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‘Belgium's tactics stunned Brazil’ - Abiodun hails Roberto Martinez’s masterstroke

According to the Sunshine Stars gaffer, the Samba Boys never anticipated Martinez’s tweaks as they were torn apart in a clinical first half in Kazan

Belgium’s unprecedented change to their tactics was responsible for Brazil's exit, according to Henry Abiodun.

The Red Devils secured a 2-1 win to send Tite’s charges packing from the 2018 Fifa World Cup in Friday's quarter-final clash at the Kazan Arena.

And Abiodun believes it was the tactical masterstroke from Roberto Martinez that handed the Europeans their second ever last-four ticket - first in 32 years - at the quadrennial showpiece.