I wonder if Belgium is still the #1 ranked team in the world? I always thought to myself that this is an amazing statistic for a team that has never won any major trophy yet,,, I guess this is what they say about KO tournaments you do not have to be perfect you just need to find a way to win when it matters.
I guess Wales draw is not much to shout about as everyone knew Belgium did not need to win?
I also felt the same way too. Wales with the few top team players they have were playing World No1 Belgium like they are a big footballing nation. The team play, the link ups and transition play was excellent. Belgium do not even play like they have a plan. I think Belgium doesn't deserve that No.1 spot on the ranking anymore. Even 3 places lower still isn't enough for them, in comparison with their playing level and results. The game with Wales was a really terrible game to watch. The Belgians were inspiration less, sloppy and very lazy, like against Estonia last Saturday, but much much more. Wales played a million times better than Belgium. It's a pity they didn't win.
Not really sure we were talking about the same thing actually,,,
I was just saying that Belgium has never won anything and yet consistently are very high ranked and including being number 1, and also getting great results often against big teams. Not sure if this ever happened before to any team.
So to be winners, you do not necessarily need to play great all the time and win to rank,,, just get lucky and win KO tournaments