That’s all from me. Thanks for reading, and for your emails. What a game of association football. Cheers!
Where does this leave Belgium (other than third in the group with two games in hand)? Belgium were electric in the first half here but overall in their two qualifiers, there have been two very unconvincing displays, despite the fact that they are clearly the better team on paper. Rudi Garcia will be under immense pressure before the team’s next qualifiers in September.
Defensively, Belgium look completely at sea. Gone are the days of Vincent Kompany, Jan Vertonghen and Toby Alderweireld. That Wout Faes, coming off the back of a very poor season with Leicester, starts in central defence for supposedly one of the top sides in Europe tells you all you need to know about the depth of defensive quality with Belgium. But offensively, a team with Romelu Lukaku, Leandro Trossard, Youri Tielemens, Kevin De Bruyne and Jérémy Doku is always going to score goals against inferior opposition.
