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Monday’s final Euro 2016 tie sees Fifa’s second highest ranked side Belgium square up to 2012 Euros finalist Italy.

Both sides come into the match in confident mood having topped their qualifying groups and ending their pre-tournament friendly preparations unbeaten. While Belgium defeated Norway 3-2 and drew 1-1 with Finland, Italy recorded wins against Scotland and Finland.

Marc Wilmots’ team are set to rely heavily on Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne, who created more chances than any other player during qualification. Along with Chelsea’s Eden Hazard he was also the Red Devils’ top scorer in qualifying with five goals.

Antonio Conte’s Italy were one of only four sides, alongside England, Austria and Romania, to be undefeated in qualifying. They did this despite not having a regular goal scorer, with Southampton striker Graziano Pelle the Azzuri’s top scorer in qualifying with just three goals.

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  1. andy85wsm
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    • 16 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Bonucci's passing is fantastic

    1. ★Kuntheman★
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Best passer on the field at the moment.

      *stares at De Bruyne, shakes head*

    2. RoyaleBlue
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      What's his price ?

      1. andy85wsm
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        • 16 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        5.5

        1. RoyaleBlue
          • 14 Years
          10 years, 1 month ago

          Thanks

  2. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Will never ever ever forget Lukaku (c) for that DGW. Absolute dung.

    1. ★Kuntheman★
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      At least you didn't TC him like me and many others

      1. KingNidge
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Guilty 🙁

    2. Syd.
      • 17 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Dung can be useful for certain things

    3. Slam
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      But did you Triple Captain him like me?

  3. Ayew Serious
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Wilmots is bad. But seriously it's not hard, get Origi on

    1. Rolls-Royce
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Woy says hi

  4. Rolls-Royce
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Who are we supporting?

  5. Je suis le chat
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Its taken me 4 years to realise Lukaku is no good. Just hasn't got the feet or composure.

    1. KingNidge
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Easy to forget he's just turned 23

      1. Je suis le chat
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Top scorer in Belgium aged 15, he's regressed.

        1. KingNidge
          • 10 Years
          10 years, 1 month ago

          Not sure about that mate.. Lukaku will be a top player i have no doubt about that

  6. ★Kuntheman★
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Fellaini still on. Wow. Stubborn.

  7. Dušan Citizen
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Fun fact: Radja in Serbian means 'giving birth'.

    1. RoyaleBlue
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Huh, who would have known. Make the fun facts a series thought the euros 😉

      1. Dušan Citizen
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Nice idea, will think about it 😀

  8. RoyaleBlue
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Nainggolan off :'). Fellini stays on... Martens needed but not for Nainggolan

    1. Alan The Llama
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Agree, he's a much better passer of the ball than Fellaini

      1. puddingbrood
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Fellaini is the guy you want when you're down the last 5 minutes though.

        1. Alan The Llama
          • 16 Years
          10 years, 1 month ago

          I doubt that'd work against the Italians, they're a bit too canny for that.

  9. JÆKS ⭐
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Just sub Witsel ffs, he's like a 5th defender

  10. ★Kuntheman★
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Piss cross from KDB

  11. Bøwstring The Carp
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Belgium the same thing every time

    Long pass to Lukaku, hold it up for KDB/ Hazard to overlap

  12. Piggs Boson
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Belgium are just experiencing what we had to 10 years ago.

    Robinson
    Neville Terry Ferdinand Cole
    Beckham Gerrard Lampard Cole
    Rooney Owen

    1. KingNidge
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Pity Sven was more interested in giving it to Ulrika Johnson than coaching that lot

      1. The Bandit
        • 15 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Rude not to tbf

        1. KingNidge
          • 10 Years
          10 years, 1 month ago

          Agreed..he had his priorities just fine if you ask me lol

      2. George Sillett
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        She was just the starter before the maiN course.

      3. Woy of the Wovers
        • 16 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Sometimes it's dark. And sometimes the players are with their clubs.

    2. Ayew Serious
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Robinson sticks out like a sour thumb

      1. KingNidge
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Always remember Robinsons debut for Leeds against Barca in the CL.. to this day one of the best goalkeeping displays i have ever seen

    3. ★Kuntheman★
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Can't believe England didn't win games with that team

    4. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Shouldn't that be James in goal?

      1. Piggs Boson
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Robinson got the nod that year. James(35) was still in the squad though.

    5. Woy of the Wovers
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Was Neville still there in Germany?

      1. Piggs Boson
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Yup

    6. le flem
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      2 attacking midfielders and 2 strikers. imbalanced. not much pace on wings. defence not bad. goalie... well, can't believe he was our goalie. 5/10

      1. Piggs Boson
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Football was different back then, but I agree, it was unbalanced.

      2. Piggs Boson
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        When Owen got injured, Hargreeves came in.

        1. Ginkapo FPL
          • 14 Years
          10 years, 1 month ago

          That injury was heartbreaking

      3. tm245
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Good point, never seemed to get the most out of both Lampard and Gerrard at the same time.

  13. Rolls-Royce
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Subs Belgium best player on the night..

    1. JÆKS ⭐
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Classis Wilmots 😀

      Plays Mertens on the left so Hazard plays behind Lukaku now. Why not if you have one the best number 10's in the world playing on the right.....

      1. ★Kuntheman★
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        What a joke

  14. Hurricane Gilbert
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    This has really been the gameweek of defenders. Only 2 of my 8 attackers have delivered returns. Time to WC or do we think that the attacking template will come good next GW?

    1. ★Kuntheman★
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      3 of my 8. Pondering WC

  15. Davidinho
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    No need for that Chiellini, you were defo catching Hazard.

  16. Bøwstring The Carp
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    If Ciman gets a goal/ assist here I'll change my display picture to him for the rest of the tournament

  17. Alan The Llama
    • 16 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Pelle dislocated a hoof

    1. RoyaleBlue
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Went off to fix his hair 😀

      1. Syd.
        • 17 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Clattenberg lent him his comb

  18. Ginkapo FPL
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Fair enough Andy/TM

  19. Syd.
    • 17 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Fellaini has zero use on a football pitch

    1. Wilshere Knowledge
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      He needs to use his elbows a bit. Lukaku will do better against semi-conscious defenders.

    2. KingNidge
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      If you want a ball won in the air or an elbow driven into someones skull there are few better

      1. Syd.
        • 17 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        *Skrtel

        1. KingNidge
          • 10 Years
          10 years, 1 month ago

          A worthy contender

  20. Louis Van Gaalstones
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    KDB is absolutely shocking away right? And this isn't in Belgium, so expect consistently crap

  21. JÆKS ⭐
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    This game is making me so mad, how is Wilmots still our coach after all those games....

  22. andy85wsm
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    • 16 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Poor Lukaku - gets so much grief

    1. Alan The Llama
      • 16 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Can't think why

      1. andy85wsm
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        • 16 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        43 goals in 104 games in the prem. Not sure how many were pens but that isn't bad going for a 23 year old.

        No Harry Kane mind you

    2. Syd.
      • 17 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Rightly so

    3. Wilshere Knowledge
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      I wonder if that was the Belgium fans whistling...

    4. KingNidge
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Absolute tosspenguin

      1. Jafooli
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        😆

        1. KingNidge
          • 10 Years
          10 years, 1 month ago

          Don't ask me what that means i haven't a notion lol

          1. Jafooli
            • 14 Years
            10 years, 1 month ago

            Yeah saw on last page, quality

  23. tm245
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    The Belgian squad are like FFS' second national team, and all of the repressed contempt for the mother countries gets displaced on to this nice collection of talent unfortunately coached by a guy who has a similar torso to Neil Warnock.

  24. RoyaleBlue
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Mertens has been Belgiums best player and he only just game on

  25. Bøwstring The Carp
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Are we surprised really?

    It's the same team more or less that scraped wins against Algeria, South Korea and Russia in the world cup. Had to beat USA in extra time.

    If you gave this team the team spirit of Leicester they'd be unstoppable, but they just don't have that mentality. Egos.

    1. ★Kuntheman★
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      This

    2. Hibbo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      More recently did Wales not do the double over them twice in qualifying?

      1. Hibbo
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        The double or beat them twice sorry*

  26. Drop Dead Tsimikas
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    65 points with Dragovic to go. Not bad?

  27. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Jizz bag off
    orgy on

    1. ★Kuntheman★
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Noice

  28. Woy of the Wovers
    • 16 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    That Origi guy isn't bad. Could do something here.

  29. Bubz
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Hopefully the last we see of Lukaku this tournament

  30. Bøwstring The Carp
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    LMAO 😆 😆 😆

    http://i.imgur.com/0Gnkm68.jpg