airmark: Mou : But I think the Belgium players they go home with a bad feeling. A feeling that we could do more and better, a feeling that probably Hazard was out of it, because he tried absolutely everything.
“Many of the other players they kept hiding, and a little bit more in the last 20-25 minutes. But they are much better than that. And for me, big occasions, big players, and many of the players they were not there in the big occasion.
that is a seasoned coach talking, nt the nairaland analysts.
France planned to man mark hazard, bt martinez overpacking the midfield made it impossible for them. Instead, they turned to zonal marking and nt leaving spaces in between the channels. They tightly marked their area and tried to block the passing lane to hazard. He then had to come deep to pick the ball and drive it forward. Unfortunately, the distance from goal was too much to cover before he could cause much problem. Chadli could nt beat his man to put in crosses, and that was a minus 4 them in attack. If lukaku had been a little bit more useful with chadli and kdb at their best, maybe, the result would hv been different.
popizaino: And does hazard plays the defensive gidigba at anytime?beside man United have given him time and money but tell me if there is any light at the end of the tunnel for them?
seems like you have forgotten how hazard was almost turned to a defender. Any club hiring mourinho know what to expect. More over, he is man u fans problem now, not mine.
popizaino: I always like your analysis but how you still join the league of those who call pep guardiola a fraud despite your in depth knowledge of the game is still worrisome.
a coach that must have to point and kill some players and still be given time to get result. As a coach, if you can't use what you have or less quality players to get results against better opposition, i don't give you much rating.
Don't get me wrong, he is a very good coach, but he has not ticked all the boxes for me.
afrodoc2: Don’t forget Salah. Imagine a club with Hazad on the left and Salah on the right with KDB playing behind Lukaku centrally. FIFA for ban them from playing counter-attack. JM get myopia and he has no one to tell him.
even though mourinho's own is too much, the thing is, there is hardly any chelsea manager that would hv nt done almost the same thing. In chelsea, there is no time to wait 4 a player that does nt gv a manager what he wants. Look at conte with bats and costa, some people stil blame conte 4 it. The truth is that mou uses the players that can effectively play his defensive and gidigba football at anytime he needs it in a game. Chelsea then made it worse by nt giving time.
Martinez deserves credit 4 what he has done so far. He has given belgium what they lacked under wilmot; cohesion and teamwork. He has given them, good system, tactics, strategies and the right team selections. I love the selflessness the players have shown. The game is a team sports and nothing beats teamwork.
Greatihex: i purposely did nt want to talk abt it, becus i am nt like raumdeuter that uses a single mistake or few to bash a player. the truth is, that was a counter and there was only abt three liverpool players in front nd two mancity players. There was a time that was good for him to release that pass during that run, bt he didn't b4 he was dispossessed. Maybe, he probably wanted to gv the pass when the player wl just have to tap in.
Moreover, other countries wl hv to watch out for that boy and hazard in the world cup .
raumdeuter: Courtesy of KDB not waiting for the shakushaku
as i read your posts of how you want to force this down our throat, i laugh. Oga, take your L and go. It is when I want to have fun that i argue hazard with you. Hazard has captained belgium to a world cup semi. 1 L already.
Hazard was very good in this match despite the team playing defensively. Those saying that neymar was better did not put into consideration that neymar got on the ball more.
With the number of times both got on the ball, hazard made more effective use of his own. Neymar lost too many possession. Though he was not bad, but hazard was better considering the number of times both got the ball. Shikina.