FT: BELGIUM 0 - 2 MOROCCO. Match thread, ko 1pm

[Michael Morris]

Match officials:

Referee: Cesar RAMOS 🇲🇽
AR 1: Alberto MORIN 🇲🇽
AR 2: Miguel HERNANDEZ 🇲🇽
4th: Yoshimi YAMASHITA 🇯🇵
5to: Neuza Back´🇧🇷
VAR: Fernando Guerrero🇲🇽
AVAR: Nicolas Gallo 🇨🇴
OVAR: Kathryn Nesbitt 🇺🇸
SVAR: Armando Villarreal 🇺🇸
SBAVAR: Kyle Atkins 🇺🇸

[poc]

Re: BELGIUM v MOROCCO. Match thread, ko 1pm

0-0 half time

[the other bob wilson]

Re: BELGIUM v MOROCCO. Match thread, ko 1pm

Belgium hanging on after VAR disallowed goal - they’re not a patch on the team they were, so slow and predictable, I think they might go out in the group stages.

[valleys caveman]

Re: BELGIUM v MOROCCO. Match thread, ko 1pm

What a goal!!!

[poc]

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1-0 morocco think this is the end for belgium they are so slow to everything

[the other bob wilson]

Re: BELGIUM v MOROCCO. Match thread, ko 1pm

What a goal!!!

A Whitts type goal. Courtois caught out on his near post.

[NYCBlue]

Re: BELGIUM v MOROCCO. Match thread, ko 1pm

Jesus. Can you imagine being Belgian? Or even worse a Belgian player? And we complain.

[Michael Morris]

Re: BELGIUM v MOROCCO. Match thread, ko 1pm

2 - 0

superb

[valleys caveman]

Re: BELGIUM v MOROCCO. Match thread, ko 1pm

2-0 Wow!

[ToTaL ITK]

Re: BELGIUM v MOROCCO. Match thread, ko 1pm

And that's how you play football Wales

[79blue]

Re: BELGIUM v MOROCCO. Match thread, ko 1pm

I refreshed this page to see Morocco had a second and thought ‘what game are they watching?’, as my TV was showing 0-1. Twenty seconds later it was 0 – 2.

I’m watching the UHD stream on BBC iPlayer, so it must be a minute or so behind.

[Maurice Swan]

Re: BELGIUM v MOROCCO. Match thread, ko 1pm

Walid Regragui only took charge of Morocco in September.

This is his sixth game in charge.

Morocco have kept clean sheets in all six games.

That is SUPERB!

Can we have him?????!!!!

[Michael Morris]

Re: BELGIUM v MOROCCO. Match thread, ko 1pm

I refreshed this page to see Morocco had a second and thought ‘what game are they watching?’, as my TV was showing 0-1. Twenty seconds later it was 0 – 2.

I’m watching the UHD stream on BBC iPlayer, so it must be a minute or so behind.

Yes the iPlayer UHD is about 1 min behind. Turn off all notifications if you are watching that.

[Wales-Bales]

Re: FT: BELGIUM 0 - 2 MOROCCO. Match thread, ko 1pm

Fun Fact:

Osian Roberts spent two years as technical director of the Morocco national team before his move to the Premier League.

[Cowbridge Blue]

Re: FT: BELGIUM 0 - 2 MOROCCO. Match thread, ko 1pm

My post after Belgium scraped their 1-0 win over Canada in the previous game:-

"Belgium will win nothing.

Their 'Golden Generation' have failed thus far and I don't somehow see the situation changing now.

I don't know what it is but there's a winning ingredient missing.

Is it that they're just too nice, no killer instinct?

Which wouldn't say much about the manager who, himself, is a good guy - but obviously not demanding enough. I suspect they'll fall at the last again and Roberto will be on his way."

It's been coming for a long time