Euro 2016: Sweden 0-1 Belgium - 5 talking points

#5 Should Dries Mertens start for the Belgians?

Dries Mertens was again his skilful self in his little cameo

One surprising regular on the bench has been midfielder Dries Mertens, who is yet to start a game for the Red Devils. He replaced Carrasco after 71 minutes to introduce some fresh legs to a pedestrian Belgian attack in the second half. He made a few impressive approaches from the left and passed the ball around with the purpose to get Belgium up and running again.

He even found the space to get a shot at goal, which was saved by Isaksson. Mertens’ promising performance on the wing gives Wilmots a selection headache between him and Carrasco in the build up to his side’s Round of 16 clash against Hungary on Sunday.