Shades of Saitama - BELJPN

[Wouter D]

Japan go straight for the kill! What the hell!?

[San Bernardhinault]

Boom

[Gerontophile]

Wow. That was unexpected.

[jason voorhees]

HHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
HHHHHHHAAAAAAAAA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[Hot Orange]

Lorks. Inui's half-decent, isn't he?

[Wouter D]

I would like to point out that, as a Dutchman, I would also be very much okay with a Japanese victory in their first ever World Cup final.

[Pietro Paolo Virdis]

Japan look much more like a team, like (again) Belgium doesn't.

[Diable Rouge]

Ger Canning must be permanently banned from soccer commentaries - very patronising towards Japan.

[Nefertiti2]

Could have been 1 all - i really like this Japan side though

[Satchmo Distel]

Bit of a rope a dope? Soak it up first half then spring after the break?

[San Bernardhinault]

I really like both these teams.

[SouthdownRebel]

Lukaku has been bobbins tonight. Perhaps he took a more serious knock against Tunisia than was let on.

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

That was a great spell of play by japan in the lead up to the second goal. They had belgium running around like idiots.

[Paul S]

Canny England avoid Japan in the second round!

[anton pulisov]

Are you Holland in disguise

[SouthdownRebel]

I think they're bringing on a pair of elbows instead

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

Ronnie Whelan pointing out that it's really obvious that De bruyne doesn't often pass to Hazard, and Hazard doesn't pass to de bruyne, even when it's the easy, and best thing to do. I must say I didn't notice that.

And As I type Hazard fires a missile at De bruyne that he can't control.

[Ray de Galles]

Vertonghen in particular is having a shocker.

[Janik]

Lukaku tries to be clever and guide a point blank header into the corner, rather than simply bulleting it anywhere on target, and misses everything. Dingbat.

[Satchmo Distel]

Japan would be a tricky opponent for any side in this tournament. They didn't need the gamesmanship against Poland.

[Janik]

Belgium are just panicking. This is the Welsh nightmare all over again.

[Satchmo Distel]

Mertens playing like his mother, Mrs Mertens.

[hobbes]

The Japanese defence is brilliantly organised. The positional awareness is quite something.

[SouthdownRebel]

Now, I don't think he meant that...

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

jaysus.