Subs to the rescue as Belgium win ugly

Belgium 2 Algeria 1

It can be the difference between good and great and that’s exactly what happened here for a Belgian side of talent but not experience, expectation but perhaps not knowhow.

Indeed for all their flaws in terms of Eden Hazard’s positioning, Kevin de Bruyne’s influence, Roman Lukaku’s isolation, and makeshift full-backs that led to such a struggle, winning ugly can bring the biggest lift. And this sure was ugly.