :39:50. | |
quite get it to Zusi. By Kenneth -- I cannot for the life | :39:51. | :40:57. | |
of me think it is a deliberate tactic by Zusi. I wonder if a | :40:58. | :41:11. | |
substitution will affect things. Mirallas could play as a striker. We | :41:12. | :41:13. | |
will see. Vertonghen. Origi has been brilliantly. So close | :41:14. | :41:35. | |
to sneaking in through Mertens. A great run from Origi. Good, positive | :41:36. | :41:46. | |
run. It is Mertens coming off. This is his last contribution. I do not | :41:47. | :41:51. | |
think that is a bad substitution. I do not think Mertens has contributed | :41:52. | :41:56. | |
enough in this game. He causes problems with his pace. His energy, | :41:57. | :42:09. | |
his directness. Mirallas comes on for Mertens. Looks as though he was | :42:10. | :42:17. | |
-- is going to play on the side where Mertens was. Here is Bradley. | :42:18. | :42:30. | |
Yedlin is a handful. A free kick. I was watching Hazard when they were | :42:31. | :42:41. | |
attacking, USA, and I'd find it Dempsey. Bradley. Pace macro, Yedlin | :42:42. | :43:18. | |
-- Zusi, Yedlin. Van Buyten cleared it. | :43:19. | :43:25. | |
They might break now. Again by Besler. Good defending. | :43:26. | :43:43. | |
Great tackle. Origi. Play on, says the revelation. Pocket well | :43:44. | :43:50. | |
Great tackle. Origi. Play on, says truly picked by De Bruyne. That is | :43:51. | :43:52. | |
the work ethic. They don't stop, the Americans. Winning it back, that is | :43:53. | :43:57. | |
what has got them Americans. Winning it back, that is | :43:58. | :44:01. | |
place. Alejandro Bedoya picking a the stadium. DeMarcus Beasley. | :44:02. | :44:21. | |
Gonzalez. Yedlin. Yedlin again. Zusi. Couldn't quite take it | :44:22. | :44:28. | |
smoothly, and Eden Hazard and Vincent Kompany between them | :44:29. | :44:31. | |
conspire. De Bruyne is onside because he was inside his own half. | :44:32. | :44:37. | |
Kevin De Bruyne. Mirallas is available. Here he is. Fellaini to | :44:38. | :44:43. | |
the right. Kevin morass. Held up, but not stop. Still morass. Still | :44:44. | :44:48. | |
morass. Now De Bruyne. Block by camera -- still Mirallas. Blocked by | :44:49. | :44:55. | |
Cameron. Not sure he needed to come back. Gave the USA defender is a | :44:56. | :45:04. | |
Cameron. Not sure he needed to come chance to get back in. End to end | :45:05. | :45:06. | |
stuff at the moment. Brilliant. Really open. | :45:07. | :45:11. | |
stuff at the moment. Brilliant. back at home might even start to | :45:12. | :45:16. | |
appreciate a goalless game. Vertonghen. Here's hoping. | :45:17. | :45:22. | |
Vertonghen needed to Vertonghen. Here's hoping. | :45:23. | :45:25. | |
out of it before he touched it. This is | :45:26. | :45:55. | |
just getting a breeder. Been under some pressure. Keep the boil | :45:56. | :46:01. | |
dashboard were a little while. -- ball for a little while. Jones | :46:02. | :46:07. | |
jumping the Vincent Kompany. -- with Vincent Kompany. Axel Witsel with | :46:08. | :46:16. | |
the Frick -- quick free kick. Of course the free kick was taken | :46:17. | :46:19. | |
quickly, it's that kind of game. DeMarcus Beasley is in. Great hope | :46:20. | :46:26. | |
after the 1994 World Cup that football would take off in the | :46:27. | :46:30. | |
States, and it didn't really. But it has to be taken pretty seriously | :46:31. | :46:34. | |
now. It is not just a retirement home. It's a nice retirement home, | :46:35. | :46:41. | |
for some, but it's a bit more than that to. They can be really proud of | :46:42. | :46:47. | |
their players, again, tonight. Mirallas. Axel Witsel. Cannoned off | :46:48. | :46:58. | |
the back of Alejandro Bedoya. Putting his body on the line, good | :46:59. | :47:00. | |
defending. Brave. Alderweireld. Deflection on that. | :47:01. | :47:17. | |
Origi couldn't get the touch. De Bruyne finds Fellaini. Jan | :47:18. | :47:24. | |
Vertonghen. A measured ball in, but headed away by Gonzalez. Missed by | :47:25. | :47:30. | |
Graham Zusi. Yedlin, keeping it from hazard. Everything Yedlin does seems | :47:31. | :47:37. | |
to cause his team-mates a problem. He's got a free kick. Yes, I don't | :47:38. | :47:45. | |
think he is aware of switching on when he needs to be inside or | :47:46. | :47:49. | |
outside, passing the players. I'm amazed they haven't made a change, | :47:50. | :47:53. | |
because he looks tired. His defending has been reactive. He sees | :47:54. | :47:58. | |
the problem but it is almost too late. There will be a major | :47:59. | :48:06. | |
tournament held in the US in a couple of years time, and they are | :48:07. | :48:12. | |
tournament held in the US in a hosting the copper America, the | :48:13. | :48:12. | |
tournament held in the US in a centenary edition. All ten South | :48:13. | :48:16. | |
American teams will take part. And six from the Conqueror catheter. | :48:17. | :48:21. | |
Yedlin. Courtois takes it. And he takes it well. Yedlin has got | :48:22. | :48:38. | |
taken from Courtois. Vertonghen. taken from Courtois. Vertonghen. | :48:39. | :49:02. | |
Vincent Kompany, away to Mirallas. Out by Cameron. They can't keep the | :49:03. | :49:06. | |
ball at the moment and the Americans. Need some possession. | :49:07. | :49:15. | |
ball at the moment and the Eden Hazard. Jones has missed it. | :49:16. | :49:24. | |
ball at the moment and the Origi skips away. Good take by Tim | :49:25. | :49:31. | |
Howard. Jones, gesturing to come short. Lost too easily. That is poor | :49:32. | :49:39. | |
from Jones. He looks really tired. Struggling. He has put such a shift | :49:40. | :49:48. | |
in. That is a really good tackle. DeMarcus Beasley at the back for the | :49:49. | :49:54. | |
US. Started the tournament with Geoff Cameron in that position but | :49:55. | :49:58. | |
he had an unfortunate moment or two against Portugal, one of which led | :49:59. | :50:03. | |
to Nani's goal. Gonzalez has come in and done really well. He's done very | :50:04. | :50:09. | |
well. Jan Vertonghen. A decent ball in, and Besler waved a foot. That | :50:10. | :50:17. | |
might have been ill-advised. Bedoya's shanked clearance. | :50:18. | :50:21. | |
Fellaini. Alderweireld. Axel Witsel. Good hit. Tim Howard knew where his | :50:22. | :50:28. | |
post was and he felt he had it covered. A decent strike from | :50:29. | :50:35. | |
Witsel. Patient from Belgium. A few yards wide. This is the header from | :50:36. | :50:45. | |
earlier. Good effort from Divock Origi. He is quick, strong. Eager to | :50:46. | :50:56. | |
run behind. And of course, had such a young age, he will get better and | :50:57. | :51:11. | |
better. No agreement between Lille and Liverpool although we understand | :51:12. | :51:23. | |
there will be further discussions. Might be getting a bit more | :51:24. | :51:32. | |
expensive than every moment goes by. A few players who have added a lot | :51:33. | :51:35. | |
of value to themselves in this tournament. I'm surprised we haven't | :51:36. | :51:51. | |
seen some more substitutions. We might see some movement on the | :51:52. | :51:58. | |
American bench. Wondolowski is about to come on. They always put the | :51:59. | :52:05. | |
substitutes on with a bad wrong with Davis. | :52:06. | :52:22. | |
Yedlin. Dempsey. Courtois was behind it. Good strike. A quick snapshot | :52:23. | :52:41. | |
from Dempsey on his weaker foot. Capable from those areas. Yedlin | :52:42. | :52:45. | |
again down the right. Great change-up footwork by Moranis. | :52:46. | :52:59. | |
Howard was behind it. Twice he has denied Divock Origi. Lovely footwork | :53:00. | :53:09. | |
by Mirallas. Fellaini. Origi again. One in the box for Belgium. He could | :53:10. | :53:19. | |
not get it away from Cameron. That's what we were talking about, | :53:20. | :53:28. | |
committing people. Scrapping away. The free kick goes the way of | :53:29. | :53:32. | |
Belgium. I wonder if the US will make the change. I think it will be | :53:33. | :53:36. | |
Graham Zusi coming off, the man who conceded the free kick. Chris | :53:37. | :53:42. | |
Wondolowski will come out to replace him. He is dead on his feet. He | :53:43. | :54:00. | |
should have done better. He snatched at it a bit. A clear site on goal. | :54:01. | :54:08. | |
To changes made for the USA now. And at it a bit. A clear site on goal. | :54:09. | :54:14. | |
one for Belgium. Kevin De Bruyne with this free kick. Jan Vertonghen. | :54:15. | :54:18. | |
There are four inside the US area. Fellaini. The whistle has gone. I | :54:19. | :54:25. | |
think for handball. Fellaini. The whistle has gone. I | :54:26. | :54:30. | |
diagonal we talked about, the only one they have hit, well, the second | :54:31. | :54:36. | |
one. As soon as it comes down on his chest, there are problems. Maybe he | :54:37. | :54:49. | |
felt the first one was Upadhay. Just scuffs it a little bit. He will be | :54:50. | :54:57. | |
disappointed with that. Probably the two best chances of the game. Only | :54:58. | :55:10. | |
his sixth cap. He scored in Americana stadium, not a bad place | :55:11. | :55:13. | |
to score the first goal for your country. Certainly isn't. Omar | :55:14. | :55:26. | |
Gonzalez. Not often on these occasions, the closer you get to 90 | :55:27. | :55:30. | |
minutes, the more cagey and cautious it gets. No signs of that yet. | :55:31. | :55:33. | |
Dempsey, racing forward. Dempsey. it gets. No signs of that yet. | :55:34. | :55:41. | |
Dempsey's shop, and Courtois behind it. He could have | :55:42. | :55:52. | |
Dempsey's shop, and Courtois behind Bedoya. Leaders are normally give it | :55:53. | :55:53. | |
away around those areas, very Bedoya. Leaders are normally give it | :55:54. | :56:12. | |
knocks him over. I keep forgetting he's not in a Fulham shirt. I keep | :56:13. | :56:19. | |
getting excited for him. Yedlin, they had him on loan for a short | :56:20. | :56:22. | |
spell. YELLOW no, it didn't work. I think if they had even had Lionel | :56:23. | :56:44. | |
Messi on loan they would have gone down. I was there on the relegation | :56:45. | :56:53. | |
day, and it was with a whimper. Fellaini. Bariti. He has played | :56:54. | :57:01. | |
well, Fellaini. Bariti. He has played | :57:02. | :57:09. | |
interceptions. Bradley. Jones making the forward run. A test for | :57:10. | :57:14. | |
Vertonghen. Second ball. Vincent Kompany first to it. Cameron. Eden | :57:15. | :57:32. | |
Hazard chases back and tackles. Lovely ball. Mirallas onside. It is | :57:33. | :57:44. | |
a corner. He wins a tackle and gets them on the break. Lovely turn. | :57:45. | :57:53. | |
Tries to site -- sliding down the side. What a save. Three times now, | :57:54. | :58:12. | |
Tim Howard. A Belgian corner. At least we know that Eden Hazard can | :58:13. | :58:19. | |
do it. He is capable. Double figures now, the corner can. Origi giving | :58:20. | :58:31. | |
chase. Gonzalez giving chase. The US central defender is slowly getting | :58:32. | :58:34. | |
back to their feet. Eden Hazard here. He's back on his feet now. | :58:35. | :58:40. | |
Vertonghen. Vincent Kompany. Argentina are waiting in the | :58:41. | :58:50. | |
quarterfinals. Kevin Mirallas. A block by Cameron. He's done more in | :58:51. | :58:58. | |
the ten minutes he has been on than Dries Mertens did in the whole | :58:59. | :59:02. | |
match. Causing problems. Set pieces as well stop he takes a mean free | :59:03. | :59:09. | |
kick. Gonzalez will get the treatment he was hoping he would get | :59:10. | :59:18. | |
a couple of minutes ago. If you see his left ankle. Oh, dear. You know | :59:19. | :59:25. | |
what, he might be lucky. I've done that a few times and it can come | :59:26. | :59:30. | |
back for you after a couple of minutes. He might be OK. Let's hope | :59:31. | :59:40. | |
he is, because he has been immense. They still have a change up their | :59:41. | :59:44. | |
sleeve, if they need to use it. He doesn't want to use it in case of | :59:45. | :59:50. | |
extra time. Geoff Cameron might slot back into defence and bring somebody | :59:51. | :59:55. | |
back in midfield. But at the moment, he looks OK. You do feel, the longer | :59:56. | :00:05. | |
it goes on, Belgium are getting on top of the US and creating the | :00:06. | :00:09. | |
better chances. Surprised there has not been a substitute at the | :00:10. | :00:21. | |
quality. The Belgians have taken the opportunity to get some liquid on. | :00:22. | :00:30. | |
They do seem to be enjoying the match and each other's company these | :00:31. | :00:38. | |
two. It's nice to see. Dempsey with a click away downfield. Onto the | :00:39. | :00:49. | |
header Van Buyten. Mirallas. Mirallas taking on DeMarcus Beasley. | :00:50. | :00:55. | |
Great ball in. Hazard. Good save by Tim Howard again. That was curling | :00:56. | :01:01. | |
in the far post. He didn't quite catch it. Might break. Michael | :01:02. | :01:11. | |
Bradley. Cameron. Bedoya. DeMarcus Beasley is outside him. Alejandro | :01:12. | :01:17. | |
Bedoya. DeMarcus Beasley. Blocked by Van Buyten. Look at this. End to | :01:18. | :01:30. | |
end. Kevin morale is at full pelt. Trying to run through the lot of | :01:31. | :01:35. | |
them. He has made such a difference. What a brilliant run for Eden | :01:36. | :01:40. | |
Hazard. Talk about trying to prove a point. Again, he'd sit in the | :01:41. | :01:46. | |
ground. Makes the save easier for Tim Howard. We've seen it a few | :01:47. | :01:52. | |
times, not connecting with the ball. Just a bit heavy. Jan Vertonghen | :01:53. | :02:03. | |
finds Hazard. Will he create something magical to break American | :02:04. | :02:13. | |
hearts. A bit of a slice from Gonzalez for yet another Belgian | :02:14. | :02:28. | |
corner kick. Taken short. Fellaini at the back post. Howard did well. | :02:29. | :02:34. | |
Beasley did as well. Full of running still. Wondolowski. Jermaine Jones. | :02:35. | :02:47. | |
Yedlin is supercharged. Vertonghen have a head start. But Yedlin's | :02:48. | :02:51. | |
persistence and pace has brought them a throw. He made about 40 yards | :02:52. | :02:58. | |
there, considering he has hardly played at this level, how wonderful | :02:59. | :03:00. | |
there, considering he has hardly he has tonight. He can be proud of | :03:01. | :03:12. | |
himself. Dempsey. Cameron. Bradley. Beasley. Bradley. There he is | :03:13. | :03:23. | |
again, Yedlin, in behind. Yedlin. Jones. Fellaini did well. Eden | :03:24. | :03:32. | |
Hazard. Great tackle by Yedlin. He ran 40 yards and he ignored him | :03:33. | :03:37. | |
again and did not defend, then got back and tackled him. What a | :03:38. | :03:49. | |
performance he has put in. Hazard. Mirallas is off chasing this. Takes | :03:50. | :03:57. | |
on DeMarcus Beasley. That needed to be timed right, and it was. It is a | :03:58. | :04:11. | |
corner. Again, he is a threat. You make a mistake there you run the | :04:12. | :04:15. | |
risk of conceding something think attack -- catastrophic. A Belgian | :04:16. | :04:38. | |
corner. That is away by Dempsey. What a tackle. We donor family times | :04:39. | :04:45. | |
he has done that tonight. The never say die attitude is so admirable. | :04:46. | :04:49. | |
Some of those lads are dying on their feet. Again, a corner kick. | :04:50. | :04:58. | |
Vincent Kompany having his shirt pulled. Fits not a great save, it's | :04:59. | :05:13. | |
a great block. They've certainly played for their manager and the | :05:14. | :05:19. | |
country. But they do look tired. Got to try and regain some shape and | :05:20. | :05:30. | |
energy to stay in the game. Is there a late winner? It has been a feature | :05:31. | :05:34. | |
of the round of 16 games. Late winners. I'm amazed Fellaini are | :05:35. | :05:43. | |
still on the pitch, his contribution has been next to nothing. There has | :05:44. | :05:46. | |
been the odd header down or chest down. The likes of Zanuzaj and | :05:47. | :05:50. | |
Dembele on the bench, even Chadli. Have to try and do something | :05:51. | :05:57. | |
different. Vincent Kompany. Have to try and do something | :05:58. | :06:10. | |
Belgium. Fellaini. Eden Hazard. Already. -- Origi got the shot away. | :06:11. | :06:19. | |
Howard with a reaction stop. Hit firm Andrew, rising, but straight at | :06:20. | :06:24. | |
the keeper. Good play from Origi, confident turn, | :06:25. | :06:28. | |
the keeper. Good play from Origi, save it. Another corner. -- straight | :06:29. | :06:36. | |
at Howard. Almost into the last five minutes of the 90. | :06:37. | :06:42. | |
De Bruyne with the deep corner. Fellaini's header at the back post. | :06:43. | :06:49. | |
Did it come off a USA head? Apparently not. They only committed | :06:50. | :06:54. | |
for men in the box to the corner. Five minutes to go, and you wanted | :06:55. | :06:58. | |
win the game. I'm surprised they did not commit | :06:59. | :07:01. | |
win the game. I'm surprised they did For many is an easy number to defend | :07:02. | :07:04. | |
against. De Bruyne has gone For many is an easy number to defend | :07:05. | :07:14. | |
yet -- for men is an easy number to defend stick -- defend against. | :07:15. | :07:16. | |
yet -- for men is an easy number to Shocked at the strength that he has | :07:17. | :07:19. | |
on the bench and there is Shocked at the strength that he has | :07:20. | :07:23. | |
movement. Really am surprised. Jan Shocked at the strength that he has | :07:24. | :07:30. | |
into Eden Hazard. Well timed by Gonzalez. Michael Bradley. | :07:31. | :07:31. | |
Wondolowski. It is that time of the game. If you | :07:32. | :07:46. | |
concede now, you are in big trouble. Wondolowski. Jones. Jones's bawling. | :07:47. | :07:55. | |
Cleverley away by Van Buyten with Dempsey behind him and waiting. Not | :07:56. | :08:02. | |
sure that was clever. A good break from the USA. That could have gone | :08:03. | :08:08. | |
anywhere. That is a tired clearance rather than a clever one. Well, he | :08:09. | :08:15. | |
did what needed to be done I guess. Alejandro Bedoya will take the | :08:16. | :08:19. | |
corner kick the United States. The fans are on their feet. | :08:20. | :08:28. | |
Bedoya's corner. Witsel's header. Eden Hazard. Origi. DeMarcus Beasley | :08:29. | :08:38. | |
does not want to be beaten here. A foul. | :08:39. | :09:02. | |
He is having a real war of words with his manager. Omar Gonzalez | :09:03. | :09:08. | |
here. Another good ball. Jan Vertonghen. | :09:09. | :09:28. | |
Eden Hazard. De Bruyne, and you still feel that the Belgian quality | :09:29. | :09:32. | |
might count in the end. Kevin De Bruyne. Eden Hazard. Eden Hazard, | :09:33. | :09:39. | |
side netting. Got to pull it there, on his left foot, away from the | :09:40. | :09:45. | |
goal. Bad decision from Eden Hazard. Look at the red shirts in the | :09:46. | :09:50. | |
middle. I'm not sure how he thinks he will score. Must be an | :09:51. | :09:53. | |
unbelievable strike to score from there. That is greedy, that. Either | :09:54. | :09:59. | |
tired or greedy. A player of his quality has to do better there. | :10:00. | :10:01. | |
Bradley. Cameron. Behind the Yedlin. Belgium with the | :10:02. | :10:19. | |
throw. The Tongan -- Vertonghen. De Bruyne. Two minutes of normal time | :10:20. | :10:25. | |
plus added on. Well timed again from Gonzalez. Spreading it well, Kevin | :10:26. | :10:27. | |
De Bruyne. Mirallas. Fellaini waiting to the diagonal | :10:28. | :10:49. | |
again. Besler forward. They can break. Alejandro Bedoya. Wondolowski | :10:50. | :10:53. | |
in the middle. Jermaine Jones with a run. Bedoya takes on Van Buyten, but | :10:54. | :10:58. | |
Vincent Kompany is across. Just say, that is of that. Superb defending | :10:59. | :11:05. | |
from Vincent Kompany. Read that so well. Hazard, into Witsel. Vincent | :11:06. | :11:08. | |
Kompany continuing. Company in the middle. Tim Howard, away. Now that | :11:09. | :11:16. | |
would have been the goal of the tournament. Captain fantastic, | :11:17. | :11:24. | |
Vincent Kompany. Just a tiny bit behind him. Needs a better quality | :11:25. | :11:28. | |
ball. One or two yards in front of him. I am breathing heavier just | :11:29. | :11:39. | |
watching him make that run. Corner. 15th Belgian corner here. | :11:40. | :11:43. | |
Kevin De Bruyne. The referee, I thought he had blown his whistle but | :11:44. | :11:51. | |
it was someone in the crowd. Eden Hazard. Hazard, taking on Yedlin. | :11:52. | :11:56. | |
Hazard, did well, put behind by Omar Gonzalez. | :11:57. | :12:03. | |
16 corners now. Not sure I can find any more words or eulogies for the | :12:04. | :12:13. | |
American defending. To keep going the way they have, keep getting in | :12:14. | :12:16. | |
there, getting the blocks, fantastic attitude. And desire. Into the three | :12:17. | :12:22. | |
added minutes. Fellaini, over the bar. | :12:23. | :12:30. | |
Well, well, well. That is where Fellaini is dangerous. That has been | :12:31. | :12:38. | |
his only contribution, actually, set plays and diagonals. | :12:39. | :12:43. | |
Tim Howard's clearance downfield. Witsel. | :12:44. | :13:10. | |
Dempsey has done well and shrugged off Axel Witsel. Jan Vertonghen is | :13:11. | :13:29. | |
there. It will be a USA corner no, a US throw. 90 seconds of added time | :13:30. | :13:32. | |
to go. Good strength. Keeps his team at the pitch. | :13:33. | :13:47. | |
Wondolowski. Of Vincent Kompany. A slice from De Bruyne. Wondolowski. | :13:48. | :13:52. | |
Cameron. Yedlin will reach this. Yedlin, time to look up. See who is | :13:53. | :13:57. | |
there. Three in the middle. Vincent Kompany away. Geoff Cameron. Lofting | :13:58. | :14:03. | |
it up towards Jones. Wondolowski. He has missed it! Offside. It would not | :14:04. | :14:16. | |
have counted. I am pleased for him. Clever ball | :14:17. | :14:30. | |
from Cameron. A mile offside. Oh, my word. Fellaini's header. | :14:31. | :14:47. | |
It is that the thin line. We saw the Swiss hit the post in the last | :14:48. | :14:59. | |
seconds. Jones is charging down the middle here for the United States. | :15:00. | :15:07. | |
Vincent Kompany will not be beaten. We will have extra time. More of the | :15:08. | :15:15. | |
same, please. It might be 0-0, but you do not need 200 points in a game | :15:16. | :15:22. | |
to have fun. Their Dietmar minutes to come. -- 30 more minutes to come. | :15:23. | :15:32. | |
to have fun. Their Dietmar minutes I think Americans might be beginning | :15:33. | :15:37. | |
to understand a sport without goals or points to be runs -- or runs to | :15:38. | :15:48. | |
be wrenchingly exciting. What a performance from Howard. Just got in | :15:49. | :15:54. | |
the of everything. And credible. Attack after attack from Belgium. | :15:55. | :16:06. | |
They got into the final third. It goes to show what you can do with 14 | :16:07. | :16:13. | |
or 13 committed guys who believed in the manager in the system and are | :16:14. | :16:16. | |
willing to give everything for their country. You can get to where you | :16:17. | :16:21. | |
want to be through hard work and sheer grit and determination, and | :16:22. | :16:28. | |
that performance from the USA was everything that said, we want to | :16:29. | :16:33. | |
stay in this competition, we believe in ourselves, because they have | :16:34. | :16:39. | |
given everything for their country. If he had scored there and it was | :16:40. | :16:45. | |
offside, he was a couple of yards on. He was flagged offside. He would | :16:46. | :17:02. | |
have been in trouble after that. Origi has been impressive. | :17:03. | :17:11. | |
Brilliant. He came on previously as a substitute in the pressure was not | :17:12. | :17:13. | |
as great Bend. a substitute in the pressure was not | :17:14. | :17:18. | |
to seeing how he would come in at the start of a game. He has taken it | :17:19. | :17:28. | |
on head and. He is creating chances and is not scared to have a go. We | :17:29. | :17:41. | |
mentioned Liverpool. He is willing to run in behind. He was very good | :17:42. | :17:47. | |
in the air and looked strong. His finishing let him down. He looks | :17:48. | :17:55. | |
comfortable taking the ball anywhere. He is aware of people | :17:56. | :18:05. | |
around him. He is one for the future, Origi. I think my favourite | :18:06. | :18:14. | |
moment came at the end when a certain | :18:15. | :18:19. | |
moment came at the end when a scored one of the most marvelous | :18:20. | :18:24. | |
goals of all-time if it had gone in. He just kept running and running and | :18:25. | :18:33. | |
passed it and followed it. I've got to say, that is a terrible finish! | :18:34. | :18:40. | |
If you see it from a different angle, it was awful. There is the | :18:41. | :18:50. | |
captain of Belgium. You just wonder how long America can hang on and if | :18:51. | :18:59. | |
they have the legs for it. Can Belgium do something to win this | :19:00. | :19:07. | |
game? The final ball, the final pass, the finish. 18 has so many | :19:08. | :19:16. | |
chances and they look back and regret it. -- | :19:17. | :19:34. | |
This is how they play every game. I have never seen them change tactics. | :19:35. | :20:01. | |
I got a glimpse of Lukaku sneaking on. When your legs are weary and you | :20:02. | :20:13. | |
see him coming and wanting to prove a point, he has a point to prove. | :20:14. | :20:21. | |
Another young guy that has not really achieved what he wants to | :20:22. | :20:25. | |
achieve and certainly not in this World Cup. He has a point to prove. | :20:26. | :20:32. | |
He will be screaming, get the ball into me. The ball breaks down a lot. | :20:33. | :20:43. | |
Origi looks after the ball very well. Let's go back and join Steve | :20:44. | :20:53. | |
and Danny. Lukaku and four Origi. The referee | :20:54. | :21:02. | |
blows his whistle and the United States get the first period of extra | :21:03. | :21:07. | |
time under way. They have swapped De Bruyne on the left. I think that is | :21:08. | :21:20. | |
partly... The right back has gone on the whole game, hasn't he? I think | :21:21. | :21:25. | |
De Bruyne will be more disciplined in his footwork. Hazard will get a | :21:26. | :21:35. | |
young striker more involved than he has been in the match on the | :21:36. | :21:41. | |
left-hand side, because Lukaku has not yet had a shot in this World | :21:42. | :21:46. | |
Cup. Here is Bradley. A definite change. Oh, it has gone through. | :21:47. | :21:57. | |
Good cross from Beasley. Doug it out from around the corner. Jones is | :21:58. | :22:17. | |
somehow still going. He cannot quite get over it. You would think the | :22:18. | :22:24. | |
chances would be few and far between in this extra time. Geoff Cameron. | :22:25. | :22:38. | |
Cameron forward. Jones scrapping for it. Cameron. Dempsey. When you think | :22:39. | :22:46. | |
that United States... Hold on. De Bruyne, 1-0 Belgium. Kevin De | :22:47. | :23:12. | |
Bruyne. Great finish. Lukaku causing the problems. Strength and power, | :23:13. | :23:29. | |
freshness. He shrugged him off, Lukaku. There it was. I've thought | :23:30. | :23:38. | |
he was going to go on his own but he looks to square it. Really composed, | :23:39. | :23:47. | |
isn't he? Composed is the perfect word. Top goal scorer in qualifying. | :23:48. | :23:57. | |
We see why. He had never scored for Belgium before this World Cup. That | :23:58. | :24:04. | |
is fit for his country, and now the United States, somewhere, somehow | :24:05. | :24:10. | |
have to find some reserves of energy in a way back into this game and | :24:11. | :24:15. | |
Jermaine Jones immediately throwing the gauntlet down. Argentina is the | :24:16. | :24:27. | |
prize or whoever goes through. That prize will the on Saturday. They | :24:28. | :24:33. | |
will have to show some rough strength. -- real strength. | :24:34. | :24:46. | |
Bradley's free kick. A long run back for those centre halves who have | :24:47. | :24:52. | |
gone up. He just takes his time, take the extra touch and picks his | :24:53. | :24:56. | |
spots. There he composed take the extra touch and picks his | :24:57. | :25:04. | |
a talented young player. He wants to go and celebrate and realises he | :25:05. | :25:08. | |
must go back or he will get a yellow. Kevin De Bruyne, who | :25:09. | :25:18. | |
celebrated his birthday three days ago. If that proves to be the | :25:19. | :25:25. | |
winning goal, it will earn a small celebration this evening. Bradley. | :25:26. | :25:46. | |
Dempsey. Bradley. Dempsey. Plenty of time for the Americans. Yedlin, and | :25:47. | :26:01. | |
Vertonghen away. Hazard. Away to the left-hand side, Vertonghen. | :26:02. | :26:16. | |
Vertonghen, what is he going to do? Too long. Defender in the box now. | :26:17. | :26:22. | |
Far too long. Get out on your feet and smash it. Free kick to United | :26:23. | :26:28. | |
States. That was a chance to put a game away. I am thinking of the game | :26:29. | :26:32. | |
that Greece had, with extra time, game away. I am thinking of the game | :26:33. | :26:49. | |
against Costa Rica. You never know. That was a good chance. The only | :26:50. | :26:56. | |
upside, the cloud of that goal is that it | :26:57. | :27:02. | |
has come so the cloud of that goal is that it | :27:03. | :27:07. | |
What they don't want to concede another. Eden Hazard here. De | :27:08. | :27:16. | |
Bruyne. Lukaku, got the shot away, and Tim Howard turns it the way. -- | :27:17. | :27:25. | |
away. Lukaku has done more in six minutes in extra time than he has | :27:26. | :27:28. | |
really contributed in the two games in which he played the best part of | :27:29. | :27:32. | |
90 minutes. The game is open, which helped him. He has a point to | :27:33. | :27:37. | |
prove, and sometimes players need that. They come out fighting. The | :27:38. | :27:46. | |
substitutions have both made a huge impression. Free kick to USA. If | :27:47. | :28:04. | |
they go through, their lack of tenacity, it is only | :28:05. | :28:09. | |
they go through, their lack of Hugh is looking tired now -- who is | :28:10. | :28:17. | |
looking tired now, and the rest of them are attacking | :28:18. | :28:25. | |
looking tired now, and the rest of Good covering from Mirallas. | :28:26. | :28:28. | |
looking tired now, and the rest of Cameron, too deep. | :28:29. | :28:42. | |
On Friday, in the quarterfinals, we bring you France against Germany, | :28:43. | :28:55. | |
live on BBC One, 430 p.m.. At the moment, it is Belgium's to lose. It | :28:56. | :29:06. | |
is Belgium's to win, isn't it? I never understood that expression. | :29:07. | :29:21. | |
The football lexicon. Beasley. Geoff Cameron. Cameron again. Dempsey | :29:22. | :29:37. | |
coming deep, finding Bradley. Bradley, clipped away to Jones. | :29:38. | :29:42. | |
Ciman always willing to make an option, and has it now. -- Yedlin | :29:43. | :29:51. | |
always willing. A tired looking ball. Bedoya is there. Beasley. | :29:52. | :30:00. | |
Almost cut out by Hazard. Here is Cameron on the nicely away from | :30:01. | :30:08. | |
Fellaini. Beautifully done. Act into Dempsey. Brilliant, let the ball | :30:09. | :30:17. | |
roll away from Dempsey. The whistle has gone. Still hope for them, still | :30:18. | :30:26. | |
chances. There are tired legs out there on both sides. Chris Wood is | :30:27. | :30:32. | |
out there alongside Jurgen Klinsmann. On his knees, getting | :30:33. | :30:47. | |
some air. 22 tired lads out there. He tried to shoot. He will hopefully | :30:48. | :30:53. | |
be OK. A little bit of added time at the | :30:54. | :31:02. | |
end of this period of extra time. Courts want -- Courtois away. Lukaku | :31:03. | :31:30. | |
again, and Howard once more. Got to contact -- got to contain Lukaku. | :31:31. | :31:40. | |
His freshness has made a real difference. The next goal in this | :31:41. | :31:47. | |
game if there is one must not be a Belgian goal. They might get one, | :31:48. | :31:57. | |
but I'd don't see it. To lose a goal in extra time, psychologically... | :31:58. | :32:08. | |
Straight out of place for an American throw in. They are still in | :32:09. | :32:14. | |
this, they have to have belief. It could be a set play. You have seen | :32:15. | :32:25. | |
it with the Greeks. Too last goals. Anything is possible. -- to | :32:26. | :32:32. | |
last-minute goals. Anything is possible. Yedlin. Bradley. Dempsey. | :32:33. | :32:49. | |
Great ball. It is hammered into Jones and the referee has stopped | :32:50. | :32:58. | |
play. What a good move, what a block. This first 15 minutes could | :32:59. | :33:08. | |
last about 25, couldn't it? Unfortunate. That is an accident. He | :33:09. | :33:18. | |
will be all right. He has had a ball in the face before. Give him a | :33:19. | :33:27. | |
little breather, a little water, get on with it. Good attack. For a young | :33:28. | :33:49. | |
man, that is great composure. Tim Howard, finally beaten. They need | :33:50. | :34:04. | |
Jones back on quickly, because they do not want to be playing with one | :34:05. | :34:08. | |
man less in extra time, that is for sure. Jones is back on now. De | :34:09. | :34:24. | |
Bruyne. Hazard. Van Buyten. Alderweireld. Mirallas. Fellaini. | :34:25. | :34:39. | |
This is good possession. Howard, good save. Goode, good faith. How | :34:40. | :34:44. | |
many times have we said that this evening? Poor finish from Mirallas. | :34:45. | :34:56. | |
He is better than that normally. Certainly making chances. Here is | :34:57. | :35:01. | |
Jones. Lukaku, 2-0. Belgium will face | :35:02. | :35:37. | |
Argentina. Lukaku with the second goal. Jurgen Klinsmann's United | :35:38. | :35:56. | |
States team are undone, and another Belgian substitute makes the | :35:57. | :36:02. | |
difference. A good breakaway. De Bruyne takes his time. That is the | :36:03. | :36:13. | |
exact finish we expect from him. Confident, powerful, and as you say, | :36:14. | :36:20. | |
he has done more in the last 15 minutes here of extra time and he | :36:21. | :36:24. | |
has done in the rest of the World Cup. See the smile on his face. | :36:25. | :36:37. | |
Well, we are into added time at the first period of extra time. 2-0 is a | :36:38. | :36:45. | |
obviously, there will be more obviously, there will be more | :36:46. | :37:01. | |
counter. They deserve it, you can't argue with that. They | :37:02. | :37:09. | |
chances and were the dominant team. We are playing to | :37:10. | :37:14. | |
chances and were the dominant team. the end of the first 15. Is that too | :37:15. | :37:18. | |
more added minutes? They have arty played nearly two. Julian | :37:19. | :37:27. | |
more added minutes? They have arty about to come on as soon as the | :37:28. | :37:32. | |
fourth official has decided which number is coming off. Or at least | :37:33. | :37:37. | |
reflecting what Jurgen Klinsmann has decided which number should come | :37:38. | :37:43. | |
off. It is Bedoya here is coming off and Julian Green, who is with Bayern | :37:44. | :37:50. | |
Munich, though mostly in their second team, which plays below are | :37:51. | :37:52. | |
tears in German football. He is on. It is the end of the first period of | :37:53. | :38:16. | |
extra time. Substitutions again. You have got to hand it to him, every | :38:17. | :38:20. | |
substitution he has made in this tournament has paid off. He is | :38:21. | :38:25. | |
fortunate because he has a squad full of talented players all over | :38:26. | :38:33. | |
the pitch, various options, and he has chosen them while at the right | :38:34. | :38:39. | |
times. His substitutes have a determination to make an impact and | :38:40. | :38:43. | |
to show him that he was wrong not to have | :38:44. | :38:50. | |
to show him that he was wrong not to place. Maybe he is not quite sure of | :38:51. | :38:57. | |
his best team. Belgium will be assuming that the last 15 minutes | :38:58. | :39:03. | |
down throughout the last amazing 15 minutes from the US but | :39:04. | :39:08. | |
down throughout the last amazing 15 have Thomas Vermaelen bit but alas | :39:09. | :39:08. | |
eight, but have Thomas Vermaelen bit but alas | :39:09. | :39:17. | |
extraordinary now. That would be a remarkable comeback | :39:18. | :39:24. | |
extraordinary now. That would be a climb this mountain. They have given | :39:25. | :39:27. | |
their all so far, they really have. There's not one of them out there | :39:28. | :39:34. | |
who cannot be proud of themselves. 15 minutes away, Belgium, from the | :39:35. | :39:40. | |
last eight. The last eight of the World Cup. De Bruyne, forward. | :39:41. | :39:49. | |
Lukaku giving it straight to Yedlin. But if they get one early in this | :39:50. | :39:54. | |
half... Yedlin. Lovely bit of skill. As Cameron got the legs to get | :39:55. | :40:04. | |
there? It is a free kick for the foul on Yedlin. Set pieces are | :40:05. | :40:15. | |
important now. Bradley to take. Bradley. It might still fall for | :40:16. | :40:23. | |
them. Kevin De Bruyne. They are in real trouble and if DeMarcus Beasley | :40:24. | :40:28. | |
had not been first to the clearance, and he shouldn't have been, not a | :40:29. | :40:40. | |
good ball. A sloppy. Here is Bradley. Jones. Bradley. Julian | :40:41. | :40:56. | |
Green making the run. He has scored! What a fantastic goal. Julian Green | :40:57. | :41:01. | |
for the United States. And they are only back in it. It is 2-1. I told | :41:02. | :41:12. | |
you I should not predict anything. Game over? Why did I not be quiet. | :41:13. | :41:14. | |
you I should not predict anything. What a moment that young man. | :41:15. | :41:17. | |
Bradley looks up. Onside. What a moment that young man. | :41:18. | :41:26. | |
take that well. Alderweireld letting go. Just off the edge of his toe. He | :41:27. | :41:34. | |
deserves a bit of luck for making a superb run. 13 minutes to go, and 13 | :41:35. | :41:50. | |
minutes might be plenty because Belgium who were practically | :41:51. | :41:52. | |
celebrating in extra time up against it. This World Cup has been | :41:53. | :42:01. | |
absolutely brilliant. Fellaini. Lukaku wants it. Fellaini. Goalkick. | :42:02. | :42:12. | |
I am amazed that they have not made a change and put some fresh legs on. | :42:13. | :42:20. | |
Witsel and Fellaini are gone. They cannot make a run between them. | :42:21. | :42:28. | |
Yedlin. Listen to the noise. Cameron striding forward. Yedlin. For in the | :42:29. | :42:32. | |
middle for the USA. Wondolowski. Jones. Just wide. It is wide by a | :42:33. | :42:41. | |
whisker. A hair's Brett. Jermaine Jones. It looked in. I cannot | :42:42. | :42:47. | |
believe what I am watching. Talk about turning the game around. | :42:48. | :42:55. | |
Brilliant ball from Yedlin. What a clever finish it was. So I'm lucky | :42:56. | :42:59. | |
from Jones. Outside of the right foot. Macro Yedlin, not sure what he | :43:00. | :43:14. | |
has had foot. Macro Yedlin, not sure what he | :43:15. | :43:19. | |
stopped. Beautifully foot. Macro Yedlin, not sure what he | :43:20. | :43:21. | |
DeMarcus Beasley. Here is a man who is contender for Man of the Match. | :43:22. | :43:27. | |
Besler. Julian Green, the man who has changed the face of the game. | :43:28. | :43:31. | |
Michael Bradley for the United States. Yedlin. Bradley. | :43:32. | :43:50. | |
Donovan. Julian Green. Green can see Bradley. He does. Bradley. Trying to | :43:51. | :44:04. | |
work out a rate around Fellini. DeMarcus Beasley. Omar Gonzalez. | :44:05. | :44:11. | |
Jermaine Jones for the United States. Suddenly it is the Belgium | :44:12. | :44:16. | |
legs that are aching. De Bruyne, given away by Jones. Poor ball. | :44:17. | :44:28. | |
Given straight back. Cameron. Away by Vincent Kompany. Omar Gonzalez | :44:29. | :44:37. | |
has not won it. Lukaku. Besler. Lukaku running at Gonzalez. Lukaku. | :44:38. | :44:47. | |
Howard again. Howard again. The two of them could not stop him, but Tim | :44:48. | :44:54. | |
Howard did. Great feat. Not the best finish, but again, Tim Howard, how | :44:55. | :44:58. | |
many times has he saved with his legs? What an evening he has had. | :44:59. | :45:06. | |
What a game. Belgium are throwing on Nacer Chadli. Their last change. It | :45:07. | :45:18. | |
shouldn't be for Hazard. You can hear the response for the Belgium | :45:19. | :45:25. | |
fans, he still looks fresh. The two guys behind | :45:26. | :45:28. | |
fans, he still looks fresh. The two feet. Chad liaison. Tim Howard. | :45:29. | :45:35. | |
Tipping it away. Another Belgian corner. The 19th Belgian corner of | :45:36. | :45:47. | |
the game. Here is this brilliant moment for Julian Green. Catches the | :45:48. | :45:55. | |
end of his toe, but he won't care, at all. And then the chance for | :45:56. | :46:03. | |
Jones a minute or two later. It is Belgian with this corner kick. | :46:04. | :46:09. | |
Morale is to take it. Headed out by Omar Gonzalez. Chadli, just on. | :46:10. | :46:14. | |
Kevin De Bruyne working it to Mirallas. He can charge in. He trod | :46:15. | :46:23. | |
on it. Cameron, way too green. He has got through one challenge. | :46:24. | :46:26. | |
DeMarcus Beasley. Back to Julian Green. Mirallas is helping out. | :46:27. | :46:38. | |
Foul. Free kick. Showing some spirit and some fight. Bradley. Jones. | :46:39. | :46:49. | |
Blocked by Vincent Kompany. It comes to Geoff Cameron. Miss time, but | :46:50. | :46:53. | |
pushed, free kick USA. It is dead centre. Michael Bradley is onto it. | :46:54. | :47:09. | |
It's quite a way out. Not sure he should be shooting. I have not seen | :47:10. | :47:12. | |
his strike. The Belgian | :47:13. | :47:23. | |
nervous than he did five minutes ago. I think we all thought it was | :47:24. | :47:33. | |
game over. Half-time in extra time. They were virtually celebrating. | :47:34. | :47:37. | |
Jermaine Jones will free kick will stop Courtois with | :47:38. | :47:54. | |
the save to deny Dempsey. Bradley. Cannot find Wondolowski. Jan | :47:55. | :47:59. | |
Vertonghen. One back by Wondolowski. Where have they got the energy from? | :48:00. | :48:04. | |
They look the fitter and stronger team. Bradley. Bradley getting | :48:05. | :48:07. | |
through Fellaini. Still going. Smashed away by Jan Vertonghen. That | :48:08. | :48:16. | |
is the best free kick of the World Cup so far. What a save from | :48:17. | :48:21. | |
Courtois. Cameron with the ball into the box. Jones attacks it. Dempsey | :48:22. | :48:27. | |
at the back post. As he kept it in? Yes, Yaz. Five in the middle. | :48:28. | :48:33. | |
Michael Bradley. Everyone but Lukaku back. Kevin De Bruyne. Belgium are | :48:34. | :48:36. | |
desperate for respite. Who could have seen this coming? DeMarcus | :48:37. | :48:49. | |
Beasley will stop Julian Green. Not the best ball of the night. Courtois | :48:50. | :48:57. | |
will live on it. Look at this for invention. Such a clever little | :48:58. | :49:02. | |
move. His first touch just took it into his path. So unlucky. Quick off | :49:03. | :49:14. | |
his line. Straight through to Tim Howard, and that is not done his | :49:15. | :49:19. | |
his line. Straight through to Tim your bottom dollar it is coming | :49:20. | :49:23. | |
his line. Straight through to Tim would have loved to have seen that | :49:24. | :49:30. | |
gone in. I don't want this to stop. Fellaini has booted out of play for | :49:31. | :49:32. | |
an American throw. Fellaini has booted out of play for | :49:33. | :49:41. | |
evening up. For years they have been an anomaly in world football, the | :49:42. | :49:44. | |
country that doesn't get the game. Always qualifying, but this is a | :49:45. | :49:48. | |
proper team and they are backed by some proper fans. They get it. The | :49:49. | :49:54. | |
noise, the atmosphere, it's fantastic. It's a pleasure to be | :49:55. | :50:01. | |
noise, the atmosphere, it's here and witness this. Witsel. | :50:02. | :50:03. | |
Gonzalez got a foot in, but free kick to Belgium. Whichever one of | :50:04. | :50:09. | |
these teams go through, they face Argentina, and it will be a terrific | :50:10. | :50:17. | |
quarterfinal, that is for sure. What a game that will be. It would be for | :50:18. | :50:21. | |
Belgium if they get their, a repeat a game that will be. It would be for | :50:22. | :50:24. | |
of their finest hour, the semifinal a game that will be. It would be for | :50:25. | :50:34. | |
good as the second one he scored against England in the quarterfinal. | :50:35. | :50:43. | |
It is an American throw. Three half minutes, or thereabouts. Will | :50:44. | :50:54. | |
It is an American throw. Three there be one more chance? You can | :50:55. | :50:56. | |
see the central defender has gone up. Gonzalez is here. Lovely | :50:57. | :51:09. | |
backheel by Dempsey to Bradley. Yedlin. Great ball. Just behind. | :51:10. | :51:19. | |
Smashed away by Fellaini. What a ball from Yedlin. Coming back in | :51:20. | :51:29. | |
from DeMarcus Beasley. Julian Green. Five in the box for the USA. Green. | :51:30. | :51:38. | |
Still green. Jones. Driven. No, he has to put that in the middle. A | :51:39. | :51:46. | |
puff of the cheeks. From Marc Wilmots. He's going to be | :51:47. | :51:53. | |
disappointed because they have thrown a comfortable position awake | :51:54. | :51:56. | |
and now they are hanging on for dear life, and that's because he did not | :51:57. | :52:00. | |
replace the men in central midfield with no legs. They cannot move, the | :52:01. | :52:04. | |
pair of them. The pressure is relentless. Courtois taking his time | :52:05. | :52:09. | |
and Jurgen Klinsmann is doing his not. Courtois with a clearance. | :52:10. | :52:15. | |
Besler underneath it. Fellaini. Fellaini finds Lukaku. Silence falls | :52:16. | :52:21. | |
as Belgium have the ball. Lukaku. Besler in front of him. Mirallas. | :52:22. | :52:28. | |
as Belgium have the ball. Lukaku. Looking for the corner flag. Free | :52:29. | :52:37. | |
kick USA. Doesn't need to take him on. Keep the ball in the corner, | :52:38. | :52:46. | |
trying to foul. Silly play. Time ticks on. Michael Bradley charges | :52:47. | :53:01. | |
on. Julian Green. Geoff Cameron. Dempsey. Dempsey. Bradley. Fellaini | :53:02. | :53:10. | |
comes out to meet him. Bradley. Holds Fellaini and is fouled by | :53:11. | :53:12. | |
Fellaini. Free kick. I think Holds Fellaini and is fouled by | :53:13. | :53:22. | |
the first tackle Fellaini has made. 75 seconds on my watch. Out from Jan | :53:23. | :53:27. | |
Vertonghen. Jones beaten it. The ball in. Out by Van Buyten. Hammered | :53:28. | :53:37. | |
away by Fellaini. Lukaku. Lukaku. He can knock it square for Chadli. | :53:38. | :53:41. | |
Blocked by DeMarcus Beasley. It looked like handball. Lukaku again. | :53:42. | :53:47. | |
That is a great ball. Wonderful ball, just over the top of Cameron | :53:48. | :53:51. | |
but Mirallas saw it late. A good ball, but he's need to try it. Just | :53:52. | :53:57. | |
run in the corner. Six foot three, 16 stone of muscle, protect the ball | :53:58. | :54:01. | |
in the corner and get the country through. Fellaini. I don't know | :54:02. | :54:10. | |
about you, I'm glad he did. It's been that kind of game. I don't want | :54:11. | :54:16. | |
the game to end with a Belgian sitting on the ball in the corner | :54:17. | :54:21. | |
quadrant. The excitement is unbelievable. Here goes Julian | :54:22. | :54:37. | |
Green. Green's Allin. Yedlin! . Yedlin, the pain searing through his | :54:38. | :54:48. | |
legs. I thought that was it. I thought that was the moment. What a | :54:49. | :54:51. | |
reward that would have been that young right back. He has been | :54:52. | :54:59. | |
magnificent. One added minute and he cannot understand why it is not | :55:00. | :55:01. | |
more. Mirallas forward, handball. Get them | :55:02. | :55:19. | |
all up. Get Tim Howard up. Get them all up. | :55:20. | :55:24. | |
Well, it is the USA, so here come the cavalry. Tim Howard, long and | :55:25. | :55:31. | |
high. Fellaini with his head on it. They can run it downfield and run | :55:32. | :55:36. | |
away the clerk. They are through. Belgium are through. But what a | :55:37. | :55:46. | |
scare. What a scare they have had. They have been run into the ground, | :55:47. | :55:51. | |
the Belgians. They got over the line, but they do go on to a | :55:52. | :55:54. | |
quarterfinal against Argentina and what a mouthwatering one it is on | :55:55. | :56:03. | |
Saturday. They have won the match after extra time but what a | :56:04. | :56:06. | |
performance. What a performance from the USA. I think it is worth giving | :56:07. | :56:13. | |
the USA huge credit and thanking them for what they have contributed | :56:14. | :56:15. | |
to the World Cup because that's the best I've seen. I have not seen | :56:16. | :56:25. | |
character and commitment and desire and what I saw tonight. Well done to | :56:26. | :56:31. | |
Belgium as well, because they showed good quality to digging near the | :56:32. | :56:36. | |
end. I now look forward to watching them in a brilliant quarterfinal | :56:37. | :56:38. | |
against Argentina against Lionel Messi. It | :56:39. | :56:43. | |
against Argentina against Lionel World Cup, and that was right up | :56:44. | :56:48. | |
with the best of them. Lovely to see the coaches embrace. Klinsmann's | :56:49. | :56:52. | |
Americans are out and Marc Wilmots's Belgians are through. | :56:53. | :56:58. | |
Wow. What a truly, exhilarating, pulsating, wonderful game of | :56:59. | :57:08. | |
football. Victory to Belgium, but congratulations to an | :57:09. | :57:10. | |
extraordinarily brave American team who just kept going and going until | :57:11. | :57:14. | |
the very end. But it wasn't to be. Alan, I can't remember an extra time | :57:15. | :57:20. | |
that has been so exciting as that. What a game of football. What a | :57:21. | :57:24. | |
World Cup this is turning out to be. It really is. It is just | :57:25. | :57:29. | |
staggering. Wearing earth do they get the fitness from, those American | :57:30. | :57:33. | |
guys, to keep going -- where on earth? It was just a joy to watch. | :57:34. | :57:39. | |
That extra time, that extra 30 minutes. Both teams desperately, | :57:40. | :57:44. | |
desperately not wanting to go out and giving everything for the shirt | :57:45. | :57:49. | |
they were wearing, and I really enjoyed that 30 minutes. Even the 90 | :57:50. | :57:55. | |
minutes beforehand. No goals, but a great game. Fabulous stuff. Rio, we | :57:56. | :58:00. | |
were jumping out of our seats with the excitement at the end. It was | :58:01. | :58:04. | |
like watching a Premier League game. Ball in the box, players | :58:05. | :58:06. | |
like watching a Premier League game. get on the end of it. Unbelievable. | :58:07. | :58:12. | |
You have to talk -- start taking Belgium seriously. The manager is | :58:13. | :58:15. | |
making good substitutions and winning them the games. From the | :58:16. | :58:18. | |
bench, they might have better players from anyone in the | :58:19. | :58:21. | |
tournament, and that will be a big factor in the latter stages. Enjoy | :58:22. | :58:29. | |
that, Chris? It was brilliant. Honest, 100%, everything they've | :58:30. | :58:33. | |
got. What they lack in ability they make up in desire and passion. | :58:34. | :58:37. | |
People like to see that. Belgium, for me, he has | :58:38. | :58:40. | |
People like to see that. Belgium, midfield. He has to play Eden Hazard | :58:41. | :58:42. | |
as a number ten to progress. I agree. Great scenes at the end, and | :58:43. | :58:48. | |
great sportsmanship between the managers earlier on. Congratulating | :58:49. | :58:54. | |
each other's teams, no doubt. Whilst Belgian girl on, the Americans go | :58:55. | :58:57. | |
home with their heads held high. -- go home. They have been a breath of | :58:58. | :59:03. | |
fresh air. For the way they approach their football, they know they have | :59:04. | :59:08. | |
limited ability, but the way that Jurgen Klinsmann has set them up and | :59:09. | :59:10. | |
the way he gives them confidence to believe in themselves, and the way | :59:11. | :59:15. | |
they giving him back, they believed in him. They really have been | :59:16. | :59:19. | |
brilliant. It's a shame to see them go out. But they have given | :59:20. | :59:22. | |
absolutely happens, nobody can complain. | :59:23. | :59:31. | |
I saw a tweet from the New York Times saying it was a shame that | :59:32. | :59:39. | |
soccer is so boring. The Americans have a sense of irony. What is great | :59:40. | :59:53. | |
about this for the USA team is they have layers that have enhanced the | :59:54. | :59:59. | |
reputations, and the young lad who came on, the right back was | :00:00. | :00:04. | |
phenomenal, and he came on for a guy who was probably their best player. | :00:05. | :00:15. | |
Let's have a look at the quarterfinals. There you have it. | :00:16. | :00:19. | |
France against Germany, Brazil against Columbia, all eight group | :00:20. | :00:24. | |
winners went through in the end, which is a first. It is the first | :00:25. | :00:30. | |
time that has happened since we had eight groups, anyway. We will have | :00:31. | :00:36. | |
the first of this quarterfinals live on the BBC. France against Germany | :00:37. | :00:38. | |
at tea time on Friday. on the BBC. France against Germany | :00:39. | :00:48. | |
against Costa Rica on Saturday. Let's remind ourselves of the goals. | :00:49. | :00:53. | |
No goals in 90 minutes, but it all started after that. The coach | :00:54. | :01:02. | |
No goals in 90 minutes, but it all did was, he moved De Bruyne to the | :01:03. | :01:03. | |
left-hand side and that Hazard did was, he moved De Bruyne to the | :01:04. | :01:07. | |
the number ten roll. Look at the desire of De Bruyne. He started on | :01:08. | :01:19. | |
the edge of the zone box -- of his own box. He showed his desire to get | :01:20. | :01:24. | |
in there and finish it off. A very good finish. Howard could not save | :01:25. | :01:28. | |
that one. The defender will be good finish. Howard could not save | :01:29. | :01:34. | |
disappointed in himself. Someone that big and strong who is fresh, | :01:35. | :01:37. | |
you have got to try to push into the side. He got bowled over, really. | :01:38. | :01:42. | |
Tim Howard was side. He got bowled over, really. | :01:43. | :01:52. | |
chances do they have? Lukaku made the difference with his strength and | :01:53. | :01:56. | |
speed when the Americans were getting tired. The goalkeeper goes | :01:57. | :02:07. | |
down very early. Good play from De Bruyne, left-hand side. An | :02:08. | :02:12. | |
intelligent run from Lukaku. The weight of pass is Billy and. -- | :02:13. | :02:21. | |
brilliant. A lot of tired legs around. A lot of open space around. | :02:22. | :02:27. | |
He had his chance and he finish it off very well. He had a point to | :02:28. | :02:33. | |
prove. He had not played particularly well. But back came | :02:34. | :02:48. | |
America. It reminded me of a previous player. This was | :02:49. | :02:56. | |
unbelievable. You see the emotion, the belief in their team am of the | :02:57. | :03:00. | |
belief in the manager to keep pushing them. You could easily have | :03:01. | :03:13. | |
thought 2-0, that's it. The way they fought back, the way they were not | :03:14. | :03:16. | |
prepared to give in the and they just kept on attacking at every | :03:17. | :03:24. | |
opportunity. They have two or three very good chances to get themselves | :03:25. | :03:29. | |
back in the game. We were screaming. But they kept on going, | :03:30. | :03:37. | |
America. Very clever. Straight off the training ground. A great save. | :03:38. | :03:54. | |
We were screaming, hitting the roof. But they never gave up. They were | :03:55. | :04:00. | |
hanging on because the two lads in the field had nothing left in the | :04:01. | :04:08. | |
tank. They were out on their feet and they needed help. I've think the | :04:09. | :04:17. | |
midfielder was trying to go on the attack. You want bodies around it. | :04:18. | :04:25. | |
We have seen some stunning goalkeeping in this World Cup. | :04:26. | :04:35. | |
Hardly any mistakes from Tim Howard. We just thought it was going to be | :04:36. | :04:39. | |
his night, because everything was stopped by him, whether it was hands | :04:40. | :04:45. | |
or legs. He just had a fantastic night, he really did. He was just | :04:46. | :04:53. | |
unstoppable. Nothing could get by him, Lukaku. Chris was saying during | :04:54. | :04:56. | |
the game, someone please lift the ball. To his credit, it was working | :04:57. | :05:06. | |
for him. The moment that Lukaku came on and lifted one of the balls... | :05:07. | :05:13. | |
Quarterfinalists. It is hard to pick a standout team. Who would you go | :05:14. | :05:19. | |
for? When the fixtures came up, I went for all the home teams. There | :05:20. | :05:26. | |
is only one, Chris. But the way the fixtures are set up... I can't for | :05:27. | :05:31. | |
member what they were! Argentina, Holland and France. I sticking with | :05:32. | :05:39. | |
Brazil. You still think they have what it takes? I'd do. I'd think | :05:40. | :05:50. | |
they have got a fantastic player. I have lost confidence in Argentina. I | :05:51. | :05:55. | |
went for Brazil, but one thing that has been startling during this | :05:56. | :06:00. | |
tournament is the lack of good defending from teams in general. | :06:01. | :06:03. | |
There have been a lot of goals that could have been prevented or stopped | :06:04. | :06:07. | |
the defensive shape has not been up to scratch. I think it is the best | :06:08. | :06:10. | |
World Cup ever, I really do. to scratch. I think it is the best | :06:11. | :06:14. | |
World Cup ever, I really Thank you very much. That is it from us. After | :06:15. | :06:20. | |
an exhilarating night, Belgium and the American dream, and we have our | :06:21. | :06:25. | |
eight quarterfinalists could indict the Schreiber quarterfinalists. At | :06:26. | :06:32. | |
night. -- quarterfinalists. Good night. This should be fun. A nation | :06:33. | :06:44. | |
held its breath. Brazil when in the most rheumatic of circumstances! | :06:45. | :06:47. | |
This is not joy, this was pure relief. Our enchanting game is a | :06:48. | :06:56. | |
universal language, wherever you're from some of the same emotions stir. | :06:57. | :07:13. | |
Oh, Magic! Sheer brilliance! Devastation and effete seized from | :07:14. | :07:21. | |
the jaws of victory. -- and defeat. They have broken Mexican hearts! We | :07:22. | :07:26. | |
welcome the world to our beautiful country, but it is time to say good | :07:27. | :07:30. | |
night. No-one wants to go home early. Not yet. Those that remain, | :07:31. | :07:40. | |
the carnival continues. This should be fun, no? Only | :07:41. | :07:45. | |
We don't have to prove who used a knife any more. | :07:46. | :07:47. | |
He's only gone and stabbed someone, hasn't he? | :07:48. | :07:52. | |
If you were there, you'll all get done for murder. | :07:53. | :07:56. |