Soccer Football - World Cup - Belgium Training - Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad, Russia - June 27, 2018 Belgium coach Roberto Martinez and assistant coach Thierry Henry during training REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
MOSCOW (Reuters) - English World Cup self-pity often centres on the national team's semi-final defeat by Germany on penalties at Italia '90 but Belgians have their own painful memories of 28 years ago at the hands of England and now they want payback.
When the two sides meet in Kaliningrad on Thursday in their first competitive encounter since that night in Bologna when England won 1-0, there is little at stake on the face of it since both are sure to progress from Group G to the last 16.
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