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The knockout stages have provided plenty of late drama so far, and while none of the sides except maybe Colombia have hit top form in the last-16 games, all the big boys have gone through.

A Belgium win tonight and the last eight will be made up of seven seeds and Costa Rica.

But USA have plenty to say about that.

Who are you backing? The boys from the lowlands, or the guys from the grand plains?

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"I have been disappointed with Belgium, I'm not really sure they are coming together as a team. They've not moved the ball quick enough, there is a slow tempo to the way they play and they have already got out of jail a few times in this tournament.

"You could say they can only get better but are these great individual players finally going to come together as a unit as at this tournament?"

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It's 'frites' v 'french fries' in Salvador, mayonnaise v ketchup and biological home v adopted home.

Despite the 'French' part of their name, Belgium hold strong claims to be home of the humble chip and you can't move for them if you head to Antwerp, Bruges or Brussels.

But there's a lot more eaten in Texas. If potatoes had loyalties, they would be split this evening...

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"We are preparing for war."

Belgium coach Marc Wilmots' rallying call could barely be more stirring as his side prepare to face the United States for a place in the last eight of the World Cup.

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The 'golden generation' of Belgians, packed full of Premier League stars and with the expectation of 11m countrymen on their shoulders, come up against a team of Americans who have supposedly finally ignited the passions back home and have even got the White House on board.

So will it be bouncing in Brussels, or dancing in D.C. this evening?

Let's find out...

Belgium make six changes from the side which beat South Korea, as Vincent Kompany, Eden Hazard and Kevin De Bruyne all return,

The USA make two changes, with Stoke's Geoff Cameron back in the side.

Belgium: Courtois, Alderweireld, Kompany (c), Vertonghen, Witsel, De Bruyne, Fellaini, Hazard, Mertens, Van Buyten, Origi

USA: Howard, Gonzalez, Bradley, Besler, Beasley, Dempsey (c), Bedoya, Jones, Zusi, Cameron, Johnson