France 🇫🇷 2-0 Belgium 🇧🇪 Nations League | Encore Football is live

cable W with the opening [Music] just so you know well might been your oh my God attempt to clear the ball was shocking gave away a cheap Corner which is pretty funny considering he gave all his teammates a huge tening off after losing to Italy on Friday night France in again kante what the hell was going on now the referee's the L been blown off offs side about 20 seconds late though I have to say that's pretty unimpressive by the lb to blow up so late trying to see who's in Cas is in goal again for build just so you know it is 1 n to France um quite a few B team players out there didn't year the up corner back in the team when dooy con toam starting in the place of of course I think my ba and griezman have been G rest tonight along with Le say since it's the Nations league and has to be said a lot of the senior players performances on Friday night was pretty disappointing and looking at the Belgium team um apart from loru being put on the bench I think that's pretty much the Belgium first team lineup oh no l is not available okay yeah fair enough but both France have been heavily changed after that embarrassing well not embarrassing but pretty mediocre defeat to Italy got to give Italy credit they deserved to win on Friday night they passed the ball and moved the ball so much better than France did on Friday night it was night and day at times to be honest in terms of the quality of movement and passing between sp's men and DS's men go say there surely D's be charge out him for France after the next cup and Gwen dooy has um collided with a Belgian player and the referee's got with t it looks like I think the ref has got his C in his hand hope you're doing well toight of course oh nice C there by K talked androider out to the game and um oh did they with it t yeah that was pretty poor there by Yori T I'm be just randomly smashing into the side of C like that just so you know France and belg Bo the same group as Italy and Israel so this is quite a competitive group I've going to say considering quite a lot of the other nations League group obviously don't feature this level quality cred into one group I mean you've got Portugal who've got Croatia Poland and Scotland I mean then you got Germany who've got the Netherlands team has been bed for his troubles and he's having to go off to get medical treatment um Germany have got the Netherlands Bosnia and Hungary I'm trying to think of the other group now I think dead B I've got Serbia and if my memory tring to think who else do they have completely forgot now um yeah but France have a free kick d crosses it in oh that was a very nice ball into the into the box there by Luca so just shame to ABS as first torch let him down completely that's all around I can't tell um no it's C War bigy B po B with a very very questionable first touch I don't know what he was trying to lay it off to a teammate but whatever he did it just went straight back to the goalkeeper complete waste of a cross there by D say bu have had more possession but they haven't really done a lot with it it's not exactly being like particularly greater sh than the pitch with Pender and back here up front with de Brer behind a pair of them go say this New Belgium generation are just looking a bit average if I'm going to be honest I'm not saying they've had a huge drop off but it's not quite what we what we saw six years ago at the 2018 World Cup when he had Hazard and felini and who wants to be happy had castania um carasco and quite a few other decent players there along with Lukaku and kind of think oh nice one two there for France and kund gives it straight back to casti which is what a waste of a move down the right hand side D's in the line up I going to forget that's an okay lineup oh castan is still there but that backline doesn't not great does it for Belgium oh yeah how could I forget Al Belgium you have e aard Al neor was thinking off his brother foren I think forun has kind of also drifted out of the national team setup as well mfra because he's now hit 31 years old has to be said longevity is not trait within the hazard family I'm afraid lots of footballing talent but not really a lot of application to be honest deep down to go without that natural gift oh France win the ball back this is what I've been talking about Belgium have just been so poor in the final third of the pitch just [ __ ] all the attacks just come to zero then you got the belly oh my B's giving the ball away pretty lucky they ended up that that B's playing cuz he's useless if I'm going to be honest and France make a clearance out for a Belgium Corner great intervention by cber smart reading of the game there I'm just rewatching the brers cross how up did look how know did Pender not react to that coming into the box gold an opportunity for B to get in a game and he didn't do anything with it but Belgium do have a corner nonetheless course they both teams are a huge point to prove kante can they keep it France win the ball back out to the left hand side for Di who paes and passes it backwards no Ru support there just three men breaking away for France in front of D that's really quite poor oh dear and France have slow the game down DD D are youself getting disguise I mean you had a break on there and theny turned around and passed the board sideways to a teammate I get there was only three men in front of it but that's very south Gish I've got to say to just pause and turn around and give the ball back to a e and buum I actually want to throw in after all of that faff by France it's not exactly particularly attractive free flowing football now is it from leur I know they leading but this is not great to watch if I'm going to be honest and yeah I know Belgium has shown a lot of energy but it doesn't feel like France are pushing anywhere near close to 100% yes granted it's a Nations League match so obviously a lot of players don't want to run themselves into the ground but just imagine Francis isan in charge like I just feel like sidan would unlock that extra step inside this French team I do you really need 14 years of in charge of France TS like if already won a World Cup both us are playing the manager like it's time to hand the keys over to San oh my God France how many more times you going to pass the ball backward seriously like we all saw speed pressing people high up the pitch of the euros and winning the tournament you're resorting to passing the ball sideways and backwards oh my word that vertical pass there was awful for franor that's just once again there's only like three players on the edge of the final third for France mind you this is a really average buium team that's why I'm actually expect more from France cuz it's not I'm mean to p from maybe do and de Bryer I don't see and maybe T there's not much quality in this FR in this Belgium side I'm afraid it's very very fit on the ground in terms of outright talent for the Red Devils and we are going to be yeah we're approaching ex added time I'm not really sure why oh say I am looking forward to seeing Germany and Holland play tomorrow night oh con's cross is cleared there by Belgium but France still have a chance kante oh and it's gone out for a corner there thanks to fat blocking the ball not a lot of conviction in K shot I'm afraid it's almost like he's trying to be too accurate with a shot France win a quter though and de belly will take with his right foot oh and a header goes over the top there by K well we got three minutes of out of time I didn't even realize hope you're doing well every in the chat having said that I honestly wonder what a top manager could do with Belgium if they wanted to ever take charge of Belgium but a lot of the golden generation players having retired it's not particularly tempting job right now have to say how on know if Roberto Martinez gets jobs like these like you know with Belgium and Portugal that guy has one hell of an agent that's all I'm going to say because honest honestly I really do wonder what a top manager could have done in charge of Belgium particularly back at the 2018 World Cup they could have won that tournament and that's not a joke when you got the likes of azard bruyne Lukaku valini um Chadley borgan azard um what's see theal Von alal CTO at the back R options of the bench like carasco and of course how can I forget was TR at that tournament I can't remember but tr's not even sting I mean he's he on the bench no no he's not he's not he's nowhere near the Belgium Squad right now Proby injured but that should be a fairly satisfactory first off for DS considering this is his style of football 22 touches in a box for France to just six for Belgium my goodness me Belgium are such a boring team nowadays um yeah got to say it I think let's look at the stores in the other games Italy I've got one nil up against Israel Norway are drawing one one with Austria oh yeah I forgot yeah Denmark and Serb Serbia in the same group as Spain and Switzerland which is another pretty average group so of got say I think France and Belgium Italy have got the best group in spite of the fact they also happen to have the one and only Israel in their with de of all people um there but basic the other groups Germany Holland funger and Bosnia nope um Portugal Croatia Poland Scotland nope with Croatia in it I think i' mentioned for Portugal and of course the Spanish group with Switzerland dealk and Serbia that's an okay group but yeah France Belgium Italy definitely have the best group and then of course you got England who are in league b who have got who will play Finland tomorrow and of course England beat Ireland 2 N on Saturday night and of course in the next in the October International break I can already pursue IG will finally get round to playing Green but to be honest I think Greece are the only team that will probably give England real real problems to be honest because Greece are the only team that are particularly well organized and have a good coaching Squad with them and actual players who are set up to defend for long periods of time compared to Ireland who are just full up Championship players and of course Finland who are really frankly brutally odest a Backwater of International Football and we all know that sports like ice hockey winter sports and motor racing is far more popular in Finland than football is just the raw realities of life in for average Finnish footballer in that a lot of people are not really going be paying a lot of attention to what they're doing I'm not going to pretend this has been super exciting but at least France have had a few shots on target which was probably a bit more than what I was expecting when you take into account they pretty tepic performance against Italy on Friday night which ended in a 3-1 defeat for the aouri who of course are leading Israel One n with a goal from fesi and uh only two shots on target does seem like Italy are not exactly particularly hyped up to play this nation of course we've got um Moes Ken raspadori bellanova lot of B team players I've never seen GTI bonjo getting a run out um think called who else Romania drawing one woman of Lithuania I don't know what group Romania in but they surely have got to get promoted from League C into league b kovo destroying Cyprus 40 uh Slovenia I think they drew one war with Austria the other night on Friday night and they're beating Kazakhstan 2N Wales are beating Montenegro 2N of course they threw nil nil at home against turkey on Friday night and Craig BBY looks like he's on course for his first ever win as Welsh manager whil the Turkish or in the same group as whes and montro join with Iceland so turkey being brought back to wor after their um fairly Gallant performances at the AOS where I think they beat tur um Georgia Czech Republic and Austria before of course being eliminated by so you know I think it's safe to say turkey have kind of all pretty much returning back to their actual level again Norway oh dear God I mean let's see who's playing for Norway tonight God they have less possession than Austria H and oh the god are starting again my God but of course we have to remember they drew nil nil on Friday night to kazakstan kakan they drew nil nil with Kix and I just cannot I can't even begin to explain how bad that is nil n to Kazakhstan that is just I mean have to see that oh yeah they are a league b side which is so weird to think of course Kazakhstan got promoted from LEC but of course I me even so I still expect Norway to beat Kazakhstan pretty much nine times out of 10 just more Dre I think how many chances have France had France have had 12 shots four of them on target I think G's had a couple of chances can't had a chance towards the end to make it 2 N but of course k Wy got the ball in the back of the net for Le blur having said that I can't really say I've been super impressed by the French B team tonight I mean did us had a couple of good crosses down the left side but he is very very keen to turn around and pass the ball sideways and backwards um the French Defenders I think s rather good into Venture but truth told neither Liber or up on the corner have had much to do in defense and neither has kante to be honest lot of shots for France have been mostly shots from the left hand side where they're being forced out wide a lot because it's pretty clear Tesco wants to try and really really compress the area in front of their six-yard area so that France don't get much time to shoot or o space in particular to Ram two goals in 25 games now is it go say two goals in 25 games is the worst goal T what your had esy had think kesy how many goals did hesy score was it six goals in 67 games I mean at least kesy scored to like six seven I can't remember I my I can't remember Hy's England career very well to be honest he definitely did not score more than seven and of course Go's goal of course great cross into the box by D of course kante gives out why to um trying to remember now was it um de who did put it back across the face of goal reacted so well to K's off Castile should have done be with the save to be honest because it goes straight into the path of n other than coli who actually want who want headed to give it to KY in the first place Cas steals me you've got to do better than that really better much better M fre Ally K's been involved a lot in the attacking play tonight showing you know he has still got a lot of energy left in him he's been a great servant for for France and all the clubs he's ever played for you know the French L divisions Leicester Chelsea and now of course the globby plays for Saudi Arabia I'm not going to pretend to to act like I care about Saudi football if I'm going to be really honest but whenever he puts a French shirt on he will perform he will get the the job done bway or the other and of course em hesy scored seven goals in 62 games for England six oh that's like one in one goal in every nine games so yeah still a big goal T then of course Marcus Tabu my word this is alarming this is alarming folks bcus TZ two goals in 25 caps for France a worst goal tally than what a worst goal scoring ratio than what em hesy had as an England player we all made one out of every history back in the day but Marcus toam like two goals in 25 games like that's really bad when you take into account France badly need a striker now that Drew rud ran off into International retirement to play in the score touchdowns in America yeah sorry I mean the MLS five goals and 22 games for col a i that surely it's going to be his six International goal I'm trying to count now no he's got six goals in 23 games yeah cuz of course the goal against Belgium is his sixth goal in the French shirt so yeah I mean does okay T considering he's come on a lot of his caps as a substitute due to of course guru's presence in the team of course though he does also have the luxury of having been played mostly as a striker compared to to Ram who has had to play as a Winger on quite a few occasions [Music] so having said that two goals in 25 games is make is terrible compared especially when you compar it to his forland like really be really it's not good enough at this level my God two up in three minutes away was BL me my St Wheels head they all bang up for it Zia too big Jesco with a double for the slovin and look at do these stats completely BOS in Kazakhstan who all frankly all going to get renegate straight back to League C because let's face see and of course Kazakhstan have had five saves and slovenia's goalkeepers had nothing to do I can only presume who's playing in goal yes Yan all black has had an easy night so far in the second in the first half oh Kazakh playing 541 against Slovenia 541 against Slovenia that's how big the Gap is between Slovenia who obviously a nation of one a half million people to Kazakhstan who I think I've got at least 20 million people but of course whil they do play Within the UEFA Zone they're an Asian nation and they're a Central Asian Nation I don't it really does show them afraid um Montenegro a nation of only 600,000 people so frankly I don't we expect much turkey drawing at Hal time to a nation of 350,000 people but of course we all know iand on not like any other micro nation out there and I have seen Thomas moodier coming out to Walmart for Belgium and it looks like maybe tadesco might want to go attacking because it's basic there really is not much store quality other than de Bry doku and T and that Belgium side they're really isn't it's so limited and I don't know why what's his name thank you for the like whoever gave me the like I think they do have sh de Catal on the bench but I have to say apart from maybe Catal moodier and salers it's not really that much quality in this bugum line up in the Belgium bench i p your [Music] pardon a crowd are cheering cuz I can only presume there's a couple of trick shots being um um produced by the subs warming out warming up out there swear Thomas Moody is now like 33 years old Poss be saying in M of than that who does Thomas boier play for now M plays for Lily in France so yeah after Spells at Club brouge PSG and dman he didn't want a brief spell to Trans on SP and now now has come back to Europe to play for l so yeah a bit of an up and down career for the Belgium unsurprisingly he won a league on many TI cup the league and cup the France won the dfb Paul coward Dortmund and finished runner up in the Turkish Cup last year surprisingly he only won the Belgium pro league and CAU once at his time in club brouge so he's had an okay career of course he also did achieve bronze medal with belgia with a Belgian golden generation 2018 the Bryer has got himself back on the pitch got to say it B really do look second best tonight that is a real problem I think the quality of some of the French players is definitely showing and this is quite a lot for Belgium because [Music] honestly obviously the 31 result against Israel doesn't count because it's Israel like Israel are a team that don't even qualify for tournament so can't really read a lot into that result but so I think this is like their first real test and got to be a lot more proactive and a lot more assertive but of course with a manager like tadesco he does seem to prefer this pis Belgian sides to the B like we saw at the Leos where they drew to Ukraine they lost to Slovakia really not forcing the issue hard enough against that team if I'm going to be honest I mean they did beat Romania but it was only a two-nil win and I have to say it's not this there's a lack of urgency with the Red Devil side there's a real lack of urgency it's kind of almost a bit like talking about man united it's just not enough like desire and urgency to really create chances and press opponent like the pitch I know it's not a star studed buide like six years ago but still I want to see a bit more than this just a bit more of course the players are ready to come out for the second off when is a kind of Co we qualifi all right I've got to let you some one for I'm just going to go um upstairs for and ask for something well we okay World qualifying in Europe what format would I choose if I was in charge yeah M yeah France are playing with without MPP but yeah War mugler says that in terms of yeah hello there Rita okoya I think you went away Haya C Bria um what shall I say yeah I know this might seem really weird but like in women's football they have like a qualifying format which is basically where they do like backto back Nations League campaigns like all the best teams play each other and then was it like the top eight in the top Nations League groups all going automatically qualify for the World Cup or the euros and then most of the other teams will go enter a playoff competition and that's how I would probably do qualifying for um the men's World C and the men's Euros by like just just dud I don't want to be watching the likes of England playing San burrito anymore because we all know it's a waste of time like you know if San burrito and Andora and J ever want to play England like we can always arrange like a water friendly every now and again when like like England would have prepared with like an easy warmup game before tournament because let's be honest we don't need to be doing Hing away fixtures for jort San Marino lonstein and and B Tre so odd and we're back on the way no sub for anyone on either side because let's face it I think a lot of the players on the bench need a rest for France have to say though I think you know on Friday night I think we'll see having the likes of B col MPP griezman or an Le say up front I think that's just to many attacking midfielders crammed in the same team together and I think what we're seeing tonight is a slightly more balanced team with um de Bell athleticism down the right side and of course to well I wouldn't rate I don't really rate toam but there's a bit more of a physical presence about toam compared to a lot of other what a lot of the other French players I've got right now Kant looks a lot B in this lineup though with G doy and Cody alongside him though I think I will say I think we'll see this 433 formation definitely suits France a lot better the 4231 they played on Friday night where of course it was just four plays coming inside all the time I think obviously with a bit more defensive cover to allow kante to R forward it is a lot better now yeah Messi was absolutely great at coer America and what three years ago and a last World Cup but of course unfortunately he just call up to him just like with Ronaldo of course we saw a lot less of Messi at this year's copper America and I think both Messi and Ron Aldo and Modric if if Modric and Ronaldo go to the next World Cup they're all going to be restricted to appearances Off the Bench for like the last 20 30 minutes of a game because you know in a 48 game 4 48 team format with like um where the finalist could both end up playing at least up to eight games throughout the tournament yeah they going to there will be a huge amount of squad rotation through all the throughout the Big T throughout the next World Cup and we have to realize the temperatures in certain parts of America like California Florida is going to really test the players in a really bad way um two people watching I'm going to go and try and see of course yeah how can I forget the next World Cup is also going to have gaving Mexico and Canada my God this is going to really test the players like the the I mean to be playing an entire world cup over a continent like I know people I know they played the 2018 World Cup in Russia so yeah there was a lot of them flying everywhere let's see the venues um um montere and Mexico City are on the schedule guor on the schedule I think um Los Angeles and San Francisco were going to be boing H games in Miami and and Atlanta it's going to be very hot day trying to see where's the Canadian games there's a game in Vancouver there's a game in Toronto wait is there only going to be is there only two two Canadian host oh yeah there's only two there's only two Canadian cities that will be hosting World Cup games in 2026 and of course just three Mex Mexican cities but of course of course say temperatures are going to be roasting in America in North America in 2 years time I mean the amount of air travel is going to really really really really give Russia a run for its money because I know a lot of teams have complained about air travel in Russia in 2018 and of course air travel in the EUR 2020 tournament because that was a continent Wide Cup Tournament with games ranging from hamton Park in Scotland all the way down south to U games played in Baku with as a John where of course I mean as a by John is not even part of Europe I mean they're flying out to Central [Music] Asia absolutely crazy but of course in a sense it kind of made sense because unfortunately we had the pandemic going on at the time so at least it meant that fans were not being crammed in together in the same place drawing over a deadly buus being passed around France have to say not I've not really seen a lot go on in the past opening six minutes of the second half if I'm going to be honest Cody let's fly that was nowhere near close to the Target 30 yards out never ever even never any point did that shot look like it was going to dip and try and drop into the back of the net 13 attempts for France to just two for Belgium that is a ling for Bel that aing for Tesco like honest to God I know it's not like a true I know it's not a top quality Belgium side but it does feel like the handbrake has been has being applied for the Red Devils tonight at least mrid won that friendly cup with Egypt yeah well uh trou is I've completely forgot that what that um Cup Tournament is called now I me they played it six months ago in March when of course they were having the final International break of the Season before of course the title running for like the Premier League FA Cup champions league and all that problem is though I can definitely guarantee you no one sees that cup win in Egypt as like a major cup win for Croatia cuz it's like it was part of like the FIFA um FIFA Series where obviously loads of teams that don't get competitive fictions around the world get the opportunity to play teams paid bought and paid for by FIFA which I think is an absolutely fantastic idea by FIFA finally trying to improve the quality of fixtures for LS of teams like Sri Lanka Andora Algeria who obviously can often find themselves struggling to find quality opponents to face drawing International breaks where there's no qualifying or nations League matches to compete in France passed the ball around this Belgian team just cannot get their foot on the ball at all they just can't it just doesn't look like they have the legs or the energy to do it it's just I think obviously it would be absurd to say belov basically G back to the team it used to be before 2014 but there's no X Factor in this Belgium side anymore apart from obviously the three players I keep mentioning between the BR the docu and TB but they need quality players around them and they need Runners to really take advantage of chances they can create between the three of them because you know with luk kakio and a Pender up front yeah you can forget it you can absolutely forget it it's just they need more than that like I mean I I mean obviously I know they have an honor in defensive Midfield in order to win the ball off opponents but you know I mean the fact that loru is still a first it would be a first team starter when he's fit in the r Vader boys massive massive alarm bills for Belgium because I think everyone knows everyone has an opinion of koku and most of those opinions are fairly negative at this point in 2024 having said that loku is still Belgium's best Striker right now which is pretty worrying France down a right hand side then B's cross goes to absolutely no one and toor master to sweep up on the left hand side oh and there was a shot there by Cod once again miss the top the target from quite a long way out again not really that all right you're looking at Wikipedia so apparently Wikipedia put it down in his honors list of winning that friendly tournament in Egypt oh my God what the hell of wikkipedia doing really I mean I think they need to like separate it between like major minor tournaments like that's a minor tournament in my opinion whatever it is it's honors yeah the FIFA World Series E E could cup huh that's pretty nice you go sorry um answer it okay Eden ha's career happen in the blink of an ey yet I mean basically for me like all I saw was about seven years W of Hazard between 2012 to 2019 had a meteoric rise with lydy in the French league oh what a finish that is by De belly I've been slagging him off for months on in and all of a sudden he goes and produces a cracker like that at the edge of the Box this time castile's could do nothing about the quality of the goal and yeah of course they yeah Belgium are really not in this contest that's all it's all oneway traffic between lier and the Red Devils and to be honest at no point have Belgium really looked that particularly good but dead belly producing an absolute Peach of a finish from just 16 yards out dribbles past TI and tuds and right into the top corner there by the PSG [Music] Winger quality finish quality strike and yeah and well I mean b caller and B are the substitutes but it does appear BYL for de Bell to score such a pit of a strike I mean I have I can't remember like there was like a a video what it match of the day highlight where like Christiano Ronaldo scored a goal but he was scowling at dial BTO because he realized the piece of skill dial bbto produced in the build up to the goal was actually better than Ronaldo's finish andalo looked really jealous of BTO producing a marvous piece of skill to cross the ball into the box into so that Ronaldo had an empty net to tap into I mean this is back in 2008 and belum finally win a corner it feels like it's been like 2,000 years since I've seen Belgium get a corner [Music] and that corner comes to absolutely not for Belgium his head was very much underneath the Bard couldn't get any direction on that corner T the bird's night is dawn and he will be substituted for mangola yeah there's not much quality in this belan squad I mean I did had had a look at the Belgium subsist about Jo off time not very good L kakio gets replaced by bakoko my Lord this Belgium team really do afterward midr all over it uh pretty sure I mean if go fre L I think I might just I think I will probably think about ending the stream if it ends up being 3-0 to France cuz I think you know honestly it is oneway traffic it is oneway traffic and it is an all in favor of the whole team wearing white and blue tonight course say I I did like Francis um Al score 80 stripy trimat dioros but for some reason they've gone back to a very boring plain white color tonight oh yeah they've got the pin stripes I could can't see it from this far out but close up yeah they are wearing the Euro pinstrike um trim can't cones the foul K thring the captain's all ban tonight which is something that I never really expect to see but they I mean he is pretty much one the order plays in the squad I mean I know technically griezman is a Vice Captain but of course I think they've made kante third choice because it does seem to be the thing is with gburg he's an attacking player just like kante so not kante MPP I beg your pardon so obviously if MPP goes off then griezman usually comes off shortly afterwards so build really really or need to produce a few vertical passes because their buildup is just so slow it's so labored it makes GIS Southgate probably want to puke watching it oh my Lord and that back pass just forces buium to go backwards again really fall back into their own half mind you I mean I really want to be seeing here talking about any sort of big moves these Belgium players could make it the next year or so in the next transfer windows but just none of them really stick out for me at this point I know people have been saying things like Belgium don't have this the the syst to sustain a high quality output of players but they're a nation of only about 11 million people so kind of just like Croatia who only have about 4 million people plus of course the three to four million people who live outside of the country in countries like Switzerland and Germany they're going to be limited in their quality player out but I'm afraid the squad de is going to always be a bit of a problem at times and the M French fans are doing the Mexican wave go to say fans you see in Paris are far more cheery Bunch than what you see at web B toam waving his ORS in the air he wants he wants Minard to punt it long but Belgium clear their lines but regardless Vante has got his foot on the ball and he's dribbling his way out of trouble nice forwork there by nango K D passing it backwards my god really does like to is a bit of a k and trippy I'm afraid watching highights of Hazard it's just magical what he could do for seven years 100% I really do miss watching Eden Hazard played football like that guy was absolutely Unstoppable in his prime I know we had a dodgy season drawing like 2015 and 16 where he only scored one or two goals in all competition for Chelsea but apart from that every season I saw from azard was absolutely spectacular it was just Majestic watching an a to S like Eden dribble and weave pass Premier League defenses week in week out I mean his performances with Belgium were pretty decent but I have to say I don't think Hazard ever really stood out for Belgium as much as he did for Chelsea I'm afraid probably kind of just partly due to what I've just it's been explaining for like the past 30 minutes about Belgium's lack of squad death having said that he did have his brother foran play alongside him for many years and well unfortunately foran is also drifted out of the international scene with his brother who has now become a full-time charity football match player or say it like we all unfortunately now have fallen ourselves into like The Pet War order systems based era of footballers where you just get players like Like Jesse lingard James Builder like okay I know they're no longer in their PR but a lot of players that I see now do play in a very similar way to the likes of Henderson Builder L gold Park G song in that all they do is just run around a lot press out the pitch track back a lot but you don't see a lot of like creativity or like real technical skills on display nice piece of skill there by dead belly to not make what um think doku or Anana and then but he short was about yard wide of the post and mppe number 10 and B Cola number 20 are going to be coming onto the field of play for libl with toam calling it night don't know why the Belgium fans have jering so hard but I don't know what B Cod has done to upset those Belgium fans and of course MPP is handed to Captain all band and KY will be heading for an early shower tonight and of course the B man K mppe of Real Madrid will play the final 23 minutes for they BL his foul beating probably took three or four yeah yeah Maro was absolutely correct saying that a lot of the fouls that Hazard suffered was short in his career by at least three or four years and his predictions sadly came true like I think I think this is the Fig I think the reason why we're probably not going to see like Med Eden Hazard or Med what's that guy name and in think maximan like we're probably not going to even see like a Al s maxan because you know the amount of damage your body can take from being F constantly does take a all and unfortunately we are probably going to see more Man City Style teams and More Pet guardias like you know your Enzo mesus your all these slots and I'm not just I'm not talking about the fact they have no hair I'm talking about their football the way they set their teams up and that it's all going to be about producing another rodri another Zuber meny another Declan rice just players who keep the ball simple lots of simple passes lots of five yard 10 yard passes controlling the tempo of the game slowing it down when they see it as necessary it's speeding it up when it's necessary you know your Sergio busets your Tony Cruz we'll see plenty of those players but I have to say though in order to actually be able to play the game like they can and it actually takes a lot of work on the trading field an a Pender has been replaced by charge de Catal who I've got to say the cataler I think should be a start of a Belgium but this Tesco guy is very very very Southgate is in his the way he sets his team up so unfortunately he's kind of almost like the Belgian version of Jack Reish and that he doesn't really get many opportunities to stall games yeah I've got say I really do miss seeing Eden Hazard playing football like I think that guy is basically I mean he retired at the age of what 31 years old was he 3132 like yeah that's so sad to think about but you have to realize he did achieve a ridiculous amount in his career but I think the reason why he's in hasard retired early was because he had a collision with Thomas M in a Champions League match between Real Madrid and PSG Thomas buy accidentally collided his with hazard's ankle and Hazard ankle never fully recovered from that Clash for the last three years of his career de bruy shoots straight at minion great stop there by minion was it C was it de bruy or cataria the short but Belgium finally po applying a bit of pressure high up the pitch short corner there between dku and de bruyne de bruyne shoots again but this time minion had the ball under control nice layoff there between Bel between the Belgian players of Bon and doku it's just a bit it's just a shame we didn't see this earlier on to be honest from Belgium and hopefully Charles the the Catal could add a bit of flare to this fairly average Belgian Squad yeah 32 years old I mean I suppose obviously he's like a multi-millionaire many times over I know there were a few fans wondering why he didn't go to Saudi Arabia but you know he already got the bank by going to Real Madrid where he was getting paid like 250 Grand a week like and frankly I think knowing the type of person Eden Hazard is like he's very laidback and I think he would have found himself horribly out of place in a place like Saudi Arabia like the thing with Hazard is that he's not exactly like partic he's quite an introverted person and I don't imagine azard being very particularly fond of going all to all those sort of sponsor functions they have to do when you go to like an Asian country like Saudi Arabia China Japan where they very corporate oh the bruyne had a header there but it was very much looping to no one in [Music] particular and I think we all know Eden Hazard is a family man he still finished e a ballon door he only finished e a ballon door my god oh yeah I mean I know obviously in the Ronaldo Messi area it's very hard to get anywhere near close to winning a b nor but fact he only ever finished eth at best is a bit surprisingly low for a player of his talent I suppose obviously there are also many Stand Out performances like um Suarez Ibrahimovic um who else leowski inesta zavi Dore I kind of have to say I I know there's been like a bit of a debate between who's the better player between neighbor and [Music] Hazard honestly it's such a mixed bag between the pair of them but I think Hazard and neyar was probably going to be slightly better all around in terms of his footballing brain but of course Hazard played the bulk of his peak in the Premier League which is more Fast Pace was of course Neymar played for a few years in Spain and then of course after after already about 5 years switched to PSG so that's probably me being biased as a pre as someone who watches the Premier League bbard in in other league yeah great career by Hazard I think he deserves all the credit he gets and I think all the sort of criticisms he's had where he's been labeled as lazy and one of the worst traders that a lot of players have played alongside is quite unfair because when you're that naturally gifted it is a bit I mean do you really need to apply yourself in trading as much as others like I think the only thing you really need to do when you've got that much natural Talent is nor what you're going to do when it comes to set pieces whether it' be attacking a corner or whether it be um defending a corner oh yeah noer and mwood there yeah plard has been P of an absolutely stacked generation of for ballers I know we've been having a lot of there's been debates last night on H Hope's football channel about this year's balador does look a bit poor in comparison to what we've seen for the past 17 or years in that we've got Vinnie Benham and Rodrigo going up for the award this year oh and that free kick by D was only a couple of inches wide of the post oh that was so close to creeping in there you know oh just half a yard wide very nice strike on the board there by D left thought Belgium go again but this time they why do Belgium play so many long balls it's just my God Tesco what are you doing like like you all I get he doesn't have the same play as B has but that's brand of football build we playing tonight is just so uninspiring yeah um I don't know how high is the Brer rank to the bonor table like has he ever come into the top five I mean the Brer on the hand is like the same AG as e Hazard but yet he's still playing football which I kind of guess there's a difference in terms of the mentality and the how well watch it the two players have looked after themselves in their careers and their mentality and approach I think and obviously I think de Bry gives me de Bry came forth yeah this is a thing like I know paz's more naturally gifted but I think de Bry has had the better application throughout his career you know he got rejected he had a decent spell when when he was known to um wolburg got um I think I know people say he got rejected by Marino at Chelsea but the fact is I think de BR came out and said that he actually voluntarily left Chelsea because he wasn't getting game time and I think the same could be said for mahamed Salah cuz he also had his backside glue to the bench which just seemed to be a very regular case in Chelsea for the past 20 years where you see loads of young talents struggled to get game time because Chelsea as we all know L to spend the money and they love to just spend money for the sake of making a profit on the players they purchase and then send them out on move to a club like vess or I don't know some Club in France I've never heard of is it Daddy REM I mean yeah I think obviously Hazard played more as a Winger was de bruyer is definitely more of a number 10 and of course de bruyne has played as a Winger on numerous occasions but more like a more like a David Beckham styled one Midfield position where he cuts inside all the time because obviously he's not super quick and he can't really like out Sprint Defenders out wide I mean if you think about it Eden Hazard is like a more silky more skillful version of like f wott with more flare and a better football braid P MPP crosses the ball cross the face of go and no one was there to get put on the ball B puns it 80 yards up the pitch tiate feels to clear his lines at all bounces into the path of mppe down the left hand side I I mean I think mppi was definitely going to go but I mean on another occasion he could have easily crossed the ball into BCA and that would have been 3n game set match for F blur I've course say I think it's pretty safe to say France and Italy I have surely going to finish top two in this Nations League group and qualify for the quarterfinals and as for Belgium well I know Kevin De Brer has complained about there being too many games of football but unfortunately it looks like Belgium would be very likely to be forced to enter a promotion SL renegation playoff against some team from league b in March which I'm surea will be music to the ears of many of these Belgian players who have made it very have been very vocal about the fact they're not particularly fond of the Nations league and with the new promotion renegation playoff format along with the quarterfinals it's already going to get worse and it's already bad enough when you take into account that we've got um eight group games to play the champions league and of course Griezmann will be replacing GW duy for the last 11 minutes of this game and Le say will make a brief Cameo appearance as well I am waiting yes de belly the goal scorer brilliant finish by the way it will be making way for London born and breed Michael Elis who is eligible due to his um Algerian mother being born and raised in France um he was fourth in the bondor award for 2020 when he had 13 goals and 20 assists yeah yeah I mean this is the thing with de Brer like I think de Brer definitely does sort of be haard in terms of like goals and assist contributions all right okay sorry okay okay okay Che okay you de deer for God lord Bel really oh well at least they want a corner out of that talk a lifetime to try and actually do anything but he got the ball for Belgium de Brer will take the corner ball comes in Easy catch for Bon oh bit of an awkward Collision there with Elis well he's touch the ball yeah sh win the thr you know what I think I might watch this game for another three or four minutes but if I'm going to be really honest I'd be very very surprised if Belgium get anything from this game d night is done he'll be getting replaced by Doran Ville never heard of duranville I'm afraid this is really strug this this Belgian Squad are really struggling for quarantina when I see these sort of players come on the pitch but castan will be replaced by moodier so I guess there is still a little bit of quality left in reserve for Belgium but frankly it's very very thin on the ground we about seven and a half minutes ago I think if France go fre the L I think I might well end this stream quite Early B Coler oh he lost control there nice ball over the top By Di to B oh that was a great tackle there by B number two what's his name deast very very good tackle to be honest I think the Belgium defense are all right it's just that what's it C what's it castile's making a mistake for K's goal and of course well frankly with their belly strike I don't think they could have done much to about it apart from maybe close him down a bit sooner just France of C be a p all night long I'm just well oh dear friend giving the ball away very cheaply there if I'm going to be honest I'm ba BCA oh and he's w a corner out of that oh and that was a great tackle there by Griezmann go say the belg did well to force baller out wide short Corner therey gives it to B coer not a great cross to be all this strike from 30 yards out of gburn there Belgium just cannot really get much possession tonight I don't know who is playing up front for Belgium now is he the hell is playing up front I've got no idea yo oh dear that's a really strange lineup belum of go don't I'm just going to say this bu don't even have an outlet now that they've made their s just doesn't even make sense dear God I mean my Pap's first Tor pretty po don't understand who's the outlet now for bu is he dorville that's the that's their main Striker never heard of realy not Mak TI but he's short straight at Cas no it was four years Brer gives it to Jor V again my God it doesn't seem to be much for an outlet oh but he's one a corner have no idea who dorville is but de bruyer the N account goes to nothing balling for oh dear was that try and have a short was it for [Music] caller Le sa was the one who was on the Counterattack on ba crossed it over the top of B Cola but B Cola shot was so bad oh my God we seeing a lot of [Music] uber bit weird to see considering look sponsor Le G anymore but de Brer oh yeah I say have no idea who was who's de from across the Bard in it's all coming to zero for Belgium it's just not happening and de bruers they're looking begging for someone to actually make a run for him but it's not happening oh my God minion don't say it both call Keepers don't look that great with a ball at their [Applause] feet two to France honestly I think this is surely going to be I can't see Belgium scoring I'd be very surprised he Paul will back hon their Strikers like dorville um Luca bakoko and aenda have locked effective at all whenever they received a ball to their feet and the runs have been really poor I really don't know how Belgium really recovered from this to be honest cuz door buildo has actually DBL past a couple of players though down the left hand side trying to think is theat L playing as a main Striker I mean I swear the guy is more than a number tend been an attacking midfielder but options are limited for Belgium four minutes to go but the 4 minutes of added time I beg you [Music] pardon at least say or say at least say it's just kept has some really done much or they obviously try to pass the ball for them B once that was it of course I think at least has got to a lot to learn when it comes to International Football I know he's other all great performances for Crystal p in the Premier League but this is now really is now the elite level and I will say his lack of outright paace does limit him slightly Min what the hell minions passing is so bad it's so bad two minutes to go about time th is God there's more chance of of a pig landing on the moveed in Belgium scoring tonight just to have a quick look at the scores 21 win for Italy 3-1 win for Romania against Lithuania Norway beating Austria 2-1 at home Slovenia beaten Kazakhstan 3-0 2-1 away withn for Wales in want negro and France will be making one more substitution no idea it's for far coming on the field to replace the goldo kante a 3-1 win for turkey who improved to the second off and the fans are cheering loudly for their veteran midfielder just so you know yet two win for France coming up KY and de Betty scoring both goals go eight for Belgium where do I really put this performance I have to say I'll probably give Belgium like a four out of 10 barely even that for their performance I just haven't seen enough from there as for France I think it's a solid seven out of 10 I don't have to say I think de B not them but DS is still kind of looking a bit too South Gate is in this era of football to really be like someone that convinces me can win a second world cup with a li blur but the referee's adding off I think Belgium three points for two games France also get three points with two games of course Italy lead their group with six points Italy have had a fantastic International break a win against both France and Israel um Portugal obviously got all six points Romania all six points in League C six points each for Sweden and Slovakia that's going to be a race for the top spot there um look at that San Marino leading group league D group one well well well what can we say Slovenia Norway tied for points in league b likewise for turkey and Wales and as for England well we''re surely going to get three points to borrow but I will be doing a watch log for Germany versus the Netherlands so yeah honestly because let's be this England and Finland is not a top quality fixture so needs come first Germany and Holland will be a priority thank you for watching onore football is been a pleasure to be having you tonight and I'll see you again next time