Was an enjoyable game the Brazil vs Belgium match - thought Belgium snuffed Brazil out and nullified them well - opening up counter-attacks and space for themselves. Lukaku had a good intelligent game - and Hazard worked for the team rather than his natural more ‘expressive’ game.
France vs Belgium in the Semi should be very intriguing - and a quality attacking game too.
England did enough to beat Sweden - though it was a slow start and not a great game overall - nerves and caution seemed to be in abundance (as well as Sterling’s end product not being there at all).
Still - they got the job done, and were playing for each other as a proper team, something that has held them back in previous tournaments with trying to force as many ‘big names’ into an XI - rather than have balance and that team framework and ethic.
Should be interesting to see how Russia-Croatia goes later tonight… my gut says Croatia, Putin says Russia… home crowd, pressured refs… Russian ‘politics’… you never know… 😉