The French team was heavily disrupted yesterday by Belgium, but the Blues finally won 2 goals to 1. A victory which allows them to consolidate their second place in the classification of group 2 of League A and to be practically qualified for the quarter-finals of the Nations League. This success is also the fifth in a row against the Red Devils, bringing to 43 years the number of years of invincibility of France against the Belgian neighbor in official competition. At the end of the match, the Belgian coach, Domenico Tedesco, nevertheless assured that his team deserved to win.
“It’s indeed a big disappointment, because we created chances. We had to win this match, we deserve it, but when you play this kind of match, and you don’t win, it’s a disappointment. But I also remember the positive side, the way of controlling the match, pressing. It wasn’t easy”he declared, before returning to the cries from the stands demanding his resignation. “I was told after the match. It’s part of the game. We can play better, we could win, I can understand that because of the result the supporters are not happy. But we put in a good performance against, I remind you, a French team which has power in the middle, an incredible team. »
Belgium has no more patience
For its part, the local press is a little more upset. The situation is starting to seriously annoy the Flat Country. If the level of frustration remains lower than in 2018, after the elimination of the Red Devils in the semi-final of the World Cup in Russia, the Belgian press is indeed “serious” this Tuesday morning. “The Red Devils still defeated by France: a defeat which can give the seum. The Blues were once again the strongest. But not those we thought», wrote the Last Hourreferring to the blue jersey worn by the Belgians.
In its pages, The Future wonders “if the football gods did not want a victory for the Devils in an official match against France in the 21st century?”, while Het Nieuwsblad regrets that this duel between neighbors is “always the same song: the Red Devils cannot break the French curse despite a hopeful first half» . An annoyance for which the main culprit, according to the media, is Tedesco. The “resignations” shouted by Belgian supporters were widely relayed and after waiting, in vain, for the golden generation of De Bruyne and company to win a trophy, the patience of the Belgian people seems to be over this time.
