PLAYERS TO WATCH OUT FOR: DUTCH AND BELGIAN FOOTBALL

by AlexBarkerG - November 11, 2020

Dutch and Belgian football was once a place top teams would steer clear from. The quality of the leagues was considered too low to seriously evaluate a player’s true potential. In recent years though, those same top teams are now willing to make expensive gambles. This Summer, OSC Lille broke their

Eden Hazard – The journey so far

Player Profiles

by Anirudh Srinivaas Eswaran - May 17, 2020May 17, 2020

These days the term 'generational' is bandied about a bit too often. There are several players, who with all due respect, on the basis of a few performances get anointed with this term when they are probably not exactly of that level. However, when it comes to Eden Hazard, there

Here’s to you, Vincent Kompany, City loves you more than you will know.

Captains

by Anaamaya Mishra - October 25, 2019October 25, 2019

"Every club you sign for, they give you the same pitch. Big project, great ambitions, we want to achieve this, we want to achieve that, we want to kick on and be a better team, and I just happened to be lucky that City was the one club that didn't

Belgium Upstage Brazil to Set Up Mouth-Watering Semi Against France

World Cup 2018

by Anirudh Madhavan - July 6, 2018October 2, 2019

When this fixture was announced, it set pulses racing. A clash between two brilliant footballing countries. One with their finest generation, another a perennial favourite on this stage. A lot of the talk leading up to the game was about Roberto Martinez's inability to manage this group of players for

Belgium 3:2 Japan, An Anatomy of a World Cup Classic.

World Cup 2018

by Srinivas Sadhanand - July 3, 2018October 1, 2019

71 days prior to the first kick of the ball at the Luzhniki Stadium in the Russian capital, managerial mayhem had circumscribed Japanese football as Vahid Halilhodzic was given marching orders on the back of uninspiring friendly displays against Mali and Ukraine respectively with JFA technical director Akira Nishino appointed

Belgium a Bit Spicy for Mild-Mannered England

World Cup 2018

by Ishan Bhasin - June 29, 2018October 1, 2019

Match Report by Ishan Bhasin England will face Colombia in the last 16 while Belgium will be facing Japan as they top Group G courtesy a ripper of a strike by Adnan Januzaj. This game was made interesting because of the possible fixtures it could create. The winner would go on to

Lukaku and Hazard Shine as Belgium March Into The Round of 16.

World Cup 2018

by Srivaths Parasuraman - June 23, 2018October 1, 2019

Belgium played Tunisia in the Group match in the Spartak Stadium in mild conditions with rains expected as the match wore on. The Red Devils were playing in yellow in their standard 3-4-3 formation. Tunisia, playing in red, were lining up with 4 at the back and three attackers up

The Best Goals Scored in the 2018 World Cup so far

World Cup 2018

by Anubhav Sarker - June 20, 2018October 1, 2019

The 2018 FIFA World Cup is off to a breathtaking start. We have witnessed Volleys, half-volleys, free-kicks, screamers, penalties own goals, VAR and some scintillating displays by teams. Fans from all around the world have been treated to a spectacle thus far and we hope that the entertainment continues. Here

Lukaku Nets Brace as Belgium Put 3 Past Panama

World Cup 2018

by Abhishek Ramachandran - June 18, 2018October 1, 2019

Belgium cruised past World Cup newcomers Panama with an easy 3-0 win at Sochi to kick things off in group G. Belgium lined up in a 3-4-2-1 formation with Alderweireld, Vertonghen and Boyata making up the backline. Meunier and Carrasco played as Wing-Backs, pushing far up the pitch to provide that

World Cup Group G Analysis – A Group of Two Halves

World Cup 2018

by Kabir Ali - June 6, 2018October 1, 2019

There are two sides to the coin that is Group G. You have England and Belgium, who know all about the occasion, and are striving to match the considerable potential of their talent. Then there’s the novices, Tunisia and Panama. 2018 will be a new chapter in both countries' footballing

Colombia and Football: A Matter of Life and Death?

The Beautiful Game

by Ged Naughton - June 1, 2018October 2, 2019

"Some people believe football is a matter of life and death. I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that." The famous quote from Bill Shankly, former Liverpool manager of the 60s and 70s. Of course, Shankly was speaking with his

WORLD CUP PREVIEW ~BELGIUM~

World Cup 2018

by Kartik Lal - September 14, 2017October 1, 2019

A Second exclusive by EADF Guest writer Kartik Lal. As an avid football fan, the summer of 2017 was exhilarating and pretty intense, We saw transfer records getting broken left right and centre. Teams like Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City and United, Everton, Liverpool have broken their transfer records in the Premier