Belgium v USA

:01:17. > :01:24.is in in. Unbelievable. Argentina are through.

:01:25. > :01:30.With messy and Argentina squeezing through, we know that seven of the

:01:31. > :01:34.eight World Cup quarterfinalist -- Messi. Belgium face the USA to the

:01:35. > :01:41.final spot and it could all get rather animated. In a nation's time

:01:42. > :01:45.of need, 23 men have come together from across the world to wear the

:01:46. > :01:50.red white and blue and fight for glory, bringing with them different

:01:51. > :01:54.superpowers. From England, extendable limbs. From Germany,

:01:55. > :01:57.superhuman strength from within. And from Captain America himself,

:01:58. > :02:02.lightning strength and a will to win. Together they have formed a

:02:03. > :02:06.force field shielding them from the threat of elimination. Their leader

:02:07. > :02:14.on this quest is already a true World Cup superhero. But they will

:02:15. > :02:18.have to have their wits about them as they face the young, inventive

:02:19. > :02:24.and fearless stars of Belgium. They will be hoping to make the headlines

:02:25. > :02:30.and build up -- live up to them build up as genuine contenders. They

:02:31. > :02:33.have always seem to have the story on the opponents. With their faces

:02:34. > :02:39.familiar all over the world, there can be no hiding place if they find

:02:40. > :02:43.themselves in a tricky spot tonight. In this long overdue World Cup

:02:44. > :02:45.sequel, these two nations will do battle for supreme justice in

:02:46. > :02:54.Salvador. Yes, indeed. The two teams have not

:02:55. > :03:01.met competitively since the 3-0 win at the USA is the first ever so --

:03:02. > :03:03.first-ever World Cup in 1930 when they finish third. Jurgen

:03:04. > :03:08.Klinsmann's men are looking to join the Germans in the quarterfinal.

:03:09. > :03:11.Belgium are looking to reach the last eight for only the second time

:03:12. > :03:17.in their history. Their best run came in 1986 when they lost in the

:03:18. > :03:21.semifinal to Maradona's Argentina. Here in the studio, looking forward

:03:22. > :03:26.to this one are Alan Shearer, Rio Ferdinand and Chris Waddle. All

:03:27. > :03:30.seven of the last 16 games have been very tight with the exception of

:03:31. > :03:35.Columbia. But the favourites have always gone through --: B. Do you

:03:36. > :03:40.see the same thing happening here -- Colombia. I am putting up a case for

:03:41. > :03:47.the USA. I think they've been and they are disciplined no real stars

:03:48. > :03:52.in the team. They've done incredibly well to get out of the top group and

:03:53. > :03:55.I would not be surprised if you saw exactly the same performance as they

:03:56. > :03:59.put up in the first three games. You will see the same again tonight.

:04:00. > :04:03.Hopefully, they can hit Belgium on the break with Dempsey upfront.

:04:04. > :04:07.Nobody has really grabbed the tournament by the scruff of the

:04:08. > :04:12.neck. I hope that Belgium will come alive in this game. We have been

:04:13. > :04:15.waiting for it. They almost like the so-called golden generation I came

:04:16. > :04:20.from. They have the expectation and pressure on their shoulders. They

:04:21. > :04:25.need to come alive and put their stamp on the tournament. How was it

:04:26. > :04:28.handling that expectation? We did not coined the phrase ourselves, it

:04:29. > :04:32.was put upon us, and these guys are the same is in terms of them being

:04:33. > :04:36.great individuals playing at the highest levels for their clubs, but

:04:37. > :04:41.can they put it into a team framework for their country? Can

:04:42. > :04:45.they do it, it remains to be seen. As many Americans, what they lack in

:04:46. > :04:50.talent they seem to make up for with determination. That is what they are

:04:51. > :04:54.all about. They have not got a star player, they just work hard. The

:04:55. > :04:57.Americans have always relied on fitness, and they can cover the

:04:58. > :05:02.ground, they are well-organised and they will give everyone a game, but

:05:03. > :05:06.they lack that bit of quality in the final third, and if they could find

:05:07. > :05:10.a player like that, they could progress. This is the first time

:05:11. > :05:13.Belgium have qualified for a major tournament since 2002, the players

:05:14. > :05:21.and fans alike think this might be the start of something big.

:05:22. > :05:28.Belgium, in my eyes, are one of the better squads in the tournament.

:05:29. > :05:34.Quality, the likes of Hazard, Fellaini. Until it is proven

:05:35. > :05:38.otherwise, I don't believe any team is stronger than mine. Belgium are

:05:39. > :05:47.into the last 16 of the 2014 World Cup. This World Cup might be the

:05:48. > :05:50.breakthrough moment for the USA, but arguably it is the second

:05:51. > :05:55.breakthrough moment for Belgium, the second golden generation after the

:05:56. > :06:01.Enzo Sheaffer led team of the 1980s. They might be a tiny country in

:06:02. > :06:03.terms of stature and population against their opponents, but on the

:06:04. > :06:08.football pitch there is no doubt that Belgium are the Goliath. The

:06:09. > :06:14.watchword of qualifying was unity. The make us proud campaign was the

:06:15. > :06:19.galvanising of the relationship between the team and supporters in a

:06:20. > :06:20.way that was unprecedented. And it worked as well. Qualification was a

:06:21. > :06:42.breeze. But in the group stages here they

:06:43. > :06:44.have started, as much as a team can start when winning all of their

:06:45. > :06:49.games and finishing top of the start when winning all of their

:06:50. > :06:50.group. Lukaku was a major disappointment. You see him there.

:06:51. > :07:11.He did not show that on the pitch. It is a different kind of pressure

:07:12. > :07:16.to deal with. I don't think we've been in a position like this, we

:07:17. > :07:20.have always been the underdogs. If you analyse the team in a physical

:07:21. > :07:23.and tactical way, they are as good as anyone. Psychologically, have

:07:24. > :07:27.they got the know-how of previous experiences? Looking back at Spain,

:07:28. > :07:29.it was so hard to win that first tournament, so you are psychically

:07:30. > :07:49.unknown. -- psychologically. We are careful, but at the same

:07:50. > :08:04.time, we believe, and we This is the Belgium starting

:08:05. > :08:08.line-up. Courtois yet to be on the losing side in 20 international

:08:09. > :08:12.appearances. Captain Vincent Kompany has overcome a groin injury to

:08:13. > :08:15.play. Van Buyten is the only player in the Belgium squad with previous

:08:16. > :08:19.World Cup experience having played in South Korea and Japan 12 years

:08:20. > :08:25.ago. Axel Witsel is one of the first names on the team sheet according to

:08:26. > :08:28.the coach, Marc Wilmots, and no player has completed more passes

:08:29. > :08:32.than him. Marrow way in Fellaini will play further forward. --

:08:33. > :08:38.Mullaney will play further forward. Kevin De Bruyne and Eden Hazard have

:08:39. > :08:46.created chances and provided assists. Divock Origi starts up

:08:47. > :08:53.front instead of Romelu Lukaku, who is yet to record a shot on target in

:08:54. > :09:00.this World Cup. The star man going forward, Hazard, and you have played

:09:01. > :09:05.against him. What is his bread? He is -- what is his threat? He is

:09:06. > :09:09.great to watch, exposing, and when he shoots he gets the shots off

:09:10. > :09:10.early. He can do what he wants. When he gets the ball, you don't know

:09:11. > :09:14.what he he gets the ball, you don't know

:09:15. > :09:19.ways. He is quick enough to go on the outside and come back on the

:09:20. > :09:22.stronger foot. If he improves his goal-scoring return, this guy could

:09:23. > :09:26.be one of the best players in the world in a couple of years. He was

:09:27. > :09:30.unplayable in France, and he's starting to get that kind of form in

:09:31. > :09:34.a Chelsea shirt. A bit more consistency required? That is part

:09:35. > :09:37.of the problem when he has played for Belgium, and that is the job of

:09:38. > :09:40.the manager to get that out of him and make a team performance and get

:09:41. > :10:31.his strengths out. Chris, shaking your head there. I

:10:32. > :10:35.played on the wing and it was hard, and you rely on service, and you get

:10:36. > :10:39.judged on what you do with the football. For him, he could get them

:10:40. > :10:44.out of the game, if you cut his line off and get tight, he's out the

:10:45. > :10:54.game. He has to say to him, there is your shirt, go and play. He can win

:10:55. > :10:58.football matches. What about Origi upfront? A big call. I've been

:10:59. > :11:02.impressed with him. You look for guys to come on and change the game,

:11:03. > :11:08.and he's done that. He has pace, he is direct, and that is the one thing

:11:09. > :11:11.they have lacked with Lukaku or Mirallas. He is quick. One-on-one,

:11:12. > :11:15.he is 19 years old, and he is Mirallas. He is quick. One-on-one,

:11:16. > :11:22.on and playing with no fear. Very good vision, the delivery is

:11:23. > :11:26.excellent. We showed his goal where he pulls off a defender. That is

:11:27. > :11:32.clever. I have seen other guys try to get in there on the far post, but

:11:33. > :11:38.he just drops off and set one up here for Vertonghen, a big call, but

:11:39. > :11:43.the right call because the other two have not delivered. They are just

:11:44. > :11:46.out of form. If the US make the quarterfinals they will match their

:11:47. > :11:53.previous best. Off the pitch, Klinsmann and his men have captured

:11:54. > :11:57.the imagination of the Americans like never before. This calls for a

:11:58. > :12:08.proper anchor. Let's do this. USA making a bright start, and maybe

:12:09. > :12:18.a chance already for Dempsey. Perfect start to the 2014 World Cup.

:12:19. > :12:21.Ever since I started watching football in the 70s when LA watched

:12:22. > :12:26.the New York Cosmos, I've been waiting for football to explode in

:12:27. > :12:38.the United States -- when LA joined. 3400 tweets per minute. The

:12:39. > :12:43.United States up to 21 in the opening game of the World Cup. I am

:12:44. > :12:51.so pumped up about the USA soccer team. USA! USA!

:12:52. > :13:01.Jones, it is the equaliser. It is in. Late drama, and almost the last

:13:02. > :13:05.kick of the game. The United States have turned many doubters into

:13:06. > :13:08.believers, and I am one of them. We have looked at the scheduled for

:13:09. > :13:13.Thursday to see how we can peak in some peaks of the game and we will

:13:14. > :13:17.watch on the International Space Station. What will you do, Germany,

:13:18. > :13:25.when the US soccer team runs wild on you? Yes, they lost the game

:13:26. > :13:31.tonight, but they have won the battle. Look at the smile on Jurgen

:13:32. > :13:37.Klinsmann's space. Nobody, and I mean nobody, the US had a chance of

:13:38. > :13:40.the group. We were in the group of death, but we got through, so you

:13:41. > :13:47.can say the chances are there to win the World Cup. I believe that we

:13:48. > :13:51.will win! I believe that we will win! I believe that we will win! I

:13:52. > :14:06.believe that we will win! Or rather understated, as you might

:14:07. > :14:08.expect. A big factor in that explosion of interest is Jurgen

:14:09. > :14:15.Klinsmann, and here is his team for the night. Tim Howard lines up and

:14:16. > :14:20.he made his international debut 12 years ago. DeMarcus Beasley winces

:14:21. > :14:25.120th cap today at left-back. Fabian Johnson has been one of the star

:14:26. > :14:30.performers at right back. Jermaine Jones will be the holding midfielder

:14:31. > :14:34.with Michael Bradley, and Stoke City's Geoff Cameron is called into

:14:35. > :14:38.the side. And Clint Dempsey leads the line with four goals in nine

:14:39. > :14:42.World Cup matches, including two so far in Brazil. Allen, you've been

:14:43. > :14:49.impressed with the organisational skills of the US. -- Alan Shearer.

:14:50. > :14:53.Yes, and the togetherness. Jurgen Klinsmann has them organised. Every

:14:54. > :14:57.single one of them knows their job inside and out, and that is what

:14:58. > :15:01.they do very well. They have got the two banks of four players and they

:15:02. > :15:05.will say to Belgium, OK, try and break through us because they are

:15:06. > :15:11.solid and they are tight and ARA unit. They work very hard and they

:15:12. > :15:18.are all disciplined, exactly the same thing, one defender goes in,

:15:19. > :15:33.one comes out and the other one drops in. Don't be surprised if you

:15:34. > :15:39.see that again tonight. There are nine guys there. They are tight. It

:15:40. > :15:45.will have to be a Hazard at the top of his game. This is what they can

:15:46. > :15:49.do. They have to send it. They will wait until they get their

:15:50. > :16:02.opportunity. If they can do this, they will hit you on the break. They

:16:03. > :16:07.should actually score. Three or four in the box. They can attack if given

:16:08. > :16:11.the opportunity. You questioned if they have the quality in the

:16:12. > :16:24.knockout stages. I think they have had a great journey. I think Belgium

:16:25. > :16:31.will take control of this game. The underdogs have managed to hang on

:16:32. > :16:36.for quite a long time. Yes. This could be similar. USA could hold

:16:37. > :16:42.on, but it is just the quality that Belgium will have at the top of

:16:43. > :16:49.their game. I think Hazard could be the guy who changes the game. Not

:16:50. > :16:55.think the USA considers the underdogs. Their coach has got them

:16:56. > :17:06.so well organised. It will be difficult to beat them. A lot of

:17:07. > :17:10.players play in the Premier League and a lot of people will support

:17:11. > :17:17.those players. They are quite popular. I've be supporting them. I

:17:18. > :17:26.know them and they hope they do really well. I have played with Tim

:17:27. > :17:34.Howard as well. I think it will be a good contest. I'd think Ofgem has

:17:35. > :17:44.better quality. It is the -- I think Belgium have that are quality.

:17:45. > :17:51.Argentina await the winners. Let's join our commentators. Good evening.

:17:52. > :18:00.Salvador is the World Cup capital city of goals.

:18:01. > :18:10.21 goals in four games here in what was the first capital city of

:18:11. > :18:15.Brazil. The current capital is the destination for one of these teams

:18:16. > :18:23.in the finals, and Argentina will -- in the quarterfinals. All seven

:18:24. > :18:31.group winners are through to the semifinals. The Belgium and them

:18:32. > :19:28.first. He their last four cups. This is as

:19:29. > :21:01.far as Belgium has gotten. The only other USA-Belgium meeting

:21:02. > :21:12.in the World Cup with the -- was July 1934. France were winning

:21:13. > :21:23.against Mexico in eight to print Stadium across the city. Belgium

:21:24. > :21:27.were one of only four teams to win all three of their group games, but

:21:28. > :21:32.they have only been in front for a total of 24 minutes in this World

:21:33. > :21:36.Cup. And behold, their performance has a disappointment. -- on the

:21:37. > :21:48.whole. Lukaku oh is expected to has a disappointment. -- on the

:21:49. > :22:17.Liverpool after the World Cup. The referee is Algerian. This is an

:22:18. > :22:31.appointment which has been criticised by the US coach. The

:22:32. > :22:43.United States have drawn one and lost one so far. They played an

:22:44. > :22:56.astonishing 27 games, losing only four. Belgium have played only 13

:22:57. > :23:04.matches since they met in Cleveland. The exclusion of Kyle Beckerman is

:23:05. > :23:15.not a surprise. Geoff Cameron of Stoke City take the place in

:23:16. > :23:22.midfield. The only other change is Bedoya for Davis. Just how relaxed

:23:23. > :23:29.and smiling the coach for the USA is. He is going to be the most

:23:30. > :23:38.relaxed man in the Stadium. He has seen it and done it. It is going to

:23:39. > :23:45.be a fascinating contest. A little bit of bias towards the USA, with my

:23:46. > :23:52.crazy brother in law, but I am fancying Belgium, with their pace

:23:53. > :23:59.and power and creativity. Hazard has yet to set this World Cup alight.

:24:00. > :24:03.The referee and happy fourth up from right to left in the first 45

:24:04. > :24:19.minutes. A sultry evening in Salvador. This, over the Gonzalez.

:24:20. > :24:28.Number 20, Cameron, on the ball there. He is a good athlete. I am

:24:29. > :24:36.sure he has played there before. there. He is a good athlete. I am

:24:37. > :24:43.Good save by Tim Howard. Nearly scored after 40 seconds. Great

:24:44. > :25:00.start. That is the pace he has got. Electric pain. -- pace. A very good

:25:01. > :25:09.tournament for Mertens so far. It is cleared away. Clint Dempsey. Good

:25:10. > :25:24.save, then Howard. Right from the off.

:25:25. > :25:36.It is interesting with because Beckham was quite impressive

:25:37. > :25:46.in his three games. The coach has told the US journalists that

:25:47. > :25:55.Beckerman is fit. Another corner. The point being made -- the point

:25:56. > :25:59.you made not long before the teams have gone in with the point you

:26:00. > :26:12.made. He feels Geoff Cameron is more athletic and more suitable. Which is

:26:13. > :26:22.understandable. Mertens with this corner. They have started strongly.

:26:23. > :26:34.Over the top of Origi. Belgium have to think about defence. Took it away

:26:35. > :26:37.from phase macro -- Bedoya. Belgium free kick. United States were pretty

:26:38. > :26:49.content, they lost 1-0 in that game. It had him for hours less

:26:50. > :26:54.recovery time. Recovery time key. It is an important factor in the way

:26:55. > :27:02.the US play. It is a high tempo game. They need their rest periods.

:27:03. > :27:08.They don't have the ball very much, they tend to give away possession

:27:09. > :27:14.and play on the counterattack, so they will need all their energy

:27:15. > :27:18.against this Belgian side. The United States have travelled more

:27:19. > :27:20.than any other nation, over 10,000 miles, and Belgium have travelled

:27:21. > :27:37.under 2000 miles. What you can expect and hope you

:27:38. > :27:44.have already thought, if a game with some piece about it. Some have

:27:45. > :27:55.suggested the Belgian side has not been tested yet. In the last game

:27:56. > :28:02.they played the majority and still managed to beat the Koreans 1-0. It

:28:03. > :28:11.has shown good talk tour so far. Here is Origi tussling with Bradley.

:28:12. > :28:30.Pepsi is off and moving. -- Dempsey.

:28:31. > :28:36.Thomas Vermaelen is out of action, though Belgium are hoping that he

:28:37. > :28:44.might be available if they reach the last eight. The coach of the USA

:28:45. > :29:01.team has a full set to choose from. Possession conceded cheaply by the

:29:02. > :29:03.United States. The Tongan. Kevin De Bruyne running behind that he won't

:29:04. > :29:11.trouble Tim Howard -- Vertonghen. I'm disappointed to see Mousa

:29:12. > :29:16.Dembele not playing, I think he gives them an extra spark in

:29:17. > :29:21.midfield. Speaking to them this morning, he had a knock in training

:29:22. > :29:27.yesterday, so maybe that is why. Here is DeMarcus Beasley getting

:29:28. > :29:31.forward. Fellaini getting onto him. Onto the net of Thibaut Courtois,

:29:32. > :29:35.but good to see DeMarcus Beasley willing to get forward and able to

:29:36. > :29:48.get forward. Going down the left flank for the US from left-back.

:29:49. > :29:58.Aldo Wear it forward for Origi. -- Aldo Wyer old.

:29:59. > :30:19.Disappointed end of the tournament with the home

:30:20. > :30:35.nation him out. Cameron The chase is on here. Bedoya has

:30:36. > :30:42.done well. No white shirts in the box. Bradley available here. Jones

:30:43. > :30:45.helps it on, looking for Dempsey, well anticipated Bayan Vertonghen.

:30:46. > :30:48.helps it on, looking for Dempsey, Origi is onside -- well anticipated

:30:49. > :30:56.by Yann Vertonghen. Origi is onside -- well anticipated

:30:57. > :31:00.that the US, when they commit men forward, when it breaks down, they

:31:01. > :31:06.are open, and that is what Belgium will look to do, play on the

:31:07. > :31:10.counterattack with the pace of Origi and Hazard. A bit more care, and

:31:11. > :31:16.would have been through. The impressive Fabian Johnson. He has

:31:17. > :31:22.been wonderful, hasn't he? Really terrific. Athletic, good footballer.

:31:23. > :31:29.Borussia M?nchengladbach have done well and signed him up from

:31:30. > :31:31.Hoffenheim before the World Cup. He has possibly been the most

:31:32. > :31:38.impressive writeback I've seen in the tournament. -- right back. It's

:31:39. > :31:41.been a tournament in which the tournament. -- right back. It's

:31:42. > :31:45.number nines have been conspicuous by their absence, and the number

:31:46. > :31:49.tens have been the key to a lot of the victories. I don't mean

:31:50. > :31:53.literally the number nines and the number tens, but those who play in

:31:54. > :31:57.that position. Lukaku is one of the number nines who has not really

:31:58. > :32:02.shone. I feel a bit for him. A lot of pressure, still young, probably

:32:03. > :32:05.only played a season and a half in the Premier League and still

:32:06. > :32:12.learning the game and people expect such big things. A good charging run

:32:13. > :32:14.from Fabian Johnson and he is unable to keep the ball in play.

:32:15. > :32:28.from Fabian Johnson and he is unable side trained here in the build up to

:32:29. > :32:34.the game. The fact -- Fifa requested that they save the playing surface

:32:35. > :32:38.by playing and training across on the other stadium. That is quite an

:32:39. > :32:44.by playing and training across on impressive stadium, and I saw it

:32:45. > :32:57.from the air yesterday. Vincent Kompany puts it forward.

:32:58. > :33:04.Speaking about number tens, Eden Hazard, who is not really in number

:33:05. > :33:08.ten for Belgium, but can play their, I wonder what his best

:33:09. > :33:14.position is, playing behind the striker on the left, as he has done

:33:15. > :33:21.so often in the World Cup. This goes towards Fellaini, and the referee's

:33:22. > :33:24.whistle is blown. What you get with him wherever he plays is creativity

:33:25. > :33:27.and the ability to beat people and create goals. The question

:33:28. > :33:32.and the ability to beat people and the end of the season was defensive

:33:33. > :33:34.responsibilities when tracking back. Especially against somebody like

:33:35. > :33:44.Johnson. It will be an interesting battle stop -- battle. Matt Besler

:33:45. > :33:49.for the United States. That will carry all the way through to

:33:50. > :34:00.Courtois. Messages from all quarters of the USA, one from Mike Tyson this

:34:01. > :34:06.morning. I understand that Chicago, home of the Bears is filled up with

:34:07. > :34:17.supporters of the United States team watching on big screens. Aldo Wear

:34:18. > :34:31.a. The referee's whistle goes against the American and in the

:34:32. > :34:34.favour of Belgian. -- Belgium. Geoff Cameron using the pressure we talked

:34:35. > :34:42.about. He will Cameron using the pressure we talked

:34:43. > :34:47.minute piece. That is of Beazley. -- a minute's peace. -- that is off

:34:48. > :34:55.DeMarcus Beasley. De Bruyne lurking on the edge of the

:34:56. > :35:01.penalty area. Fellaini with the flick on. A lack of understanding

:35:02. > :35:03.results in a needless corner put behind by Geoff

:35:04. > :35:07.results in a needless corner put was behind him. He couldn't have

:35:08. > :35:13.heard the call. There was nobody behind him. Given away a needless

:35:14. > :35:16.corner. Dries Mertens to take. Vincent Kompany has trotted

:35:17. > :35:24.forward. Belay -- Fellaini in there as well. Cameron, out. It's going to

:35:25. > :35:32.come back in, onto the right foot Besler. And then a foul by

:35:33. > :35:39.Alderweireld on DeMarcus Beasley which is given the US an escape

:35:40. > :35:41.route. Marc Wilmots is pointing and gesturing. Member of four Belgian

:35:42. > :35:53.World Cup squads himself. Gonzalez again. Johnson, outside

:35:54. > :36:22.him. Hitting the back of Jan Vertonghen.

:36:23. > :36:26.Good play from the USA, weathering the early few minutes and the little

:36:27. > :36:30.scare from Origi. Finding their way into the game nicely.

:36:31. > :36:43.Eden Hazard. Axel Witsel, up towards Origi. Did well, Cameron. DeMarcus

:36:44. > :36:56.Beasley. A man down on the far side, and that is Divock Origi.

:36:57. > :37:01.The physio will come under the young man who had the chance after 40

:37:02. > :37:12.seconds to open the scoring. Just catches him a bit late there.

:37:13. > :37:16.Besler on Origi. Hopefully he will be all right to carry on. It would

:37:17. > :37:22.have been a huge blow to concede so early. Just have to be careful with

:37:23. > :37:25.the high line when you play against players with such pace, giving them

:37:26. > :37:31.the yards to run into. We've already seen twice that on the counterattack

:37:32. > :37:36.Belgium of the thread. Nothing wrong with keeping your shape. And keeping

:37:37. > :37:38.those two banks of four players solid and building into the game,

:37:39. > :37:55.which they have done in the group stages. He is back on the pitch.

:37:56. > :38:01.I would be fascinated no of Thibaut Courtois has been given any promises

:38:02. > :38:05.by Jose Mourinho about his place in the goalkeeping order at Stamford

:38:06. > :38:09.by Jose Mourinho about his place in Bridge next season. DeMarcus

:38:10. > :38:19.Beasley, that's a foul. Dries Mertens with it. One thing that is

:38:20. > :38:25.important about that Oie is that he's a terrific goalkeeper -- about

:38:26. > :38:29.that boy. Such a young guy, he's so -- shows such calmness. Cameron.

:38:30. > :39:06.This time it is a Belgium throne. -- throw stop -- throw. Just a little

:39:07. > :39:09.something between Jones and Fellaini, but not much. You don't

:39:10. > :39:23.need that. No, we don't. And interloper on the field of

:39:24. > :39:25.play. 15 minutes play, Belgium might have taken the

:39:26. > :39:31.play. 15 minutes play, Belgium might but the US have settled the ship

:39:32. > :39:36.since then and there seems to be a marked lack of urgency about getting

:39:37. > :39:42.our friend here off the pitch. I think Jurgen Klinsmann will be the

:39:43. > :39:45.happier of the managers. Other than the first chance, after

:39:46. > :39:48.happier of the managers. Other than they've been reasonably comfortable.

:39:49. > :39:50.It is Belgium who we expect to make the play and the attacks and put

:39:51. > :39:54.pressure on the US, but so far the play and the attacks and put

:39:55. > :40:05.haven't, really. They have not played with the tempo we expect from

:40:06. > :40:09.players like De Bruyne and Hasn't. -- Hazard. My suspicion is a

:40:10. > :40:15.Brazilian prison cell is not the best place to spend the night. I can

:40:16. > :40:25.agree with you. Bradley has given it away. That's careless. Origi inside.

:40:26. > :40:27.agree with you. Bradley has given it Cameron did enough. One of the

:40:28. > :40:34.things that the has in this tournament. Gave the

:40:35. > :40:51.ball away has in this tournament. Gave the

:40:52. > :40:54.Johnson. Jan Vertonghen. DeMarcus Beasley with a clearance. Vincent

:40:55. > :41:07.Kompany's header. Zusi here. Dempsey. Look at Johnson, sprinting

:41:08. > :41:10.ahead. Bradley, working it wide. Cut out by Alderweireld. Would have been

:41:11. > :41:20.behind Bedoya anyway. That is a public challenge, and Geoff Cameron

:41:21. > :41:28.will surely get a yellow card here. -- the public challenge. Took out

:41:29. > :41:30.Dries Mertens. -- a bad challenge. Trying to uses energy and

:41:31. > :41:36.athleticism to let him know he's there, but silly to get a yellow

:41:37. > :41:39.card so early. The point about Bradley, maybe he could have done

:41:40. > :41:47.more in terms of attacking play, but is running stats, he has been 15 or

:41:48. > :41:48.20% more than anyone in his team, so he's

:41:49. > :41:52.20% more than anyone in his team, so quality not there. Eden

:41:53. > :42:03.A threat down both flanks for taking it away from Bedoya.

:42:04. > :42:09.A threat down both flanks for Belgium. Dries Mertens on one side,

:42:10. > :42:18.Hazard on the other. Witsel. Alderweireld. Bedoya got a foot in.

:42:19. > :42:31.That is very of play from Kevin De Bruyne.

:42:32. > :42:39.The former Scotland team manager, and German manager, assisting Jurgen

:42:40. > :42:49.Klinsmann, the man who won Euro 96. Vincent Kompany. Poor touch from

:42:50. > :42:52.Dempsey, unlike him. Just running at the back four,

:42:53. > :43:00.Dempsey, unlike him. Just running at his first touch. Zusi. Johnson,

:43:01. > :43:06.trying to test Jan Vertonghen. That is a corner kick. It's a good ball,

:43:07. > :43:11.they should look at it more often. He has got the legs over Jan

:43:12. > :43:16.Vertonghen. Playing the blind ball and letting players run at it, that

:43:17. > :43:22.gets the team up, and now they have a corner. Sensible play. It will be

:43:23. > :43:31.taken by Graham Zusi for the United States.

:43:32. > :43:39.Six, seven white shirts up to the corner kick. Up went Cameron. Almost

:43:40. > :43:43.fell beautifully for Dempsey, but not quite, trying to take on Vincent

:43:44. > :43:51.Kompany who would not be beaten. Origi, FEC is the run of Hazard.

:43:52. > :43:56.DeMarcus Beasley pixies pocket. Has to get his head up, as a man over.

:43:57. > :44:04.Didn't look, a bit of awareness. A bad touch. Lost the chance. That is

:44:05. > :44:10.from America's corner. Again, it's the counterattack when talking

:44:11. > :44:14.about. Lovely ball around the corner, Dempsey into Bradley.

:44:15. > :44:21.Dempsey. Courtois saves. Great stuff. Good play.

:44:22. > :44:34.Dempsey again. Just up under his feet, his left foot. -- stuck under

:44:35. > :44:39.his feet. This is a very, very promising match for the last place

:44:40. > :44:47.in the last eight of the 2014 World Cup. Here goes Eden Hazard. Blocked

:44:48. > :44:55.by Besler. Witsel. Jan Vertonghen. Axel Witsel. Eden Hazard. Jan

:44:56. > :44:59.Vertonghen. Kevin De Bruyne onside. Origi in the middle. Headed out by

:45:00. > :45:05.Gonzales. Alderweireld back in. Two or three standing in an offside

:45:06. > :45:10.position. Tim Howard gets the moving, quickly. Here is DeMarcus

:45:11. > :45:17.Beasley. Bedoya wanted it. Dempsey trying to feed it back.

:45:18. > :45:23.Ebb and flow, this way and that, it is great. Just opened up a couple of

:45:24. > :45:26.minutes, but great pressure from minutes, but great pressure from

:45:27. > :45:33.Bradley to win it back. Here is Bradley again. Cameron. DeMarcus

:45:34. > :45:41.Beasley. Bedoya in the middle. Vincent Kompany, away. You have to

:45:42. > :45:49.say, Fellaini, trying to get back in position, it is slow motion. He has

:45:50. > :45:53.to try a bit harder to get back in. Dempsey, running into that man,

:45:54. > :45:57.Fellaini. Origi holding it up, turning. Besler. Captain played by

:45:58. > :46:09.Dries Mertens. Now Fellaini. Gonzalez. Zusi has been caught in

:46:10. > :46:15.possession. In real trouble here. Zusi lost it. Jan Vertonghen can go

:46:16. > :46:27.either way. Kevin De Bruyne puts it wide. Brilliant chants, loses in

:46:28. > :46:32.midfield. Jan Vertonghen picks the pants -- pass.

:46:33. > :46:39.A player of his quality, top goal-scoring qualifying, top in

:46:40. > :46:45.assists. He will be disappointed with himself. Best chance of the

:46:46. > :46:47.game so far. All came from sloppy play in the middle of the park. It

:46:48. > :46:52.was Zusi lost the ball. Yes, play in the middle of the park. It

:46:53. > :47:11.What a let off for him. Huge. Courtois. Alderweireld. And again.

:47:12. > :47:20.Origi trying to get him behind. Besler at the place to stick with

:47:21. > :47:23.him. -- had the pace. Every good attack from Belgian has come through

:47:24. > :47:28.counterattack or turnover of possession. That is when the USA

:47:29. > :47:35.will be most vulnerable, when they have the ball themselves. Origi. Of

:47:36. > :47:40.the outstretched toe of DeMarcus Beasley. The reason I say that is

:47:41. > :47:41.when they set up and have the two banks of four, they look quite

:47:42. > :47:57.solid. Belgian corner. In the three matches they have

:47:58. > :48:05.played, this is as well as I have seen Belgium play. Dries Mertens

:48:06. > :48:12.with the corner. Fellaini the back post, over him, and there holding

:48:13. > :48:17.going on. The World Cup is not about how you start, it's how you finish,

:48:18. > :48:23.which is a cliche, but if you improve through the tournament...

:48:24. > :48:28.Yes, this is the Dempsey chants, couldn't get it out of his feet.

:48:29. > :48:32.Takes it first touch. Comfortable save for Courtois -- Dempsey chance.

:48:33. > :48:57.Can see the disappointment in his face.

:48:58. > :49:03.Jan Vertonghen. Jurgen Klinsmann I be worried about the retention. Jan

:49:04. > :49:07.Vertonghen, could have pulled it back to Origi but it is a way as he

:49:08. > :49:15.aimed for Fellaini. DeMarcus Beasley did well. He played it too late.

:49:16. > :49:19.Eden Hazard here. Almost a carbon copy of the goal they scored late

:49:20. > :49:45.against Russia. Eden Hazard teeing up Origi.

:49:46. > :49:51.Axel Witsel. They say if you want goals in the World Cup, this is the

:49:52. > :49:55.place to come, Salvador. We haven't had any yet, but I wouldn't put a

:49:56. > :50:01.lot of money on this finishing 0-0. Nor would I. Fellaini was the right

:50:02. > :50:16.ball if he had played it earlier. Eden Hazard here. Hazard. Cameron

:50:17. > :50:24.got footing. -- got a foot in. Vincent Kompany. The collision

:50:25. > :50:28.between DeMarcus Beasley and Origi, both are OK, it was accidental. Jan

:50:29. > :50:31.Vertonghen, he spent a fair amount of time up the field in the last

:50:32. > :50:40.five minutes and he has won a corner. He has had some joy, Jan

:50:41. > :50:47.Vertonghen, Zusi has lost a couple of time, and there is a man over on

:50:48. > :50:51.the far side. He has to switch on. It only takes a couple of seconds

:50:52. > :50:56.and you have lost the full-back. Dries Mertens to take it. Taken

:50:57. > :50:59.and you have lost the full-back. by Gonzalez. Jones just beat Origi

:51:00. > :51:05.in the by Gonzalez. Jones just beat Origi

:51:06. > :51:06.scrap with Alderweireld which was won by the Belgian. Cameron. Gives

:51:07. > :51:26.it won by the Belgian. Cameron. Gives

:51:27. > :51:30.he's in the mood today. Theory goes. Hazard -- here he goes. Gonzalez,

:51:31. > :51:36.knocking it between one ankle and then the other like a pinball. It's

:51:37. > :51:41.a corner. Popping up in the holes like you does at Chelsea, hard to

:51:42. > :51:46.pick up. When he starts running, with that balance and boys,

:51:47. > :51:57.difficult to contain. The six Belgian corner already. A

:51:58. > :51:58.difficult to contain. The six it to bounce, and that gives Jan

:51:59. > :52:02.Vertonghen something to do. They Vertonghen something to do. They

:52:03. > :52:09.might have a problem because Zusi can play it to Dempsey. Covering

:52:10. > :52:14.might have a problem because Zusi Brilliant defending, good break away

:52:15. > :52:21.from the US. Four players at the Belgium. Eden Hazard. He went a hot

:52:22. > :52:26.from the US. Four players at the say. So much for the tight game we

:52:27. > :52:40.talked about. These two having a real go. Just what we want to see.

:52:41. > :52:48.The kick-off time will help both. 5:30pm local time, so not the full

:52:49. > :52:56.heat of the day. The sun is setting as we speak. They don't need Fabian

:52:57. > :53:01.Johnson to get injured. , a great turnaround. He could have played it.

:53:02. > :53:09.As soon as he took the touch, the defender back inside. Zusi switching

:53:10. > :53:19.off. He was caught ball watching. DeMarcus Beasley, good defending.

:53:20. > :53:22.Origi here. The brine in the middle. Dries Mertens getting forward.

:53:23. > :53:31.Ricocheting into Geoff Cameron -- the brine -- De Bruyne in the

:53:32. > :53:39.middle. Howard's first thought, every time, is to get the US moving

:53:40. > :53:45.forward. We saw it on the replay, problem with Fabian Johnson. This

:53:46. > :53:47.would be a big blow, because he looks to get -- good get out down

:53:48. > :53:54.the right with Fabian -- Jan Vertonghen. Fabian Johnson, who's

:53:55. > :54:00.played in each of the games, and he has pulled up. That doesn't look

:54:01. > :54:04.good. Doesn't look good at all. Already got strapping on it. You

:54:05. > :54:24.know what is surprisingly. The central defender went off with

:54:25. > :54:31.hamstring problem in the first game. They have already made a decision

:54:32. > :54:46.that Yedlin is going to come on and it will be a straight positional

:54:47. > :54:55.change. Yedlin will come on. This is a big

:54:56. > :55:01.blow. I was talking earlier about the people who didn't witness and it

:55:02. > :55:17.was intimated that the stucco type of witness -- the people who did the

:55:18. > :55:27.thickness. The arguably losing their best player. Yedlin on, Jonathan

:55:28. > :55:49.off. -- John. And purged a bunch of my friends who

:55:50. > :56:26.works... Even Hazard a got back to help out.

:56:27. > :56:45.A good start. Confident, quick. Give me the ball. I'd think the visitors

:56:46. > :56:53.have really enjoyed themselves in Salvador. This is a vibrant and

:56:54. > :57:02.colourful baby them at the moment. Best record Stadium at the moment.

:57:03. > :57:38.-- Stadium at the moment. Brilliant stuff and

:57:39. > :57:53.Perhaps click to is the most reliable goal-scorer. PA. -- the

:57:54. > :57:55.booth. Heathcliff Dempsey, he is always wrong place at the right

:57:56. > :58:02.time. This should be proud of how well

:58:03. > :58:32.they have performed to stop --. Just over ten minutes to go in the

:58:33. > :58:52.first half. The Kompany. That was handball, I think. Fellaini, who has

:58:53. > :59:22.not proved to be a fight. They have not had any big books haters.

:59:23. > :59:40.Good advantage. Lots of white shirts. That is the one time you

:59:41. > :00:02.want him to go and left the stop -- on his left. That is going to be a

:00:03. > :00:29.big help put a bow by to stop -- by De Bruyne will stop --.

:00:30. > :00:42.Four years ago I've both in the town and my phone rang and a. I would be

:00:43. > :00:50.bound to by someone in the office, but Yedlin had asked me who was

:00:51. > :01:14.feeding on the game tonight and they spent half an hour on the phone with

:01:15. > :01:19.him. A weekend top. -- he won everybody's hearts when he came to

:01:20. > :01:28.Tottenham. Jan Vertonghen with the overlap. That will be a goal kick.

:01:29. > :01:32.Been a very enjoyable game so far. I'm not sure what Fellaini's role

:01:33. > :01:33.is. He's not linking the play or playing as

:01:34. > :01:39.is. He's not linking the play or De Bruyne is doing that. I always

:01:40. > :01:42.think he's better suited when he is high up or getting on the end of

:01:43. > :01:49.things or protecting the back four. At the moment he's not doing either.

:01:50. > :01:56.Yedlin, the substitute. A good ball in, and just too high for Dempsey.

:01:57. > :01:57.Daniel Van Buyten jumped with him. What a superb defensive header that

:01:58. > :02:06.is. Zusi, too high for What a superb defensive header that

:02:07. > :02:15.Jan Vertonghen. -- out. What a superb defensive header that

:02:16. > :02:21.that's not like me. Good cross from Yedlin though. It was. He has

:02:22. > :02:22.that's not like me. Good cross from -- done two things well and one

:02:23. > :02:33.badly. -- done two things well and one

:02:34. > :02:44.bad ball. De Bruyne. Under pressure from Yedlin. Origi. Eden Hazard.

:02:45. > :03:46.Dries Mertens. Alderweireld available. Mertens drives it in.

:03:47. > :03:54.Besler knocks it away. That is his third poor cross into minutes. He's

:03:55. > :03:59.got to do better. His approach work was very good against Russia, but

:04:00. > :04:06.the end product didn't match it. And he hasn't run that out of play for a

:04:07. > :04:15.USA throw. Yes, he is a talent, he is quick. He got the goal coming on

:04:16. > :04:25.as substitute. Good finishing. That was against Algeria. In the first

:04:26. > :04:28.game against Algeria yes. Timing has been the keeper Belgian with late

:04:29. > :04:32.goals in all the matches. Yedlin is flying down the wing. Dempsey

:04:33. > :04:35.arriving in the middle and Bedoya. Great pull-back, and Jones couldn't

:04:36. > :04:38.finish it. Great awareness by Yedlin. A bit of an air shot by

:04:39. > :04:59.Jones. Bradley. Brilliant break from Yedlin. He's

:05:00. > :05:02.impressed me since he came on. De Bruyne. Vertonghen. Deflection on

:05:03. > :05:25.that. Yellow card the Vincent Kompany.

:05:26. > :05:32.Dashboard Vincent Kompany. -- for Vincent Kompany. Is coming down the

:05:33. > :05:38.side where Yan Vertonghen is, because Hazard is not coming back.

:05:39. > :05:44.Three times the right backers come bombing down and Hazard has not been

:05:45. > :05:54.there. If you play down the left-hand side, you have to track

:05:55. > :05:59.the full-back. Zusi. Yedlin. I apologise to Jermaine Jones in the

:06:00. > :06:09.US midfield. It was actually Graham juicy -- Zusi with the shot. Jones.

:06:10. > :06:13.A little ricochet taking it through to Vincent Kompany. Van Buyten

:06:14. > :06:32.Alderweireld. De Bruyne. Alderweireld here. Another lovely

:06:33. > :06:38.ball. Jan Vertonghen. Deflection on the cross, made it tough for

:06:39. > :06:45.Gonzalez. Belgian corner. Again, Vertonghen getting down the left.

:06:46. > :06:51.Really good when he goes forward, Vertonghen. Just defensively he can

:06:52. > :06:56.be vulnerable. Especially when isolated. Since Yedlin has come on,

:06:57. > :06:59.three times he's got down the right with no pressure from Hazard. A

:07:00. > :07:14.token gesture of running back. Kevin De Bruyne with a corner. Tim

:07:15. > :07:18.Howard with two fists on it. Came off Dries Mertens last. Bedoya gets

:07:19. > :07:55.the decision. US throw. got to this stage of the World Cup,

:07:56. > :07:58.in South Korea, beaten in a very tame, strange performance against

:07:59. > :08:13.Mexico. It's been a very different evening so far this evening here.

:08:14. > :08:20.likes of Mirallas the likes of Fellaini,, if they don't start

:08:21. > :08:25.contributing, they will struggle because some of their players are

:08:26. > :08:31.flat. Zusi. Running at Vertonghen. It's a corner kick. They have now

:08:32. > :08:45.had three, and Belgium have had seven. Zusi to take it.

:08:46. > :09:00.Zusi's ball in. Gonzalez climbed hugely. Courtois, don't know why he

:09:01. > :09:06.punched it. Origi. Three added minutes. Origi, he got away from

:09:07. > :09:14.Jones. Origi. De Bruyne, good try, but straight at Tim Howard. It it

:09:15. > :09:21.early. Yes, good technically, and had no choice really. Add to try and

:09:22. > :09:24.take it early to deceive Tim Howard. Again, a breakaway after the

:09:25. > :09:43.American attack. Vertonghen. He would have been quite

:09:44. > :09:47.pleased to see Fabian Johnson going off injured but, to be honest, this

:09:48. > :09:52.young fellow is not giving him much of a break, is he? They are

:09:53. > :09:59.similar. Athletic, love getting forward. Skilful. Not exactly a

:10:00. > :10:05.night off for Vertonghen. That is for sure. Here is Yedlin. Van

:10:06. > :10:09.Buyten. Don't know where that's going. Going to Dries Mertens, who

:10:10. > :10:16.has done well. Witsel now for Belgium. For wrapping this attack.

:10:17. > :10:21.Eden Hazard. Chased by Yedlin -- four up in this attack.

:10:22. > :10:28.Bradley, back to help out as well. Has tried to get between the two of

:10:29. > :10:32.them. He has at least one corner. Good defending. Stood on his feet,

:10:33. > :10:48.did not dive in. Good body shape. De Bruyne, to take it for Belgium.

:10:49. > :10:53.Vincent Kompany is come forward. Van Buyten as well. The header that met

:10:54. > :10:59.it was that Jones. Jones was then pushed. That was by Daniel Van

:11:00. > :11:09.Buyten. This is the early chance from De

:11:10. > :11:13.Bruyne, didn't quite wrap is foot around it enough. Easy stop for Tim

:11:14. > :11:17.Howard. -- he is foot. around it enough. Easy stop for Tim

:11:18. > :11:19.play from Belgium is coming down the left, and all the good play from the

:11:20. > :11:23.US is left, and all the good play from the

:11:24. > :11:27.mainly because the wide men are not defending properly. They keep

:11:28. > :11:31.getting caught out and not tracking the runners. If I was the full-back

:11:32. > :11:37.I would be screaming at them the runners. If I was the full-back

:11:38. > :11:40.me out, because it is Jan Vertonghen and Yedlin who have to do all the

:11:41. > :11:46.work when they are two against one. A Belgium throw. Jurgen Klinsmann a

:11:47. > :11:56.few seconds away from getting his side into the dressing room.

:11:57. > :12:03.The referee's whistle brings the first after an end. Belgium have

:12:04. > :12:07.edged it, that the best chance came in the first. Origi denied by Tim

:12:08. > :12:13.Howard, who saved from Kevin De Bruyne. It has been a very pacey,

:12:14. > :12:18.entertaining game in Salvador with the last of the quarterfinal places

:12:19. > :12:24.up for grabs between Belgium and the USA. Half-time, 0-0.

:12:25. > :12:30.Well, goals have been hard to come by in all of the first halves of the

:12:31. > :12:35.first 60. Rodriguez scored, but other than that I can't think of

:12:36. > :12:41.another. But it has been end to end, and it's hard to realise why it is

:12:42. > :12:45.0-0. No goals, but entertaining. The USA are so opening the way that they

:12:46. > :12:49.are attacking and committing men forward, so if they're

:12:50. > :12:50.are attacking and committing men concede a goal, it will be conceded

:12:51. > :12:57.by them getting forward and being hit on the counterattack, but

:12:58. > :13:01.Belgium, the final ball and their play in the final third has been

:13:02. > :13:04.poorer. A little bit more quality in their and they should be

:13:05. > :13:04.poorer. A little bit more quality in game because they've had the better

:13:05. > :13:09.chances. We've seen game because they've had the better

:13:10. > :13:12.It's a similar game to Germany and Algeria. End to end, lots of

:13:13. > :13:19.chances, but final finishing lacking. I think the USA are playing

:13:20. > :13:22.into Belgian's hands. Belgium look at their best when they

:13:23. > :13:29.counterattack, the likes of Hazard, De Bruyne, Dries Mertens on the

:13:30. > :13:34.other side. Origi on the other side. The pacey showed to get onto that

:13:35. > :13:39.and hit a shot, that was inches from going in. A good save from the

:13:40. > :13:44.keeper but they continue doing that they can get caught. How do you see

:13:45. > :13:48.it, Chris? I don't know what America do, they will play the same. The

:13:49. > :13:52.squad is similar. It Belgium want to win the game, you have to get Hazard

:13:53. > :13:57.as a number ten. I would put Januzaj on the left and Dembele in the

:13:58. > :14:03.midfield to make a three and then the front three can win the game. We

:14:04. > :14:07.watched Switzerland play this afternoon and they were never going

:14:08. > :14:11.to come out of their system and they were quite content to sit and wait

:14:12. > :14:15.over the USA are the opposite. Their attitude is, if we are going to get

:14:16. > :14:20.knocked out, we will get knocked out having a go. It's refreshing to see.

:14:21. > :14:24.It is good to see. We watched Switzerland, and while they gave

:14:25. > :14:28.themselves the best chance of going through, possibly by penalties, it

:14:29. > :14:33.doesn't make great rearing. It doesn't, but we did not expect this

:14:34. > :14:36.from America. We talked about how organised they were, but they come

:14:37. > :14:42.on today, and it is like, we will go out at blazing. They got off to a

:14:43. > :14:48.quick start, Belgian, chance in the first minute, and a decent save from

:14:49. > :14:52.Tim Howard. It was about 30 seconds. I liked the movement. He read the

:14:53. > :14:59.game well, spacing behind for him and it's a good touch. A good save

:15:00. > :15:05.from Howard in the end. But that set the tone. Attacking, spacing behind

:15:06. > :15:09.the US. They got caught there. I wonder how many strikers do their

:15:10. > :15:14.homework on goalkeepers, because Tim Howard, if you throw one, he tends

:15:15. > :15:19.to sit down. I have played with players who do do their homework,

:15:20. > :15:21.and these obviously don't, because I've watched this tournament, and

:15:22. > :15:27.Tom Howard goes down early -- Tim Howard. That should just happen. If

:15:28. > :15:32.you're a centre forward, you need to know what the strengths and

:15:33. > :15:35.weaknesses are. Or the defenders. But more importantly, the

:15:36. > :15:41.goalkeeper, what he's good at and not good at. I know that Tim Howard

:15:42. > :15:45.is going down, so the chances are, I might try and lift the ball a bit

:15:46. > :15:51.higher. That is down to the players. With the technology you have got, it

:15:52. > :15:55.is there, and you have the access. I used to go up on the Friday and look

:15:56. > :15:58.at the opponents. It could be a variation of three and I looked all

:15:59. > :16:02.of them in depth, so if one of them came off the bench, I knew what I

:16:03. > :16:03.was dealing with. If it's not up to the players,

:16:04. > :16:07.was dealing with. If it's not up to the the managers should force you.

:16:08. > :16:13.That is what you need to know. That is a new job, that. There's a job

:16:14. > :16:19.and everything else apart from that. Chris, Dempsey, probably the best

:16:20. > :16:25.chance for America. Good bit of players well. They have played when

:16:26. > :16:31.they have the ball. Very open, the USA, good movement. Going down to

:16:32. > :16:37.the right. It is is a quick shot, but that's how he scores. Doesn't

:16:38. > :16:42.quite get hold of it. A short bit of backlift, not time to think about

:16:43. > :16:45.it, slightly behind him. Just doesn't get the pace or accuracy

:16:46. > :16:48.it, slightly behind him. Just wants. He looked disappointed

:16:49. > :16:53.because it was an instinctive finish. This kid looks very good.

:16:54. > :16:59.This is the one he pulls back and he finish. This kid looks very good.

:17:00. > :17:15.cannot get a strike. He has fizzed it out and put some pace on it.

:17:16. > :17:21.Yedlin needs no invitation to get down that side. When they do get

:17:22. > :17:28.forward, that is when they are at their most vulnerable. You have to

:17:29. > :17:33.get them credit. They are willing to get men forward. You now four

:17:34. > :17:41.against three. The ball doesn't connect properly. USA are committing

:17:42. > :17:45.men forward there. Just over the halfway line and already you have

:17:46. > :17:51.five or six of them looking to attack. If that is what is going to

:17:52. > :18:02.break them down, that will be their downfall. They are going to go out.

:18:03. > :18:07.The exact thing happens again. The full-back lets them down. He has got

:18:08. > :18:14.to pick that ball up earlier, Vertonghen. His head is down. Why

:18:15. > :18:26.the time he lists it up, it is to wait. Exactly the same thing again.

:18:27. > :18:31.Six of them ahead of the ball. They open themselves up to a

:18:32. > :18:44.counterattack. Keep on attacking, but just have one eye behind you

:18:45. > :18:49.also. He is not going to track you. He is basically saying, don't go,

:18:50. > :18:56.but you want it to go. He is playing to the weakness of the opposition.

:18:57. > :19:05.Four guys in the box. You have got to admire the way they are playing.

:19:06. > :19:16.This is what you have to be wary of. You might just yet punished. -- gets

:19:17. > :19:21.punished. The Belgian strikers, when you win that ball, don't pass the

:19:22. > :19:30.ball sideways, get the ball up to us, because they have the pace. The

:19:31. > :19:35.Brazilian love affair with the World Cup seems to be limitless. Even

:19:36. > :19:37.children can find themselves blessed or saddled with a permanent

:19:38. > :20:25.reminder. You have to say, that is meant

:20:26. > :22:17.missing! -- that is magnificent! He has got great

:22:18. > :22:22.Apparently there is a Fernandinho named after you,

:22:23. > :22:33.Apparently there is a Fernandinho Moving on. As we move on, we thought

:22:34. > :24:03.we would look at some of the skills and joy of the last two days.

:24:04. > :24:09.Wonderful stuff. If you anything of this World Cup, here is

:24:10. > :24:21.how you can catch up. Huge credit to anything of this World Cup, here is

:24:22. > :24:37.all of them, nobody gave them a chance. It had to be Lionel Messi!

:24:38. > :24:43.Has just been handed a bit of paper. 12 of the 15 goals have come

:24:44. > :24:53.in the second half or later, so a reason to be cheerful. Let's keep

:24:54. > :24:59.our fingers crossed. There is a more likelihood of goals as the players

:25:00. > :25:01.get more tired. I'd think Belgium have got the better

:25:02. > :25:10.get more tired. I'd think Belgium a difference. Eye can see the USA's

:25:11. > :25:20.legs might be getting a bit tired. We can see Fellaini, what is his

:25:21. > :25:28.position? Front man. We have played against him many times. He is

:25:29. > :25:33.difficult to play against. He is awkward. He puts his arms

:25:34. > :25:38.everywhere. He can play midfield, but you get the best out of him...

:25:39. > :25:49.He never got to play at Manchester United. His best position is causing

:25:50. > :25:59.problems for the centre half. He is going to struggle to play in that

:26:00. > :26:07.position. The USA cannot play any other way. They have a little bit

:26:08. > :26:14.more quality and fitness. It is other way. They have a little bit

:26:15. > :26:22.refreshing to see the way the USA are playing. They do not want to be

:26:23. > :26:33.giving Clint Dempsey to many tries at goal, because he could finish.

:26:34. > :26:40.Danny Murphy and Steve Wilson. Thank you very much. The two teams

:26:41. > :26:46.are out there and ready to go, and there has been no half-time

:26:47. > :26:53.substitutions. Jurgen Klinsmann had to make one during play with the

:26:54. > :27:02.right back who was injured, who was replaced by Yedlin, who has kept

:27:03. > :27:15.Vertonghen equally tight. Here we go. Belgium all in red, USA all in

:27:16. > :27:22.white. The second half. Both teams have a habit of scoring late. That

:27:23. > :27:29.is good news. Seven out of eight USA... Seven out of the last eight

:27:30. > :27:36.USA games, they scored in the second half. Five out of 64 Belgium have

:27:37. > :27:45.come in the last 20 minutes of the game. -- five out of six games for

:27:46. > :27:58.Belgium. United States has a free kick. It is not always about goals.

:27:59. > :27:59.Both are willing to have a go. America are leaving themselves

:28:00. > :28:19.open. That is out of play and it will be a

:28:20. > :28:30.Belgian coming down on this near side. The USA are in their 10th

:28:31. > :28:40.World Cup finals. Semifinalists previously, in a historic occasion

:28:41. > :28:52.against Turkey. Belgian's first semifinal since 2002.

:28:53. > :29:11.A flick over the top of the crossbar, a good one by Howard. A

:29:12. > :29:15.clever little ball. I am not sure Howard needed to make that look as

:29:16. > :29:26.extravagant as he did. We will give him the benefit of the doubt. Plenty

:29:27. > :29:43.of time to move his feet. In comes the Belgian corner. Poor delivery.

:29:44. > :30:00.Really sloppy. Vertonghen. Belgium broke. Mertens is disappointing me.

:30:01. > :30:13.Towards Fellaini. Too many white shirts in there. Knowing the way my

:30:14. > :30:19.predictions have gone, Mertens will probably score a hat-trick. I do not

:30:20. > :30:34.think many people could have predicted what has happened in this

:30:35. > :30:45.World Cup. Mertens is backpedaling. Dempsey waived his right foot,

:30:46. > :31:00.controlled it. Vincent Kompany on a yellow card. If you have just joined

:31:01. > :31:01.us, the Stoke defender is replacing Kyle Beckerman. No injury, just

:31:02. > :31:29.selection. That does not trouble Tim Howard at

:31:30. > :31:38.all. I have said enough about his lack of quality. This is his earlier

:31:39. > :31:55.save. He had time to step back and catch that. ABT last -- maybe he

:31:56. > :32:13.lost his bearings. A great thrower. He is a perfectionist.

:32:14. > :32:27.A bit of a target. Mikkel Bradley snapping it.

:32:28. > :32:37.Too much for the liking of the referee. Bradley has covered more

:32:38. > :32:49.ground in this World Cup than any other player, and yearly 24 miles.

:32:50. > :32:58.-- nearly 24 miles. He does not stop. Unbelievable athletes. I'd

:32:59. > :33:05.-- nearly 24 miles. He does not not get that from just seeing him,

:33:06. > :33:08.I've got that from statistics. It is hard sometimes to sift out the

:33:09. > :33:17.thoroughly useless from the little nuggets.

:33:18. > :33:38.Here is Bradley. Fellaini is going to have a pop

:33:39. > :33:40.here, not his best effort. It is interesting, there are some

:33:41. > :33:58.interesting statistics, but a lot of them do not matter ultimately. Here

:33:59. > :34:08.is Vincent Kompany, shielding it and winning L Jim a throw in. --

:34:09. > :34:14.Belgium. Vincent Kompany did not feature at all in the last group

:34:15. > :34:38.game against South Korea. Vertonghen sprinting ahead. Hazard has

:34:39. > :35:06.Van Buyten finds Vincent Kompany. He was trying to feed Mertens but

:35:07. > :35:23.someone was in the way. A free kick to the United States. When the ball

:35:24. > :35:32.gets wide, Fellaini is nearly a second striker for the diagonal

:35:33. > :35:41.ball. Hit a few diagonal balls, play off him. He is looking for a long

:35:42. > :36:05.diagonal cross. Lovely ball

:36:06. > :36:18.Neither got a touch. William ball from Vertonghen -- are brilliant all

:36:19. > :36:39.from Vertonghen. Origi does not anticipate the defender missing it.

:36:40. > :36:54.Eden Hazard here. Immediately under pressure I Jones and proudly -- by

:36:55. > :37:03.Jones and Bradley. A slightly sleepy start to the second half, but it is

:37:04. > :37:20.getting going now. That is a poor shots by De Bruyne. If you are going

:37:21. > :37:24.to have him in the team, you have to play to his strengths. Hazard is

:37:25. > :37:32.drifting into central areas, and when he does, the whole pitch opens

:37:33. > :37:41.up to him. He has the ability to go both ways and to meet people. He has

:37:42. > :37:50.options off the bench and he has used them while -- used them well,

:37:51. > :37:58.the Belgian coach. Three of his substitutions have scored for him so

:37:59. > :38:05.far. A good header from Origi and it just smudged the top of the

:38:06. > :38:16.crossbar. Really good cross, good header, Origi. I am not sure whether

:38:17. > :38:24.Howard is the coolest man in the stadium or what. Just across the top

:38:25. > :38:31.of the crossbar. Here goes Vertonghen. He wants it back again.

:38:32. > :38:39.Good Vertonghen. He wants it back again.

:38:40. > :38:48.really up against it at the moment, United States. That would have been

:38:49. > :38:55.goal of the tournament and the competition right there if it had

:38:56. > :39:01.gone in. That would have been as good as anything we have seen. This

:39:02. > :39:05.is the confidence he is playing with. He is getting down the left,

:39:06. > :39:11.getting crosses, great technique. The reason it is happening is

:39:12. > :39:16.because Zusi is just not defending. I cannot believe he is not being

:39:17. > :39:27.screamed at by the bench and by his right back. Bradley has found him.

:39:28. > :39:37.For runners for the USA. They shot the fax. -- this shot to flex. That

:39:38. > :39:50.could have gone anyway. Powerful from Vertonghen.

:39:51. > :40:57.quite get it to Zusi. By Kenneth -- I cannot for the life

:40:58. > :41:11.of me think it is a deliberate tactic by Zusi. I wonder if a

:41:12. > :41:13.substitution will affect things. Mirallas could play as a striker. We

:41:14. > :41:35.will see. Vertonghen. Origi has been brilliantly. So close

:41:36. > :41:46.to sneaking in through Mertens. A great run from Origi. Good, positive

:41:47. > :41:51.run. It is Mertens coming off. This is his last contribution. I do not

:41:52. > :41:56.think that is a bad substitution. I do not think Mertens has contributed

:41:57. > :42:09.enough in this game. He causes problems with his pace. His energy,

:42:10. > :42:17.his directness. Mirallas comes on for Mertens. Looks as though he was

:42:18. > :42:30.-- is going to play on the side where Mertens was. Here is Bradley.

:42:31. > :42:41.Yedlin is a handful. A free kick. I was watching Hazard when they were

:42:42. > :43:18.attacking, USA, and I'd find it Dempsey. Bradley. Pace macro, Yedlin

:43:19. > :43:25.-- Zusi, Yedlin. Van Buyten cleared it.

:43:26. > :43:43.They might break now. Again by Besler. Good defending.

:43:44. > :43:50.Great tackle. Origi. Play on, says the revelation. Pocket well

:43:51. > :43:52.Great tackle. Origi. Play on, says truly picked by De Bruyne. That is

:43:53. > :43:57.the work ethic. They don't stop, the Americans. Winning it back, that is

:43:58. > :44:01.what has got them Americans. Winning it back, that is

:44:02. > :44:21.place. Alejandro Bedoya picking a the stadium. DeMarcus Beasley.

:44:22. > :44:28.Gonzalez. Yedlin. Yedlin again. Zusi. Couldn't quite take it

:44:29. > :44:31.smoothly, and Eden Hazard and Vincent Kompany between them

:44:32. > :44:37.conspire. De Bruyne is onside because he was inside his own half.

:44:38. > :44:43.Kevin De Bruyne. Mirallas is available. Here he is. Fellaini to

:44:44. > :44:48.the right. Kevin morass. Held up, but not stop. Still morass. Still

:44:49. > :44:55.morass. Now De Bruyne. Block by camera -- still Mirallas. Blocked by

:44:56. > :45:04.Cameron. Not sure he needed to come back. Gave the USA defender is a

:45:05. > :45:06.Cameron. Not sure he needed to come chance to get back in. End to end

:45:07. > :45:11.stuff at the moment. Brilliant. Really open.

:45:12. > :45:16.stuff at the moment. Brilliant. back at home might even start to

:45:17. > :45:22.appreciate a goalless game. Vertonghen. Here's hoping.

:45:23. > :45:25.Vertonghen needed to Vertonghen. Here's hoping.

:45:26. > :45:55.out of it before he touched it. This is

:45:56. > :46:01.just getting a breeder. Been under some pressure. Keep the boil

:46:02. > :46:07.dashboard were a little while. -- ball for a little while. Jones

:46:08. > :46:16.jumping the Vincent Kompany. -- with Vincent Kompany. Axel Witsel with

:46:17. > :46:19.the Frick -- quick free kick. Of course the free kick was taken

:46:20. > :46:26.quickly, it's that kind of game. DeMarcus Beasley is in. Great hope

:46:27. > :46:30.after the 1994 World Cup that football would take off in the

:46:31. > :46:34.States, and it didn't really. But it has to be taken pretty seriously

:46:35. > :46:41.now. It is not just a retirement home. It's a nice retirement home,

:46:42. > :46:47.for some, but it's a bit more than that to. They can be really proud of

:46:48. > :46:58.their players, again, tonight. Mirallas. Axel Witsel. Cannoned off

:46:59. > :47:00.the back of Alejandro Bedoya. Putting his body on the line, good

:47:01. > :47:17.defending. Brave. Alderweireld. Deflection on that.

:47:18. > :47:24.Origi couldn't get the touch. De Bruyne finds Fellaini. Jan

:47:25. > :47:30.Vertonghen. A measured ball in, but headed away by Gonzalez. Missed by

:47:31. > :47:37.Graham Zusi. Yedlin, keeping it from hazard. Everything Yedlin does seems

:47:38. > :47:45.to cause his team-mates a problem. He's got a free kick. Yes, I don't

:47:46. > :47:49.think he is aware of switching on when he needs to be inside or

:47:50. > :47:53.outside, passing the players. I'm amazed they haven't made a change,

:47:54. > :47:58.because he looks tired. His defending has been reactive. He sees

:47:59. > :48:06.the problem but it is almost too late. There will be a major

:48:07. > :48:12.tournament held in the US in a couple of years time, and they are

:48:13. > :48:12.tournament held in the US in a hosting the copper America, the

:48:13. > :48:16.tournament held in the US in a centenary edition. All ten South

:48:17. > :48:21.American teams will take part. And six from the Conqueror catheter.

:48:22. > :48:38.Yedlin. Courtois takes it. And he takes it well. Yedlin has got

:48:39. > :49:02.taken from Courtois. Vertonghen. taken from Courtois. Vertonghen.

:49:03. > :49:06.Vincent Kompany, away to Mirallas. Out by Cameron. They can't keep the

:49:07. > :49:15.ball at the moment and the Americans. Need some possession.

:49:16. > :49:24.ball at the moment and the Eden Hazard. Jones has missed it.

:49:25. > :49:31.ball at the moment and the Origi skips away. Good take by Tim

:49:32. > :49:39.Howard. Jones, gesturing to come short. Lost too easily. That is poor

:49:40. > :49:48.from Jones. He looks really tired. Struggling. He has put such a shift

:49:49. > :49:54.in. That is a really good tackle. DeMarcus Beasley at the back for the

:49:55. > :49:58.US. Started the tournament with Geoff Cameron in that position but

:49:59. > :50:03.he had an unfortunate moment or two against Portugal, one of which led

:50:04. > :50:09.to Nani's goal. Gonzalez has come in and done really well. He's done very

:50:10. > :50:17.well. Jan Vertonghen. A decent ball in, and Besler waved a foot. That

:50:18. > :50:21.might have been ill-advised. Bedoya's shanked clearance.

:50:22. > :50:28.Fellaini. Alderweireld. Axel Witsel. Good hit. Tim Howard knew where his

:50:29. > :50:35.post was and he felt he had it covered. A decent strike from

:50:36. > :50:45.Witsel. Patient from Belgium. A few yards wide. This is the header from

:50:46. > :50:56.earlier. Good effort from Divock Origi. He is quick, strong. Eager to

:50:57. > :51:11.run behind. And of course, had such a young age, he will get better and

:51:12. > :51:23.better. No agreement between Lille and Liverpool although we understand

:51:24. > :51:32.there will be further discussions. Might be getting a bit more

:51:33. > :51:35.expensive than every moment goes by. A few players who have added a lot

:51:36. > :51:51.of value to themselves in this tournament. I'm surprised we haven't

:51:52. > :51:58.seen some more substitutions. We might see some movement on the

:51:59. > :52:05.American bench. Wondolowski is about to come on. They always put the

:52:06. > :52:22.substitutes on with a bad wrong with Davis.

:52:23. > :52:41.Yedlin. Dempsey. Courtois was behind it. Good strike. A quick snapshot

:52:42. > :52:45.from Dempsey on his weaker foot. Capable from those areas. Yedlin

:52:46. > :52:59.again down the right. Great change-up footwork by Moranis.

:53:00. > :53:09.Howard was behind it. Twice he has denied Divock Origi. Lovely footwork

:53:10. > :53:19.by Mirallas. Fellaini. Origi again. One in the box for Belgium. He could

:53:20. > :53:28.not get it away from Cameron. That's what we were talking about,

:53:29. > :53:32.committing people. Scrapping away. The free kick goes the way of

:53:33. > :53:36.Belgium. I wonder if the US will make the change. I think it will be

:53:37. > :53:42.Graham Zusi coming off, the man who conceded the free kick. Chris

:53:43. > :54:00.Wondolowski will come out to replace him. He is dead on his feet. He

:54:01. > :54:08.should have done better. He snatched at it a bit. A clear site on goal.

:54:09. > :54:14.To changes made for the USA now. And at it a bit. A clear site on goal.

:54:15. > :54:18.one for Belgium. Kevin De Bruyne with this free kick. Jan Vertonghen.

:54:19. > :54:25.There are four inside the US area. Fellaini. The whistle has gone. I

:54:26. > :54:30.think for handball. Fellaini. The whistle has gone. I

:54:31. > :54:36.diagonal we talked about, the only one they have hit, well, the second

:54:37. > :54:49.one. As soon as it comes down on his chest, there are problems. Maybe he

:54:50. > :54:57.felt the first one was Upadhay. Just scuffs it a little bit. He will be

:54:58. > :55:10.disappointed with that. Probably the two best chances of the game. Only

:55:11. > :55:13.his sixth cap. He scored in Americana stadium, not a bad place

:55:14. > :55:26.to score the first goal for your country. Certainly isn't. Omar

:55:27. > :55:30.Gonzalez. Not often on these occasions, the closer you get to 90

:55:31. > :55:33.minutes, the more cagey and cautious it gets. No signs of that yet.

:55:34. > :55:41.Dempsey, racing forward. Dempsey. it gets. No signs of that yet.

:55:42. > :55:52.Dempsey's shop, and Courtois behind it. He could have

:55:53. > :55:53.Dempsey's shop, and Courtois behind Bedoya. Leaders are normally give it

:55:54. > :56:12.away around those areas, very Bedoya. Leaders are normally give it

:56:13. > :56:19.knocks him over. I keep forgetting he's not in a Fulham shirt. I keep

:56:20. > :56:22.getting excited for him. Yedlin, they had him on loan for a short

:56:23. > :56:44.spell. YELLOW no, it didn't work. I think if they had even had Lionel

:56:45. > :56:53.Messi on loan they would have gone down. I was there on the relegation

:56:54. > :57:01.day, and it was with a whimper. Fellaini. Bariti. He has played

:57:02. > :57:09.well, Fellaini. Bariti. He has played

:57:10. > :57:14.interceptions. Bradley. Jones making the forward run. A test for

:57:15. > :57:32.Vertonghen. Second ball. Vincent Kompany first to it. Cameron. Eden

:57:33. > :57:44.Hazard chases back and tackles. Lovely ball. Mirallas onside. It is

:57:45. > :57:53.a corner. He wins a tackle and gets them on the break. Lovely turn.

:57:54. > :58:12.Tries to site -- sliding down the side. What a save. Three times now,

:58:13. > :58:19.Tim Howard. A Belgian corner. At least we know that Eden Hazard can

:58:20. > :58:31.do it. He is capable. Double figures now, the corner can. Origi giving

:58:32. > :58:34.chase. Gonzalez giving chase. The US central defender is slowly getting

:58:35. > :58:40.back to their feet. Eden Hazard here. He's back on his feet now.

:58:41. > :58:50.Vertonghen. Vincent Kompany. Argentina are waiting in the

:58:51. > :58:58.quarterfinals. Kevin Mirallas. A block by Cameron. He's done more in

:58:59. > :59:02.the ten minutes he has been on than Dries Mertens did in the whole

:59:03. > :59:09.match. Causing problems. Set pieces as well stop he takes a mean free

:59:10. > :59:18.kick. Gonzalez will get the treatment he was hoping he would get

:59:19. > :59:25.a couple of minutes ago. If you see his left ankle. Oh, dear. You know

:59:26. > :59:30.what, he might be lucky. I've done that a few times and it can come

:59:31. > :59:40.back for you after a couple of minutes. He might be OK. Let's hope

:59:41. > :59:44.he is, because he has been immense. They still have a change up their

:59:45. > :59:50.sleeve, if they need to use it. He doesn't want to use it in case of

:59:51. > :59:55.extra time. Geoff Cameron might slot back into defence and bring somebody

:59:56. > :00:05.back in midfield. But at the moment, he looks OK. You do feel, the longer

:00:06. > :00:09.it goes on, Belgium are getting on top of the US and creating the

:00:10. > :00:21.better chances. Surprised there has not been a substitute at the

:00:22. > :00:30.quality. The Belgians have taken the opportunity to get some liquid on.

:00:31. > :00:38.They do seem to be enjoying the match and each other's company these

:00:39. > :00:49.two. It's nice to see. Dempsey with a click away downfield. Onto the

:00:50. > :00:55.header Van Buyten. Mirallas. Mirallas taking on DeMarcus Beasley.

:00:56. > :01:01.Great ball in. Hazard. Good save by Tim Howard again. That was curling

:01:02. > :01:11.in the far post. He didn't quite catch it. Might break. Michael

:01:12. > :01:17.Bradley. Cameron. Bedoya. DeMarcus Beasley is outside him. Alejandro

:01:18. > :01:30.Bedoya. DeMarcus Beasley. Blocked by Van Buyten. Look at this. End to

:01:31. > :01:35.end. Kevin morale is at full pelt. Trying to run through the lot of

:01:36. > :01:40.them. He has made such a difference. What a brilliant run for Eden

:01:41. > :01:46.Hazard. Talk about trying to prove a point. Again, he'd sit in the

:01:47. > :01:52.ground. Makes the save easier for Tim Howard. We've seen it a few

:01:53. > :02:03.times, not connecting with the ball. Just a bit heavy. Jan Vertonghen

:02:04. > :02:13.finds Hazard. Will he create something magical to break American

:02:14. > :02:28.hearts. A bit of a slice from Gonzalez for yet another Belgian

:02:29. > :02:34.corner kick. Taken short. Fellaini at the back post. Howard did well.

:02:35. > :02:47.Beasley did as well. Full of running still. Wondolowski. Jermaine Jones.

:02:48. > :02:51.Yedlin is supercharged. Vertonghen have a head start. But Yedlin's

:02:52. > :02:58.persistence and pace has brought them a throw. He made about 40 yards

:02:59. > :03:00.there, considering he has hardly played at this level, how wonderful

:03:01. > :03:12.there, considering he has hardly he has tonight. He can be proud of

:03:13. > :03:23.himself. Dempsey. Cameron. Bradley. Beasley. Bradley. There he is

:03:24. > :03:32.again, Yedlin, in behind. Yedlin. Jones. Fellaini did well. Eden

:03:33. > :03:37.Hazard. Great tackle by Yedlin. He ran 40 yards and he ignored him

:03:38. > :03:49.again and did not defend, then got back and tackled him. What a

:03:50. > :03:57.performance he has put in. Hazard. Mirallas is off chasing this. Takes

:03:58. > :04:11.on DeMarcus Beasley. That needed to be timed right, and it was. It is a

:04:12. > :04:15.corner. Again, he is a threat. You make a mistake there you run the

:04:16. > :04:38.risk of conceding something think attack -- catastrophic. A Belgian

:04:39. > :04:45.corner. That is away by Dempsey. What a tackle. We donor family times

:04:46. > :04:49.he has done that tonight. The never say die attitude is so admirable.

:04:50. > :04:58.Some of those lads are dying on their feet. Again, a corner kick.

:04:59. > :05:13.Vincent Kompany having his shirt pulled. Fits not a great save, it's

:05:14. > :05:19.a great block. They've certainly played for their manager and the

:05:20. > :05:30.country. But they do look tired. Got to try and regain some shape and

:05:31. > :05:34.energy to stay in the game. Is there a late winner? It has been a feature

:05:35. > :05:43.of the round of 16 games. Late winners. I'm amazed Fellaini are

:05:44. > :05:46.still on the pitch, his contribution has been next to nothing. There has

:05:47. > :05:50.been the odd header down or chest down. The likes of Zanuzaj and

:05:51. > :05:57.Dembele on the bench, even Chadli. Have to try and do something

:05:58. > :06:10.different. Vincent Kompany. Have to try and do something

:06:11. > :06:19.Belgium. Fellaini. Eden Hazard. Already. -- Origi got the shot away.

:06:20. > :06:24.Howard with a reaction stop. Hit firm Andrew, rising, but straight at

:06:25. > :06:28.the keeper. Good play from Origi, confident turn,

:06:29. > :06:36.the keeper. Good play from Origi, save it. Another corner. -- straight

:06:37. > :06:42.at Howard. Almost into the last five minutes of the 90.

:06:43. > :06:49.De Bruyne with the deep corner. Fellaini's header at the back post.

:06:50. > :06:54.Did it come off a USA head? Apparently not. They only committed

:06:55. > :06:58.for men in the box to the corner. Five minutes to go, and you wanted

:06:59. > :07:01.win the game. I'm surprised they did not commit

:07:02. > :07:04.win the game. I'm surprised they did For many is an easy number to defend

:07:05. > :07:14.against. De Bruyne has gone For many is an easy number to defend

:07:15. > :07:16.yet -- for men is an easy number to defend stick -- defend against.

:07:17. > :07:19.yet -- for men is an easy number to Shocked at the strength that he has

:07:20. > :07:23.on the bench and there is Shocked at the strength that he has

:07:24. > :07:30.movement. Really am surprised. Jan Shocked at the strength that he has

:07:31. > :07:31.into Eden Hazard. Well timed by Gonzalez. Michael Bradley.

:07:32. > :07:46.Wondolowski. It is that time of the game. If you

:07:47. > :07:55.concede now, you are in big trouble. Wondolowski. Jones. Jones's bawling.

:07:56. > :08:02.Cleverley away by Van Buyten with Dempsey behind him and waiting. Not

:08:03. > :08:08.sure that was clever. A good break from the USA. That could have gone

:08:09. > :08:15.anywhere. That is a tired clearance rather than a clever one. Well, he

:08:16. > :08:19.did what needed to be done I guess. Alejandro Bedoya will take the

:08:20. > :08:28.corner kick the United States. The fans are on their feet.

:08:29. > :08:38.Bedoya's corner. Witsel's header. Eden Hazard. Origi. DeMarcus Beasley

:08:39. > :09:02.does not want to be beaten here. A foul.

:09:03. > :09:08.He is having a real war of words with his manager. Omar Gonzalez

:09:09. > :09:28.here. Another good ball. Jan Vertonghen.

:09:29. > :09:32.Eden Hazard. De Bruyne, and you still feel that the Belgian quality

:09:33. > :09:39.might count in the end. Kevin De Bruyne. Eden Hazard. Eden Hazard,

:09:40. > :09:45.side netting. Got to pull it there, on his left foot, away from the

:09:46. > :09:50.goal. Bad decision from Eden Hazard. Look at the red shirts in the

:09:51. > :09:53.middle. I'm not sure how he thinks he will score. Must be an

:09:54. > :09:59.unbelievable strike to score from there. That is greedy, that. Either

:10:00. > :10:01.tired or greedy. A player of his quality has to do better there.

:10:02. > :10:19.Bradley. Cameron. Behind the Yedlin. Belgium with the

:10:20. > :10:25.throw. The Tongan -- Vertonghen. De Bruyne. Two minutes of normal time

:10:26. > :10:27.plus added on. Well timed again from Gonzalez. Spreading it well, Kevin

:10:28. > :10:49.De Bruyne. Mirallas. Fellaini waiting to the diagonal

:10:50. > :10:53.again. Besler forward. They can break. Alejandro Bedoya. Wondolowski

:10:54. > :10:58.in the middle. Jermaine Jones with a run. Bedoya takes on Van Buyten, but

:10:59. > :11:05.Vincent Kompany is across. Just say, that is of that. Superb defending

:11:06. > :11:08.from Vincent Kompany. Read that so well. Hazard, into Witsel. Vincent

:11:09. > :11:16.Kompany continuing. Company in the middle. Tim Howard, away. Now that

:11:17. > :11:24.would have been the goal of the tournament. Captain fantastic,

:11:25. > :11:28.Vincent Kompany. Just a tiny bit behind him. Needs a better quality

:11:29. > :11:39.ball. One or two yards in front of him. I am breathing heavier just

:11:40. > :11:43.watching him make that run. Corner. 15th Belgian corner here.

:11:44. > :11:51.Kevin De Bruyne. The referee, I thought he had blown his whistle but

:11:52. > :11:56.it was someone in the crowd. Eden Hazard. Hazard, taking on Yedlin.

:11:57. > :12:03.Hazard, did well, put behind by Omar Gonzalez.

:12:04. > :12:13.16 corners now. Not sure I can find any more words or eulogies for the

:12:14. > :12:16.American defending. To keep going the way they have, keep getting in

:12:17. > :12:22.there, getting the blocks, fantastic attitude. And desire. Into the three

:12:23. > :12:30.added minutes. Fellaini, over the bar.

:12:31. > :12:38.Well, well, well. That is where Fellaini is dangerous. That has been

:12:39. > :12:43.his only contribution, actually, set plays and diagonals.

:12:44. > :13:10.Tim Howard's clearance downfield. Witsel.

:13:11. > :13:29.Dempsey has done well and shrugged off Axel Witsel. Jan Vertonghen is

:13:30. > :13:32.there. It will be a USA corner no, a US throw. 90 seconds of added time

:13:33. > :13:47.to go. Good strength. Keeps his team at the pitch.

:13:48. > :13:52.Wondolowski. Of Vincent Kompany. A slice from De Bruyne. Wondolowski.

:13:53. > :13:57.Cameron. Yedlin will reach this. Yedlin, time to look up. See who is

:13:58. > :14:03.there. Three in the middle. Vincent Kompany away. Geoff Cameron. Lofting

:14:04. > :14:16.it up towards Jones. Wondolowski. He has missed it! Offside. It would not

:14:17. > :14:30.have counted. I am pleased for him. Clever ball

:14:31. > :14:47.from Cameron. A mile offside. Oh, my word. Fellaini's header.

:14:48. > :14:59.It is that the thin line. We saw the Swiss hit the post in the last

:15:00. > :15:07.seconds. Jones is charging down the middle here for the United States.

:15:08. > :15:15.Vincent Kompany will not be beaten. We will have extra time. More of the

:15:16. > :15:22.same, please. It might be 0-0, but you do not need 200 points in a game

:15:23. > :15:32.to have fun. Their Dietmar minutes to come. -- 30 more minutes to come.

:15:33. > :15:37.to have fun. Their Dietmar minutes I think Americans might be beginning

:15:38. > :15:48.to understand a sport without goals or points to be runs -- or runs to

:15:49. > :15:54.be wrenchingly exciting. What a performance from Howard. Just got in

:15:55. > :16:06.the of everything. And credible. Attack after attack from Belgium.

:16:07. > :16:13.They got into the final third. It goes to show what you can do with 14

:16:14. > :16:16.or 13 committed guys who believed in the manager in the system and are

:16:17. > :16:21.willing to give everything for their country. You can get to where you

:16:22. > :16:28.want to be through hard work and sheer grit and determination, and

:16:29. > :16:33.that performance from the USA was everything that said, we want to

:16:34. > :16:39.stay in this competition, we believe in ourselves, because they have

:16:40. > :16:45.given everything for their country. If he had scored there and it was

:16:46. > :17:02.offside, he was a couple of yards on. He was flagged offside. He would

:17:03. > :17:11.have been in trouble after that. Origi has been impressive.

:17:12. > :17:13.Brilliant. He came on previously as a substitute in the pressure was not

:17:14. > :17:18.as great Bend. a substitute in the pressure was not

:17:19. > :17:28.to seeing how he would come in at the start of a game. He has taken it

:17:29. > :17:41.on head and. He is creating chances and is not scared to have a go. We

:17:42. > :17:47.mentioned Liverpool. He is willing to run in behind. He was very good

:17:48. > :17:55.in the air and looked strong. His finishing let him down. He looks

:17:56. > :18:05.comfortable taking the ball anywhere. He is aware of people

:18:06. > :18:14.around him. He is one for the future, Origi. I think my favourite

:18:15. > :18:19.moment came at the end when a certain

:18:20. > :18:24.moment came at the end when a scored one of the most marvelous

:18:25. > :18:33.goals of all-time if it had gone in. He just kept running and running and

:18:34. > :18:40.passed it and followed it. I've got to say, that is a terrible finish!

:18:41. > :18:50.If you see it from a different angle, it was awful. There is the

:18:51. > :18:59.captain of Belgium. You just wonder how long America can hang on and if

:19:00. > :19:07.they have the legs for it. Can Belgium do something to win this

:19:08. > :19:16.game? The final ball, the final pass, the finish. 18 has so many

:19:17. > :19:34.chances and they look back and regret it. --

:19:35. > :20:01.This is how they play every game. I have never seen them change tactics.

:20:02. > :20:13.I got a glimpse of Lukaku sneaking on. When your legs are weary and you

:20:14. > :20:21.see him coming and wanting to prove a point, he has a point to prove.

:20:22. > :20:25.Another young guy that has not really achieved what he wants to

:20:26. > :20:32.achieve and certainly not in this World Cup. He has a point to prove.

:20:33. > :20:43.He will be screaming, get the ball into me. The ball breaks down a lot.

:20:44. > :20:53.Origi looks after the ball very well. Let's go back and join Steve

:20:54. > :21:02.and Danny. Lukaku and four Origi. The referee

:21:03. > :21:07.blows his whistle and the United States get the first period of extra

:21:08. > :21:20.time under way. They have swapped De Bruyne on the left. I think that is

:21:21. > :21:25.partly... The right back has gone on the whole game, hasn't he? I think

:21:26. > :21:35.De Bruyne will be more disciplined in his footwork. Hazard will get a

:21:36. > :21:41.young striker more involved than he has been in the match on the

:21:42. > :21:46.left-hand side, because Lukaku has not yet had a shot in this World

:21:47. > :21:57.Cup. Here is Bradley. A definite change. Oh, it has gone through.

:21:58. > :22:17.Good cross from Beasley. Doug it out from around the corner. Jones is

:22:18. > :22:24.somehow still going. He cannot quite get over it. You would think the

:22:25. > :22:38.chances would be few and far between in this extra time. Geoff Cameron.

:22:39. > :22:46.Cameron forward. Jones scrapping for it. Cameron. Dempsey. When you think

:22:47. > :23:12.that United States... Hold on. De Bruyne, 1-0 Belgium. Kevin De

:23:13. > :23:29.Bruyne. Great finish. Lukaku causing the problems. Strength and power,

:23:30. > :23:38.freshness. He shrugged him off, Lukaku. There it was. I've thought

:23:39. > :23:47.he was going to go on his own but he looks to square it. Really composed,

:23:48. > :23:57.isn't he? Composed is the perfect word. Top goal scorer in qualifying.

:23:58. > :24:04.We see why. He had never scored for Belgium before this World Cup. That

:24:05. > :24:10.is fit for his country, and now the United States, somewhere, somehow

:24:11. > :24:15.have to find some reserves of energy in a way back into this game and

:24:16. > :24:27.Jermaine Jones immediately throwing the gauntlet down. Argentina is the

:24:28. > :24:33.prize or whoever goes through. That prize will the on Saturday. They

:24:34. > :24:46.will have to show some rough strength. -- real strength.

:24:47. > :24:52.Bradley's free kick. A long run back for those centre halves who have

:24:53. > :24:56.gone up. He just takes his time, take the extra touch and picks his

:24:57. > :25:04.spots. There he composed take the extra touch and picks his

:25:05. > :25:08.a talented young player. He wants to go and celebrate and realises he

:25:09. > :25:18.must go back or he will get a yellow. Kevin De Bruyne, who

:25:19. > :25:25.celebrated his birthday three days ago. If that proves to be the

:25:26. > :25:46.winning goal, it will earn a small celebration this evening. Bradley.

:25:47. > :26:01.Dempsey. Bradley. Dempsey. Plenty of time for the Americans. Yedlin, and

:26:02. > :26:16.Vertonghen away. Hazard. Away to the left-hand side, Vertonghen.

:26:17. > :26:22.Vertonghen, what is he going to do? Too long. Defender in the box now.

:26:23. > :26:28.Far too long. Get out on your feet and smash it. Free kick to United

:26:29. > :26:32.States. That was a chance to put a game away. I am thinking of the game

:26:33. > :26:49.that Greece had, with extra time, game away. I am thinking of the game

:26:50. > :26:56.against Costa Rica. You never know. That was a good chance. The only

:26:57. > :27:02.upside, the cloud of that goal is that it

:27:03. > :27:07.has come so the cloud of that goal is that it

:27:08. > :27:16.What they don't want to concede another. Eden Hazard here. De

:27:17. > :27:25.Bruyne. Lukaku, got the shot away, and Tim Howard turns it the way. --

:27:26. > :27:28.away. Lukaku has done more in six minutes in extra time than he has

:27:29. > :27:32.really contributed in the two games in which he played the best part of

:27:33. > :27:37.90 minutes. The game is open, which helped him. He has a point to

:27:38. > :27:46.prove, and sometimes players need that. They come out fighting. The

:27:47. > :28:04.substitutions have both made a huge impression. Free kick to USA. If

:28:05. > :28:09.they go through, their lack of tenacity, it is only

:28:10. > :28:17.they go through, their lack of Hugh is looking tired now -- who is

:28:18. > :28:25.looking tired now, and the rest of them are attacking

:28:26. > :28:28.looking tired now, and the rest of Good covering from Mirallas.

:28:29. > :28:42.looking tired now, and the rest of Cameron, too deep.

:28:43. > :28:55.On Friday, in the quarterfinals, we bring you France against Germany,

:28:56. > :29:06.live on BBC One, 430 p.m.. At the moment, it is Belgium's to lose. It

:29:07. > :29:21.is Belgium's to win, isn't it? I never understood that expression.

:29:22. > :29:37.The football lexicon. Beasley. Geoff Cameron. Cameron again. Dempsey

:29:38. > :29:42.coming deep, finding Bradley. Bradley, clipped away to Jones.

:29:43. > :29:51.Ciman always willing to make an option, and has it now. -- Yedlin

:29:52. > :30:00.always willing. A tired looking ball. Bedoya is there. Beasley.

:30:01. > :30:08.Almost cut out by Hazard. Here is Cameron on the nicely away from

:30:09. > :30:17.Fellaini. Beautifully done. Act into Dempsey. Brilliant, let the ball

:30:18. > :30:26.roll away from Dempsey. The whistle has gone. Still hope for them, still

:30:27. > :30:32.chances. There are tired legs out there on both sides. Chris Wood is

:30:33. > :30:47.out there alongside Jurgen Klinsmann. On his knees, getting

:30:48. > :30:53.some air. 22 tired lads out there. He tried to shoot. He will hopefully

:30:54. > :31:02.be OK. A little bit of added time at the

:31:03. > :31:30.end of this period of extra time. Courts want -- Courtois away. Lukaku

:31:31. > :31:40.again, and Howard once more. Got to contact -- got to contain Lukaku.

:31:41. > :31:47.His freshness has made a real difference. The next goal in this

:31:48. > :31:57.game if there is one must not be a Belgian goal. They might get one,

:31:58. > :32:08.but I'd don't see it. To lose a goal in extra time, psychologically...

:32:09. > :32:14.Straight out of place for an American throw in. They are still in

:32:15. > :32:25.this, they have to have belief. It could be a set play. You have seen

:32:26. > :32:32.it with the Greeks. Too last goals. Anything is possible. -- to

:32:33. > :32:49.last-minute goals. Anything is possible. Yedlin. Bradley. Dempsey.

:32:50. > :32:58.Great ball. It is hammered into Jones and the referee has stopped

:32:59. > :33:08.play. What a good move, what a block. This first 15 minutes could

:33:09. > :33:18.last about 25, couldn't it? Unfortunate. That is an accident. He

:33:19. > :33:27.will be all right. He has had a ball in the face before. Give him a

:33:28. > :33:49.little breather, a little water, get on with it. Good attack. For a young

:33:50. > :34:04.man, that is great composure. Tim Howard, finally beaten. They need

:34:05. > :34:08.Jones back on quickly, because they do not want to be playing with one

:34:09. > :34:24.man less in extra time, that is for sure. Jones is back on now. De

:34:25. > :34:39.Bruyne. Hazard. Van Buyten. Alderweireld. Mirallas. Fellaini.

:34:40. > :34:44.This is good possession. Howard, good save. Goode, good faith. How

:34:45. > :34:56.many times have we said that this evening? Poor finish from Mirallas.

:34:57. > :35:01.He is better than that normally. Certainly making chances. Here is

:35:02. > :35:37.Jones. Lukaku, 2-0. Belgium will face

:35:38. > :35:56.Argentina. Lukaku with the second goal. Jurgen Klinsmann's United

:35:57. > :36:02.States team are undone, and another Belgian substitute makes the

:36:03. > :36:13.difference. A good breakaway. De Bruyne takes his time. That is the

:36:14. > :36:20.exact finish we expect from him. Confident, powerful, and as you say,

:36:21. > :36:24.he has done more in the last 15 minutes here of extra time and he

:36:25. > :36:37.has done in the rest of the World Cup. See the smile on his face.

:36:38. > :36:45.Well, we are into added time at the first period of extra time. 2-0 is a

:36:46. > :37:01.obviously, there will be more obviously, there will be more

:37:02. > :37:09.counter. They deserve it, you can't argue with that. They

:37:10. > :37:14.chances and were the dominant team. We are playing to

:37:15. > :37:18.chances and were the dominant team. the end of the first 15. Is that too

:37:19. > :37:27.more added minutes? They have arty played nearly two. Julian

:37:28. > :37:32.more added minutes? They have arty about to come on as soon as the

:37:33. > :37:37.fourth official has decided which number is coming off. Or at least

:37:38. > :37:43.reflecting what Jurgen Klinsmann has decided which number should come

:37:44. > :37:50.off. It is Bedoya here is coming off and Julian Green, who is with Bayern

:37:51. > :37:52.Munich, though mostly in their second team, which plays below are

:37:53. > :38:16.tears in German football. He is on. It is the end of the first period of

:38:17. > :38:20.extra time. Substitutions again. You have got to hand it to him, every

:38:21. > :38:25.substitution he has made in this tournament has paid off. He is

:38:26. > :38:33.fortunate because he has a squad full of talented players all over

:38:34. > :38:39.the pitch, various options, and he has chosen them while at the right

:38:40. > :38:43.times. His substitutes have a determination to make an impact and

:38:44. > :38:50.to show him that he was wrong not to have

:38:51. > :38:57.to show him that he was wrong not to place. Maybe he is not quite sure of

:38:58. > :39:03.his best team. Belgium will be assuming that the last 15 minutes

:39:04. > :39:08.down throughout the last amazing 15 minutes from the US but

:39:09. > :39:08.down throughout the last amazing 15 have Thomas Vermaelen bit but alas

:39:09. > :39:17.eight, but have Thomas Vermaelen bit but alas

:39:18. > :39:24.extraordinary now. That would be a remarkable comeback

:39:25. > :39:27.extraordinary now. That would be a climb this mountain. They have given

:39:28. > :39:34.their all so far, they really have. There's not one of them out there

:39:35. > :39:40.who cannot be proud of themselves. 15 minutes away, Belgium, from the

:39:41. > :39:49.last eight. The last eight of the World Cup. De Bruyne, forward.

:39:50. > :39:54.Lukaku giving it straight to Yedlin. But if they get one early in this

:39:55. > :40:04.half... Yedlin. Lovely bit of skill. As Cameron got the legs to get

:40:05. > :40:15.there? It is a free kick for the foul on Yedlin. Set pieces are

:40:16. > :40:23.important now. Bradley to take. Bradley. It might still fall for

:40:24. > :40:28.them. Kevin De Bruyne. They are in real trouble and if DeMarcus Beasley

:40:29. > :40:40.had not been first to the clearance, and he shouldn't have been, not a

:40:41. > :40:56.good ball. A sloppy. Here is Bradley. Jones. Bradley. Julian

:40:57. > :41:01.Green making the run. He has scored! What a fantastic goal. Julian Green

:41:02. > :41:12.for the United States. And they are only back in it. It is 2-1. I told

:41:13. > :41:14.you I should not predict anything. Game over? Why did I not be quiet.

:41:15. > :41:17.you I should not predict anything. What a moment that young man.

:41:18. > :41:26.Bradley looks up. Onside. What a moment that young man.

:41:27. > :41:34.take that well. Alderweireld letting go. Just off the edge of his toe. He

:41:35. > :41:50.deserves a bit of luck for making a superb run. 13 minutes to go, and 13

:41:51. > :41:52.minutes might be plenty because Belgium who were practically

:41:53. > :42:01.celebrating in extra time up against it. This World Cup has been

:42:02. > :42:12.absolutely brilliant. Fellaini. Lukaku wants it. Fellaini. Goalkick.

:42:13. > :42:20.I am amazed that they have not made a change and put some fresh legs on.

:42:21. > :42:28.Witsel and Fellaini are gone. They cannot make a run between them.

:42:29. > :42:32.Yedlin. Listen to the noise. Cameron striding forward. Yedlin. For in the

:42:33. > :42:41.middle for the USA. Wondolowski. Jones. Just wide. It is wide by a

:42:42. > :42:47.whisker. A hair's Brett. Jermaine Jones. It looked in. I cannot

:42:48. > :42:55.believe what I am watching. Talk about turning the game around.

:42:56. > :42:59.Brilliant ball from Yedlin. What a clever finish it was. So I'm lucky

:43:00. > :43:14.from Jones. Outside of the right foot. Macro Yedlin, not sure what he

:43:15. > :43:19.has had foot. Macro Yedlin, not sure what he

:43:20. > :43:21.stopped. Beautifully foot. Macro Yedlin, not sure what he

:43:22. > :43:27.DeMarcus Beasley. Here is a man who is contender for Man of the Match.

:43:28. > :43:31.Besler. Julian Green, the man who has changed the face of the game.

:43:32. > :43:50.Michael Bradley for the United States. Yedlin. Bradley.

:43:51. > :44:04.Donovan. Julian Green. Green can see Bradley. He does. Bradley. Trying to

:44:05. > :44:11.work out a rate around Fellini. DeMarcus Beasley. Omar Gonzalez.

:44:12. > :44:16.Jermaine Jones for the United States. Suddenly it is the Belgium

:44:17. > :44:28.legs that are aching. De Bruyne, given away by Jones. Poor ball.

:44:29. > :44:37.Given straight back. Cameron. Away by Vincent Kompany. Omar Gonzalez

:44:38. > :44:47.has not won it. Lukaku. Besler. Lukaku running at Gonzalez. Lukaku.

:44:48. > :44:54.Howard again. Howard again. The two of them could not stop him, but Tim

:44:55. > :44:58.Howard did. Great feat. Not the best finish, but again, Tim Howard, how

:44:59. > :45:06.many times has he saved with his legs? What an evening he has had.

:45:07. > :45:18.What a game. Belgium are throwing on Nacer Chadli. Their last change. It

:45:19. > :45:25.shouldn't be for Hazard. You can hear the response for the Belgium

:45:26. > :45:28.fans, he still looks fresh. The two guys behind

:45:29. > :45:35.fans, he still looks fresh. The two feet. Chad liaison. Tim Howard.

:45:36. > :45:47.Tipping it away. Another Belgian corner. The 19th Belgian corner of

:45:48. > :45:55.the game. Here is this brilliant moment for Julian Green. Catches the

:45:56. > :46:03.end of his toe, but he won't care, at all. And then the chance for

:46:04. > :46:09.Jones a minute or two later. It is Belgian with this corner kick.

:46:10. > :46:14.Morale is to take it. Headed out by Omar Gonzalez. Chadli, just on.

:46:15. > :46:23.Kevin De Bruyne working it to Mirallas. He can charge in. He trod

:46:24. > :46:26.on it. Cameron, way too green. He has got through one challenge.

:46:27. > :46:38.DeMarcus Beasley. Back to Julian Green. Mirallas is helping out.

:46:39. > :46:49.Foul. Free kick. Showing some spirit and some fight. Bradley. Jones.

:46:50. > :46:53.Blocked by Vincent Kompany. It comes to Geoff Cameron. Miss time, but

:46:54. > :47:09.pushed, free kick USA. It is dead centre. Michael Bradley is onto it.

:47:10. > :47:12.It's quite a way out. Not sure he should be shooting. I have not seen

:47:13. > :47:23.his strike. The Belgian

:47:24. > :47:33.nervous than he did five minutes ago. I think we all thought it was

:47:34. > :47:37.game over. Half-time in extra time. They were virtually celebrating.

:47:38. > :47:54.Jermaine Jones will free kick will stop Courtois with

:47:55. > :47:59.the save to deny Dempsey. Bradley. Cannot find Wondolowski. Jan

:48:00. > :48:04.Vertonghen. One back by Wondolowski. Where have they got the energy from?

:48:05. > :48:07.They look the fitter and stronger team. Bradley. Bradley getting

:48:08. > :48:16.through Fellaini. Still going. Smashed away by Jan Vertonghen. That

:48:17. > :48:21.is the best free kick of the World Cup so far. What a save from

:48:22. > :48:27.Courtois. Cameron with the ball into the box. Jones attacks it. Dempsey

:48:28. > :48:33.at the back post. As he kept it in? Yes, Yaz. Five in the middle.

:48:34. > :48:36.Michael Bradley. Everyone but Lukaku back. Kevin De Bruyne. Belgium are

:48:37. > :48:49.desperate for respite. Who could have seen this coming? DeMarcus

:48:50. > :48:57.Beasley will stop Julian Green. Not the best ball of the night. Courtois

:48:58. > :49:02.will live on it. Look at this for invention. Such a clever little

:49:03. > :49:14.move. His first touch just took it into his path. So unlucky. Quick off

:49:15. > :49:19.his line. Straight through to Tim Howard, and that is not done his

:49:20. > :49:23.his line. Straight through to Tim your bottom dollar it is coming

:49:24. > :49:30.his line. Straight through to Tim would have loved to have seen that

:49:31. > :49:32.gone in. I don't want this to stop. Fellaini has booted out of play for

:49:33. > :49:41.an American throw. Fellaini has booted out of play for

:49:42. > :49:44.evening up. For years they have been an anomaly in world football, the

:49:45. > :49:48.country that doesn't get the game. Always qualifying, but this is a

:49:49. > :49:54.proper team and they are backed by some proper fans. They get it. The

:49:55. > :50:01.noise, the atmosphere, it's fantastic. It's a pleasure to be

:50:02. > :50:03.noise, the atmosphere, it's here and witness this. Witsel.

:50:04. > :50:09.Gonzalez got a foot in, but free kick to Belgium. Whichever one of

:50:10. > :50:17.these teams go through, they face Argentina, and it will be a terrific

:50:18. > :50:21.quarterfinal, that is for sure. What a game that will be. It would be for

:50:22. > :50:24.Belgium if they get their, a repeat a game that will be. It would be for

:50:25. > :50:34.of their finest hour, the semifinal a game that will be. It would be for

:50:35. > :50:43.good as the second one he scored against England in the quarterfinal.

:50:44. > :50:54.It is an American throw. Three half minutes, or thereabouts. Will

:50:55. > :50:56.It is an American throw. Three there be one more chance? You can

:50:57. > :51:09.see the central defender has gone up. Gonzalez is here. Lovely

:51:10. > :51:19.backheel by Dempsey to Bradley. Yedlin. Great ball. Just behind.

:51:20. > :51:29.Smashed away by Fellaini. What a ball from Yedlin. Coming back in

:51:30. > :51:38.from DeMarcus Beasley. Julian Green. Five in the box for the USA. Green.

:51:39. > :51:46.Still green. Jones. Driven. No, he has to put that in the middle. A

:51:47. > :51:53.puff of the cheeks. From Marc Wilmots. He's going to be

:51:54. > :51:56.disappointed because they have thrown a comfortable position awake

:51:57. > :52:00.and now they are hanging on for dear life, and that's because he did not

:52:01. > :52:04.replace the men in central midfield with no legs. They cannot move, the

:52:05. > :52:09.pair of them. The pressure is relentless. Courtois taking his time

:52:10. > :52:15.and Jurgen Klinsmann is doing his not. Courtois with a clearance.

:52:16. > :52:21.Besler underneath it. Fellaini. Fellaini finds Lukaku. Silence falls

:52:22. > :52:28.as Belgium have the ball. Lukaku. Besler in front of him. Mirallas.

:52:29. > :52:37.as Belgium have the ball. Lukaku. Looking for the corner flag. Free

:52:38. > :52:46.kick USA. Doesn't need to take him on. Keep the ball in the corner,

:52:47. > :53:01.trying to foul. Silly play. Time ticks on. Michael Bradley charges

:53:02. > :53:10.on. Julian Green. Geoff Cameron. Dempsey. Dempsey. Bradley. Fellaini

:53:11. > :53:12.comes out to meet him. Bradley. Holds Fellaini and is fouled by

:53:13. > :53:22.Fellaini. Free kick. I think Holds Fellaini and is fouled by

:53:23. > :53:27.the first tackle Fellaini has made. 75 seconds on my watch. Out from Jan

:53:28. > :53:37.Vertonghen. Jones beaten it. The ball in. Out by Van Buyten. Hammered

:53:38. > :53:41.away by Fellaini. Lukaku. Lukaku. He can knock it square for Chadli.

:53:42. > :53:47.Blocked by DeMarcus Beasley. It looked like handball. Lukaku again.

:53:48. > :53:51.That is a great ball. Wonderful ball, just over the top of Cameron

:53:52. > :53:57.but Mirallas saw it late. A good ball, but he's need to try it. Just

:53:58. > :54:01.run in the corner. Six foot three, 16 stone of muscle, protect the ball

:54:02. > :54:10.in the corner and get the country through. Fellaini. I don't know

:54:11. > :54:16.about you, I'm glad he did. It's been that kind of game. I don't want

:54:17. > :54:21.the game to end with a Belgian sitting on the ball in the corner

:54:22. > :54:37.quadrant. The excitement is unbelievable. Here goes Julian

:54:38. > :54:48.Green. Green's Allin. Yedlin! . Yedlin, the pain searing through his

:54:49. > :54:51.legs. I thought that was it. I thought that was the moment. What a

:54:52. > :54:59.reward that would have been that young right back. He has been

:55:00. > :55:01.magnificent. One added minute and he cannot understand why it is not

:55:02. > :55:19.more. Mirallas forward, handball. Get them

:55:20. > :55:24.all up. Get Tim Howard up. Get them all up.

:55:25. > :55:31.Well, it is the USA, so here come the cavalry. Tim Howard, long and

:55:32. > :55:36.high. Fellaini with his head on it. They can run it downfield and run

:55:37. > :55:46.away the clerk. They are through. Belgium are through. But what a

:55:47. > :55:51.scare. What a scare they have had. They have been run into the ground,

:55:52. > :55:54.the Belgians. They got over the line, but they do go on to a

:55:55. > :56:03.quarterfinal against Argentina and what a mouthwatering one it is on

:56:04. > :56:06.Saturday. They have won the match after extra time but what a

:56:07. > :56:13.performance. What a performance from the USA. I think it is worth giving

:56:14. > :56:15.the USA huge credit and thanking them for what they have contributed

:56:16. > :56:25.to the World Cup because that's the best I've seen. I have not seen

:56:26. > :56:31.character and commitment and desire and what I saw tonight. Well done to

:56:32. > :56:36.Belgium as well, because they showed good quality to digging near the

:56:37. > :56:38.end. I now look forward to watching them in a brilliant quarterfinal

:56:39. > :56:43.against Argentina against Lionel Messi. It

:56:44. > :56:48.against Argentina against Lionel World Cup, and that was right up

:56:49. > :56:52.with the best of them. Lovely to see the coaches embrace. Klinsmann's

:56:53. > :56:58.Americans are out and Marc Wilmots's Belgians are through.

:56:59. > :57:08.Wow. What a truly, exhilarating, pulsating, wonderful game of

:57:09. > :57:10.football. Victory to Belgium, but congratulations to an

:57:11. > :57:14.extraordinarily brave American team who just kept going and going until

:57:15. > :57:20.the very end. But it wasn't to be. Alan, I can't remember an extra time

:57:21. > :57:24.that has been so exciting as that. What a game of football. What a

:57:25. > :57:29.World Cup this is turning out to be. It really is. It is just

:57:30. > :57:33.staggering. Wearing earth do they get the fitness from, those American

:57:34. > :57:39.guys, to keep going -- where on earth? It was just a joy to watch.

:57:40. > :57:44.That extra time, that extra 30 minutes. Both teams desperately,

:57:45. > :57:49.desperately not wanting to go out and giving everything for the shirt

:57:50. > :57:55.they were wearing, and I really enjoyed that 30 minutes. Even the 90

:57:56. > :58:00.minutes beforehand. No goals, but a great game. Fabulous stuff. Rio, we

:58:01. > :58:04.were jumping out of our seats with the excitement at the end. It was

:58:05. > :58:06.like watching a Premier League game. Ball in the box, players

:58:07. > :58:12.like watching a Premier League game. get on the end of it. Unbelievable.

:58:13. > :58:15.You have to talk -- start taking Belgium seriously. The manager is

:58:16. > :58:18.making good substitutions and winning them the games. From the

:58:19. > :58:21.bench, they might have better players from anyone in the

:58:22. > :58:29.tournament, and that will be a big factor in the latter stages. Enjoy

:58:30. > :58:33.that, Chris? It was brilliant. Honest, 100%, everything they've

:58:34. > :58:37.got. What they lack in ability they make up in desire and passion.

:58:38. > :58:40.People like to see that. Belgium, for me, he has

:58:41. > :58:42.People like to see that. Belgium, midfield. He has to play Eden Hazard

:58:43. > :58:48.as a number ten to progress. I agree. Great scenes at the end, and

:58:49. > :58:54.great sportsmanship between the managers earlier on. Congratulating

:58:55. > :58:57.each other's teams, no doubt. Whilst Belgian girl on, the Americans go

:58:58. > :59:03.home with their heads held high. -- go home. They have been a breath of

:59:04. > :59:08.fresh air. For the way they approach their football, they know they have

:59:09. > :59:10.limited ability, but the way that Jurgen Klinsmann has set them up and

:59:11. > :59:15.the way he gives them confidence to believe in themselves, and the way

:59:16. > :59:19.they giving him back, they believed in him. They really have been

:59:20. > :59:22.brilliant. It's a shame to see them go out. But they have given

:59:23. > :59:31.absolutely happens, nobody can complain.

:59:32. > :59:39.I saw a tweet from the New York Times saying it was a shame that

:59:40. > :59:53.soccer is so boring. The Americans have a sense of irony. What is great

:59:54. > :59:59.about this for the USA team is they have layers that have enhanced the

:00:00. > :00:04.reputations, and the young lad who came on, the right back was

:00:05. > :00:15.phenomenal, and he came on for a guy who was probably their best player.

:00:16. > :00:19.Let's have a look at the quarterfinals. There you have it.

:00:20. > :00:24.France against Germany, Brazil against Columbia, all eight group

:00:25. > :00:30.winners went through in the end, which is a first. It is the first

:00:31. > :00:36.time that has happened since we had eight groups, anyway. We will have

:00:37. > :00:38.the first of this quarterfinals live on the BBC. France against Germany

:00:39. > :00:48.at tea time on Friday. on the BBC. France against Germany

:00:49. > :00:53.against Costa Rica on Saturday. Let's remind ourselves of the goals.

:00:54. > :01:02.No goals in 90 minutes, but it all started after that. The coach

:01:03. > :01:03.No goals in 90 minutes, but it all did was, he moved De Bruyne to the

:01:04. > :01:07.left-hand side and that Hazard did was, he moved De Bruyne to the

:01:08. > :01:19.the number ten roll. Look at the desire of De Bruyne. He started on

:01:20. > :01:24.the edge of the zone box -- of his own box. He showed his desire to get

:01:25. > :01:28.in there and finish it off. A very good finish. Howard could not save

:01:29. > :01:34.that one. The defender will be good finish. Howard could not save

:01:35. > :01:37.disappointed in himself. Someone that big and strong who is fresh,

:01:38. > :01:42.you have got to try to push into the side. He got bowled over, really.

:01:43. > :01:52.Tim Howard was side. He got bowled over, really.

:01:53. > :01:56.chances do they have? Lukaku made the difference with his strength and

:01:57. > :02:07.speed when the Americans were getting tired. The goalkeeper goes

:02:08. > :02:12.down very early. Good play from De Bruyne, left-hand side. An

:02:13. > :02:21.intelligent run from Lukaku. The weight of pass is Billy and. --

:02:22. > :02:27.brilliant. A lot of tired legs around. A lot of open space around.

:02:28. > :02:33.He had his chance and he finish it off very well. He had a point to

:02:34. > :02:48.prove. He had not played particularly well. But back came

:02:49. > :02:56.America. It reminded me of a previous player. This was

:02:57. > :03:00.unbelievable. You see the emotion, the belief in their team am of the

:03:01. > :03:13.belief in the manager to keep pushing them. You could easily have

:03:14. > :03:16.thought 2-0, that's it. The way they fought back, the way they were not

:03:17. > :03:24.prepared to give in the and they just kept on attacking at every

:03:25. > :03:29.opportunity. They have two or three very good chances to get themselves

:03:30. > :03:37.back in the game. We were screaming. But they kept on going,

:03:38. > :03:54.America. Very clever. Straight off the training ground. A great save.

:03:55. > :04:00.We were screaming, hitting the roof. But they never gave up. They were

:04:01. > :04:08.hanging on because the two lads in the field had nothing left in the

:04:09. > :04:17.tank. They were out on their feet and they needed help. I've think the

:04:18. > :04:25.midfielder was trying to go on the attack. You want bodies around it.

:04:26. > :04:35.We have seen some stunning goalkeeping in this World Cup.

:04:36. > :04:39.Hardly any mistakes from Tim Howard. We just thought it was going to be

:04:40. > :04:45.his night, because everything was stopped by him, whether it was hands

:04:46. > :04:53.or legs. He just had a fantastic night, he really did. He was just

:04:54. > :04:56.unstoppable. Nothing could get by him, Lukaku. Chris was saying during

:04:57. > :05:06.the game, someone please lift the ball. To his credit, it was working

:05:07. > :05:13.for him. The moment that Lukaku came on and lifted one of the balls...

:05:14. > :05:19.Quarterfinalists. It is hard to pick a standout team. Who would you go

:05:20. > :05:26.for? When the fixtures came up, I went for all the home teams. There

:05:27. > :05:31.is only one, Chris. But the way the fixtures are set up... I can't for

:05:32. > :05:39.member what they were! Argentina, Holland and France. I sticking with

:05:40. > :05:50.Brazil. You still think they have what it takes? I'd do. I'd think

:05:51. > :05:55.they have got a fantastic player. I have lost confidence in Argentina. I

:05:56. > :06:00.went for Brazil, but one thing that has been startling during this

:06:01. > :06:03.tournament is the lack of good defending from teams in general.

:06:04. > :06:07.There have been a lot of goals that could have been prevented or stopped

:06:08. > :06:10.the defensive shape has not been up to scratch. I think it is the best

:06:11. > :06:14.World Cup ever, I really do. to scratch. I think it is the best

:06:15. > :06:20.World Cup ever, I really Thank you very much. That is it from us. After

:06:21. > :06:25.an exhilarating night, Belgium and the American dream, and we have our

:06:26. > :06:32.eight quarterfinalists could indict the Schreiber quarterfinalists. At

:06:33. > :06:44.night. -- quarterfinalists. Good night. This should be fun. A nation

:06:45. > :06:47.held its breath. Brazil when in the most rheumatic of circumstances!

:06:48. > :06:56.This is not joy, this was pure relief. Our enchanting game is a

:06:57. > :07:13.universal language, wherever you're from some of the same emotions stir.

:07:14. > :07:21.Oh, Magic! Sheer brilliance! Devastation and effete seized from

:07:22. > :07:26.the jaws of victory. -- and defeat. They have broken Mexican hearts! We

:07:27. > :07:30.welcome the world to our beautiful country, but it is time to say good

:07:31. > :07:40.night. No-one wants to go home early. Not yet. Those that remain,

:07:41. > :07:45.the carnival continues. This should be fun, no? Only

:07:46. > :07:47.We don't have to prove who used a knife any more.

:07:48. > :07:52.He's only gone and stabbed someone, hasn't he?

:07:53. > :07:56.If you were there, you'll all get done for murder.