World Cup - Eric captains England, Mousa takes the honours
Thu 28 June 2018, 22:40|
Tottenham Hotspur
Eric Dier proudly wore the captain's armband and Danny Rose made his first start as England lost out 1-0 to Belgium in the final match in Group G of the World Cup on Thursday night - setting up a last 16 clash with Davinson Sanchez's Colombia on Tuesday.
In the end, only three of our eight players featured in Kaliningrad.
Eric became the second Spur to lead the Three Lions at the World Cup after team-mate Harry Kane and was joined by Danny Rose in the starting line-up. Both played 90 minutes as Dele Alli, Harry and Kieran Trippier remained on the bench.
Mousa made his first start of the tournament for Belgium and completed the 90 minutes with Toby Alderweireld and Jan Vertonghen on the bench.
England made eight changes to the team that beat Panama 6-1 on Sunday while Belgium made nine and it was a bit of a stalemate with the teams separated by Adnan Januzaj's goal on 51 minutes.
Qualified from the group stage. Into the knockouts. Full focus on Tuesday. #ThreeLions #WorldCup pic.twitter.com/xWETmUbv2Q
— Harry Kane (@HKane) June 28, 2018
That means another potentially mouth-watering clash for Spurs fans as our five English players will now take on team-mate Davinson and Colombia in the last 16 in Moscow on Tuesday (7pm UK).
Meanwhile, Jan, Mousa and Toby face Japan in Rostov on Monday (7pm).
