I’M IN YOUR CORNER NOW, ROM!
BELGIUM manager Roberto Martinez has praised the impact of his assistant, Thierry Henry, as the former France international prepares to face his native country in tonight’s World Cup semi-final in St Petersburg. ‘He is our missing piece,’ said Martinez yesterday. ‘He has brought us something we didn’t have. I have worked with my staff for 12 years but we did not have an experience of how to win the World Cup. ‘In Belgium we can’t follow the path of a previous generation that’s won the World Cup. Thierry brings that.’