Posted on 06/29/2014 4:37:45 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
... Belgium coach Marc Wilmots is sweating injuries to two of his four starting defenders – captain Vince Kompany and Thomas Vermaelen – and holds out hope that a weekend of rest will allow the two to recover in time to face the U.S. at Arena Fonte Nova in Salvador.
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I’m just looking forward to the match. It’s really been a great World Cup and with the exception of Suarez’s idiocy, a great advertisement for the game.
Thank you for the link. I should have said so earlier.
I must have been thinking Uruguay.
The coach as a player. One of the tackles shown in the first video was red carded and eliminated him from consideration for the team back in the ‘90s. But he got them playing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPcSy_FRXSY (Looks a bit like the opposition could be Honduras by the uniform colors)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I9vN1Z4ilM
And in this 2nd video, medics are checking the man on the ground.
Okay, this happened some time ago.
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