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| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Group A | |||||||||
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1
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 9 | |
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2
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
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3
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 4 | |
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4
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -7 | 0 | |
| Group B | |||||||||
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1
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 9 | |
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2
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | |
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3
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 3 | |
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4
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 3 | |
| Group C | |||||||||
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1
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 9 | |
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2
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
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3
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 3 | |
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4
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 0 | |
| Group D | |||||||||
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1
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
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2
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
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3
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
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4
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 1 | |
| Group E | |||||||||
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1
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
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2
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 | |
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3
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 3 | |
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4
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 1 | |
| Group F | |||||||||
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1
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
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2
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | |
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3
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | |
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4
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 2 | |
Cheers!
BELGIUM 1-2 ITALY
Domenico Berardi also replaces Insigne.
Verratti comes off for Bryan Cristante.
Immobile comes off for Andrea 'il Gallo' Belotti.
Nacer Chadli for Thomas Meunier.
Dries Mertens for Youri Tielemans.
Lukaku did what Lukaku does best and found the back of the net for the 64th time in his Belgian career. Which means he now has at least TWICE the number of goals than any Belgian has ever scored. Eden Hazard is next up at 32 on the list. That's some achievement, isn't it?
I'm glad to see this match living up to the hype, it would've been disappointing if it didn't. So far, it's been sublime!
Belgium 1-2 Italy
De Bruyne's situation was a bit unclear and he's managed to recover in time for the game, earning himself a start in Belgium's front three. He will be joined by Romelu Lukaku and, more surprisingly, tournament debutant Jeremy Doku!
Belgium XI: Courtois; Alderweireld, Vermaelen, Vertonghen; Meunier, Witsel, Tielemans, T.Hazard; De Bruyne, Lukaku, Doku
Italy XI: Donnarumma; Di Lorenzo, Bonucci, Chiellini, Spinazzola; Barella, Jorginho, Verratti; Chiesa, Immobile, Insigne
For now, let's all sit back and enjoy the ongoing quarter-final clash between Spain and Switzerland. If there's one thing the Swiss have taught us, it is to never count them out. Poor France, they were forced to learn this the hard way 👀🇫🇷
No wonder Italy are the favorites to win the tournament!
He took over in May 2018, when Italy were ranked #20 on the FIFA rankings. He's been in charge of 34 games across all competitions, during which he's seen his side lose only on two occasions — a friendly against world champions France (his second game) and one against defending European champions Portugal. Mancini has overseen 25 wins and seven draws in that period, with Italy scoring 82 (!) goals and conceding just... 15. Let that sink in.
Three years on, Italy are ranked #7 on the FIFA rankings, unbeaten at a major European competition conceding just once in four games. And, prior to conceding a 114th-minute goal against Austria, they hadn't conceded a goal in TEN straight games.
In fact, NINE of the players that started in their 2-0 win against Belgium in 2016 aren't even in the squad... Imagine that! The only two players to survive this mass clear-out are Leonardo Bonucci and captain Giorgio Chiellini. The latter picked up a knock in the group stages, but is expected to return to the XI vs Belgium.
While Belgium's core group — including the likes of Eden Hazard, Kevin De Bruyne, Romelu Lukaku, and so on — is still very much in action, they have evolved very well five years on. Roberto Martinez has done a superb job to make them a free-scoring unit capable of taking on the best of the best.
Belgium are currently the number one ranked side in the world according to FIFA, with Italy also making the top ten as they sit in seventh place. Martinez's men dumped defending champions Portugal out of the tournament in the Round of 16, albeit their win came at a great cost as both Kevin De Bruyne and captain Eden Hazard picked up injuries. Neither are expected to feature against Italy.
It was the younger Hazard, Thorgan, whose otherworldly strike from outside the box that settled a tight affair on that occasion.
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