I think I'm happier we're playing Belgium than Algeria

1. we get an extra day of rest, which we desperately need after our group situation

2. Algeria is the exact type of team that fricks with us. they're big, strong, athletic, and direct on the counter, using speed to split CBs. with how our back line has been so shaky, i could see us giving up an early goal and then we'd be up shite creek

3. Belgium has injury worries on the backline and no outside backs, which should open up our best player (fabian) so far in this tournament. they have been inconsistent offensively and are a mess at striker so far, which is hurting their attacking mids. that plays into our defense (which is much more affected by creative strikers making horizontal and diagnoal runs behind our non-communicating CBs and cross/heads)

4. our team plays stronger as an underdog in big tournaments