I kinda get why he was dropped. First he is a smoker and a drinker so not as fit as the other players. He isn't as good as Dembele and KDB who play in his position now and Beyond scoring long range goals, I think he is overrated. When you see how bad he was against Liverpool you realise Serie A makes him look better than he really is.
that's a bold statement that nainggollan is their best cm. i would argue dembele and witsel are better when playing for belgium. plus martinez doesn't like that nainggollan smokes
Not taking Nainggolan to the World Cup is just laughable. Belgium have a terrific team on paper, they’ll probably make it to the quarter finals. However, a country like Belgium isn’t going to have a generation like this probably in a hundred years, so they have to in some way capitalise on having this group of players. Even if they don’t win a major trophy, they need to have some memorable performances and creating history for themselves. Would be such a shame for them to have such a team without any good memories about them
Do you even know what you’re saying? Belgium has incredible youth all over their country, teams like Genk or Anderlecht have enough talent to continue this golden generation just like France is doing
Greyson Wayne no, that’s why I said “probably”. It is of course entirely possible that they’ll have an even better team very soon, it’s just unlikely for a country the size of Belgium to have so many world-class players at once.
3 reasons why Belgium will reach at least the semi's: 1) Although Martinez is far from a world class coach, at least he plays super attacking football. Something previous managers didn't do, which was a shame with such an attacking force. 2) 2 years ago Benteke was plan B, now Belgium has a world class Mertens and in-form Batshuayi as a plan B. 3) Meunier has stepped up and fixes so many issues compared to 2 and 4 years ago. So yes, Meunier is an actual difference maker. People think I'm crazy when I say Meunier will be as important as Hazard/KDB but you'll soon see why.
TheMusicGuard True Meunier was very important in WK14 and EURO16.. But i remember Fellani and Nainggolan made very important goals on the important games..
Belgium all the way,l am from Mexico,and my favorite team,after Mexico it's Spain,but,l knew before the world cup start,that this team,has a lot of talent sufficient to be the next new world wide champion,and no body talk about this team,the media only talk about Germany,Brasil Argentina, french, England,etc but not me l knew,and now l know,l am 98% that this team is going to be the champion that's all l have to say,BELGIUM THE CHAMPION OF THE WORLD FOR THE NEXT 4 YEARS
hahahahahhaha belgium is overrated, except De Bruyne and maybe Hazard, the rest are just regular players that are considered as great because they play in the EPL in teams that dont outstand outside the league neither. You have to mention the clubs they play in to make an argument why they are good but they never seem to exploit at any given time (as i say, except De Bruyne and Hazard which are stars). In response to the pressure issue, is just ridiculous, since when do you expect Belgium to win the WC?
There's no need for them to feel the pressure. Quarter-finals is a realistic goal for them. They are just constantly overhyped, at least for the last 3 big tournaments. They were good in the qualifiers but their group was mediocre at best.
no nainggolan, and bobby martinez as manager. i think they are a little over hyped for this world cup. Its a great team, hopefully they play well. But with martinez...
They haven't busted yet! They are there and shining! Knocked out the #1 rated team. After defeating Brazil today, they are poised to take the championship. But the Have to get past France - a team that has played very dominantly thus far, much better than Brazil even - so they sheould probably be heavy favorites going in to the semi-finals.
His salary demands would be waaaay! over what our poor little federation could afford though.... And I also believe he's too young to go into international management.
As a neutral fan from India, I supported them in Rio. But things didn't pan out as wished. However, this year all those young geniuses are 4 years experienced, wiser and at their peak. They are capable of going the distance.
Belgium has the best midfielders in the world (De Bruyne and Hazard) and the best attacker (Lukaku), they also have the speed of Chadli in the left wing, they only need to improve the defense. I expect them to win the world cup
My jealous Dutch heart would not be able to take it if they win a world cup, while we've lost three finals lol. (I wish my neighbours the best though x)
iTrolled i dont think it will be Brazil in the final, maybe France or Germany. Hopefully Belgium will make it to the final though, but i don’t have full confidence in our coach, Martinez
Mattijn Hum.. In Belgium we really like the Netherlands squad! (In the french part of belgium! Idk if it is the same in the dutch part) We clearly prefer you than the other neighbour, the France's team !
Reaching the semi-final / Final will be a success. Winning will be a bonus. There are still far more superior football nations to Belgium despite their array of talent.
There's not. trust me there's not. Lukaku Mertens and Hazard? cmon which team has a better forward line. De Bruyne Carrasco Tielemans? it doesn't get better than this. Kompany Vetonghen Vermaelen Alderweireld? Courtois? im sorry but which team?
We have a lot of world class players, if not the most out of any world cup nation, but France, Spain, Brazil, Germany,... all have better teams imo. Individual class isn't enough to win a tournament.
yOung jhOna Brazil has zero creative 10s. Their midfield is empty in that regard, and their box to box midfielders are constantly filling the spot left wide open by Marcelo and the right back (Daniel Alves is out). Spain and France, yeah, you could make a point for them, but then again, France has no deadly final pass player, as Payet is out. Germany? Yes, they're Germany, but their best keeper is coming out of a pretty much season long injury. They're not a dynamic team, and the lack of wide players in their squad forces Hector and Kimmich to fill in the spot, leaving Germany completely naked when in a counter attack situation.
The English team didn’t click because they didn’t put their own club interests to the side and truly unite for the one cause. Some players have said they use to hide their traits on purpose so they don’t expose their strengths to team mates so they take advantage of it when they play each other in the Prem.
IN BRAZIL IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT- WE HAVE 4 MANCHESTER CITY 1 CHELSEA 1 LIVERPOOL PLAYERS AND THEY WERE HAPPY FOR FRED WHO SIGNED WITH MAN UNITED. MARCELO, CASEMIRO ARE FRIENDS WITH PAULINHO,COUTINHO WITHOUT PROBLEMS TOO.
I'm Belgian from Indonesian descend and let me tell you it hurt when Radja didn't get the call to the WC and I'm not the only one hurt. Lots of fans are not happy with the coach.
PREDICTION: Belgium will have scored mayebe 10 goals in their first 2 matches vs Panama and Tunesia, and they will probably win vs England too. In the 1/8 finals vs Poland or Comombia they will win too in the quarter finals they will probably face Brazil, and in that match lies the truth for Belgium. If they get past Brazil, I guarantee they will take France's scalp in the semi final And why would they not win the finals too if they can reach it. Belgium is in fact a contender for winning the cup for the first time.
When I say "mayebe 10 goals", it's an expression to say, a lot. "Mayebe" does not mean "litterally" 10, you should be able to get that that unless your IQ is below 80. In their first 2 matches against Panama and Tunesia, they wil in fact score a shitton of goals. And yes, I do place my money where my mouth is, I litterally have bet 10€ on Belgium making over 3.5 goals vs Panama. That's an easy bet, Belgium scored 3.7 goals on average in the qualifiers. And against amateur teams like Panama, they will score at least 4-5 goals easely. And the rest of you: I know a lot more about football than all of you American "soccer" fans combined. I actually made a profit betting over this entire season, and that is something only lucky people or people with actual knowledge can do, 99% of people lose money in the long run, but not me. Either learn from me, and make a few bucks yourself or simply take a hike, you don't have to respond to my prediction, bunch of naggers.
HOW IS WITSEL STILL THERE, THE MAN PLAYS IN CHINA FFS, I DON'T CARE ABOUT WHAT NAINGOLAN DID, HE DEFINETLY DESSERVE THAT SPOT, THIS WILL COME BACK AND BITE THEM BIG TIME MARK MY WORDS!!!
Leongaku True.. Reminds me about France when their trainer chosen not to select Benzema, Ribery, Nasri, Payet, Lacazette and others.. They could have win the EURO 16 but did not seleceted their best players :(
Leongaku Oh oke i just remember they have not seleceted a bunch of worldclass players.. Also Ribery retire? I think it was too much talk from high ranking people.. I remember Platini wanted to bann Ribery for 3 months if he did not joined the national team, I think too much politics that he decided not to play anymore for France..
Jefke Theboss They did had Payet in their EURO squad. And Benzema was dropped out of the selction because of his involvement on what happened to Valbuena.
Fred Giron Doubt it, if Brazil gets first place in their group, which is very likely, and Mexico gets second place in their group, which again is very likely, they'll play Brazil and probably lose.
XergeDevil Im Mexican and hope for a win on Mexico's part. But Brazil is stacked right now, Neymar, Coutinho, Marcelo, Casemiro, Paulinho, Roberto Firmino, Allison, etc.
I honestly knew that they were overhyped during the 2014 world cup cycle and I stressed that they needed time to develop and would have a great team chemistry by the 2016 Euros. Sadly, that didn't happen and so this world cup is where they have to make a statement. That being said, they're not a dark horse when people hype them up too much and there are other teams that can easily take them on without trouble. They have quite the challenge getting to the finals should favorites win their respective groups.
FroBoy69Productions unlike the 2014 World Cup their stars in Lukaku and De Bruyne were on the eves of their breakout year that put them on the elite. Euro 2016 yes how did they loose to Wales??? This is their year to do it.
Agree strongly. Belgium is just a tiny country, they should be really proud. It's normal that huge countries like France, Germany, Italy, Spain always have strong teams, while for such a tiny countries it's impossible. Now again, they lost from the Euros winner... they were just unlucky to meet them so fast. But beated Portugal.
Joseph Tadesse silentyosef spain got eliminated by russia? germany didn’t make it to the 16th? italy and the netherlands weren’t qualified for the world cup? should every team change their coach?
Apart from my own country Australia I really wanted Belgium to win this WC. Their football deserves it And it's a golden generation, surely this would be a good chance for them to capitalise
Fellani is important and always played good for Belgium and made very important goals.. Without Fellani we would not survive the groupfase in WK Brazil but same counts for Nainggolan who's goal saved us in EURO 16 against Sweden..
Lukaku (CF) Benteke (CF) Hazard(SS) De Bruyne(AMF) Mertens (SS) Witsel (DMF) Nainggolan(LB) Vertonghen(CB) Toby A. (CB) Munier (RB) Coutois (GK) My go-to-formation when playing PeS 2018 using Belgium
Ezra Przytyk They did it! I'm really happy for this team, and I'm sure all of Belgium will be proud of this achievement. However, they need to take advantage of this golden opportunity. It will be really difficult to win the cup, but they have the players to achieve this. I'm rooting for Belgium to reach the final!
I agree, Mertens gives you something that Lukaku doesn't give you; *Mobility.* Because Mertens is a versatile player he can play several roles that simply wait for the ball to tap it inside as Lukaku does.
COPA90 US No but the level at which he plays is not on par with some of the other players on this list. Thus it's easy to pick on him. However, sometimes your national team performances cannot be determined based on club performances. My question is, will he be the weak link.
COPA90 US Witsel? We have much better players in his position but its always freaking Witsel who plays.. Dembele or Nainggolan never got a opportunity to try nr6 position by Wilmots or Martinez because they all chosen Witsel always.. They aint gonna tell me Witsel is beter then them on training, Only with talking to trainer he is better but in the macht itself? forget it...
Belgium is not going to win the World Cup. They haven't played a genuinely good team since September 1, 2016. They lost at home to Spain. Since then, their toughest games were: A friendly against the Netherlands, a nation - coincidentally - that failed to qualify for the World Cup, which they drew 1:1. A friendly against Russia, a team which probably would have failed to qualify if they had had to, which they also drew, 3:3 this time. A home friendly against Mexico, which they also drew 3:3. In short, they haven't defeated (partly because they haven't had to defeat) any team that would have been a litmus test for a World Cup contender. So yes, count me among the doubters.
hey there So could Panama, technically speaking. No one can know what the future holds. But we can know what a plausible prediction is. Belgium being treated as one of the leading favorites is not one.
Friendlies that you've mentioned were essentially played to test differents tactics and possible final selection of the belgian team. The draw score in a friendly game is meaning nothing of the possibilities of wining a WC. The same Mexico you mentioned beat Germany today, Argentina were unable to dominate Iceland, France couldnt do a large win against Australia, Brazil draw with Switzerland... The "small" teams aren't so poor than before and the favourites aren't "too good". The surprise may come to each game. I've seen a noticeable evolution with belgium team for the last three friendlies (0-0 against Portugal / 3-0 against Egypt / 4-1 against Costa Rica) and since 2014, I've never seen them play like this.
They have a lot more than that I including the Tottenham cb pairing Meunier Carrasco mertens the hazard brothers batshuayi and of course the almighty Fellaini which is being taken instead of Nainggolan
All these angry Belgians trying to act important talking english because the manager left out their favorite player with naingolan, saying it's Belgium's best midfielder. As if Dembele, de Bruyne and yes, even Witsel, won't be able to make up for naingolans absence. Only if Witsel makes multiple owngoals I'll agree with you that Martinez has ruined Belgiums change, please give the man a break.
And all these angry dutchmen being butthurt not able to make it to the World Cup, being so arrogant and looking down on Belgians in the past and now karma strikes them back? Apart from De Bruyne, Naingolan is truly our best center mid, and not taking him in to the selection is more of a personal matter then a tactical one
SamLillard 0 sadly that’s all true. Making out the group stage is all I’m going for. I’m expecting a tie against Germany. And if they do make it out and beat Brazil then miracle for Mexico lol
They would easily be a Top 4 team at the world cup but the problem is assuming Brazil, Germany and themselves top their group they will play one of the two in the Quarters
Nainggolan.... oh wait. In all seriousness Belgium is overrated due to their manager round of 16 exit coming vs Poland or Senegal... England is overrated aswell
Joe Foley Yeah right, you say that because Englishmen themselves only now realise that their country is the laughing stock of Europe. And that's after decades and decades of failure
I really like the Belgian national team. They play fast and exciting football. Very sad they lost to France, it was very close. Belgian last word cup remembers me at Germany in 2010. We were very good in attack in 2010 and lost against Spain because of Puyol‘s header and Belgium lost because of Umtiti‘s header. But very great team. They can reach a lot in next years.
Belgium are 9 years together in general if you name the players that included in the squad and the playing style of Belgium started since Martinez become coach
Overrated. Same as in the last World Cup. They're not bad but they're not even close to Germany, Brasil, Spain, France, Argentina. I don't see how this Belgium squad is better than Croatia for example. Edit: I was apparently wrong.
Dimitrije Golubovic this is not the same team as the last World Cup. I’m no Belgium fan but Lukaku and De Bruyne have fully broken out and Courtious has only gotten better.
Cristiano Euronaldo, I'm completely aware of that. I don't think Belgium is a bad team, they are quite good, I just think they are not as good as majority of people think they are. And thanks for the normal reply mate :)
I don't understand how people are underrating the team...like they can't even reach R16...we hav new manager, lets give him hope and chance, our asst manager is a legend on field he will help a lot. The only problem is that the team can't find rythem together, if they find that they can definitely reach in last rounds of the tournament. friendly with portugal will tell about manager..hopeforthebest #Redtogether
I have no ties to Belgium but I hope they will do well. Quite a nice "little country" which has a long list of nice names in their squad. They have a very good chance to be the sleeper of the tournament and get to the medal games... Although I also am pretty stunned they did not take Nainggolan with them. Sure he is somewhat of a rebel but as a box to box player and with a dangerous long shot he would totally brought quality and chances into the team. Thorgan Hazard for example is a totally useless choice to the team and probably won't play a minute in the tournament so taking Nainggolan instead of him should have been a clear choice. De Bruyne and Nainggolan in the middle at the same time probably would not have been the most ideal setup in every game but atleast Nainggolan would have brought and allowed different options to the team. Now Belgium has to pray no one shuts down De Bruyne nor he ends up missing any games thanks to bookings or anything because they really have no replacement for him. Nainggolan could have somewhat replace him if needed but Fellaini, Dendoncker, Witsel nor Dembele can do that.
This World Cup is so competitive. Belgium, France, Spain, Germany, Brazil are scary good. Portugal is no contender but this a better team than 2010 and 2014 and they have Cristiano Ronaldo. Argentina has lethal strikers but no defense or midfield but they have Messi. Mexico, England, Colombia, Croatia are good. Morocco, Poland, Nigeria, Iceland, Japan, and Senegal might surprise us. Egypt and Uruguay have amazing forwards but not sure about the rest of their team. I’m sad that Netherlands, USA, Italy, and Chile are absent but overall this World Cup looks really compatible.
This team has been the “up and coming team” in the last 2 major competitions and nothing has come out of them. They have talent but that doesn’t mean they’ll be heading anywhere
On paper: they're great. I believe they can make it all the way to the semi finals. Whether or not they can survive and make it to the Final, that really depends if their collective performances are good enough. They have to work as a team. Not just relying on individual star players to pick up the slack. If they do that, they will be the dark horse to finally win their first ever FIFA World Cup trophy. 🤓🗺️🏆
They dropped their core midfield by not including Naingolan which will drastically change their playstyle, one of the best box to box midfielders in the world
Best team performance *during the world cup 2018.*
Did not win the cup, but they did play like the best.
Stupid and moot sentiment.
Diggnuts do you know fifa 19 rankings bruh?
Who cares about such a nonsensical pauper thing like footyballs... It's bread and games for idiots.
Diggnuts just by looking at your name you can fuck off
we are dutch team 98
BRING BACK NAINGOLAN
MrZytronix konosuba;) but for real naingolan deserves a spot in Belgium
I kinda get why he was dropped. First he is a smoker and a drinker so not as fit as the other players. He isn't as good as Dembele and KDB who play in his position now and Beyond scoring long range goals, I think he is overrated. When you see how bad he was against Liverpool you realise Serie A makes him look better than he really is.
Series A makes him look better? Can you explain that
Delboy0 Thing is he may not be but even as a 60min sub he has the skill to turn a game around completely
An member of the Axis cult who also loves football? Take my like good sir
we will knock Brazil out of the world cup
you did !!
jolls joyce 1-2 👍
Congrats from a brazilian fan
And now France and hopefully we will win the WC !
We will beat France too
On paper they are good without a doubt.
I wish them the best in Russia bc it would be a shame if they don't do well.
they left out their best cm
that's a bold statement that nainggollan is their best cm. i would argue dembele and witsel are better when playing for belgium. plus martinez doesn't like that nainggollan smokes
BENTLEY HD Nainggolan ties the shoelaces of dembele and de bruyne
The manager got the most important role here
i never said that witsel was better than nainggolan, i said he was better when playing for belgium
Not taking Nainggolan to the World Cup is just laughable. Belgium have a terrific team on paper, they’ll probably make it to the quarter finals. However, a country like Belgium isn’t going to have a generation like this probably in a hundred years, so they have to in some way capitalise on having this group of players. Even if they don’t win a major trophy, they need to have some memorable performances and creating history for themselves. Would be such a shame for them to have such a team without any good memories about them
It's because of his behavior ..they haven't
Do you even know what you’re saying? Belgium has incredible youth all over their country, teams like Genk or Anderlecht have enough talent to continue this golden generation just like France is doing
What about their coach? How does Martinez gets to manage such a good bunch of players when all he has won is the FA cup?
ka e a hundred years ? Can you tell the future ?
Greyson Wayne no, that’s why I said “probably”. It is of course entirely possible that they’ll have an even better team very soon, it’s just unlikely for a country the size of Belgium to have so many world-class players at once.
As a Chelsea fan, this makes me sad. Imagine if we had kept, Lukaku, Hazard, and DeBryune together. What could have been.
Tony Martins you are correct, always giving away our talent smh
I feel your pain my brother #WeBleedBlue.
You could have dominated the champions league. Lukaku, Hazard, De bryune, Kante, Jorginho, Mo Salah🔥🔥🔥
Mahad Abdalla
Please, don't remind me.
You got mourinho to thank for that
3 reasons why Belgium will reach at least the semi's:
1) Although Martinez is far from a world class coach, at least he plays super attacking football. Something previous managers didn't do, which was a shame with such an attacking force.
2) 2 years ago Benteke was plan B, now Belgium has a world class Mertens and in-form Batshuayi as a plan B.
3) Meunier has stepped up and fixes so many issues compared to 2 and 4 years ago. So yes, Meunier is an actual difference maker. People think I'm crazy when I say Meunier will be as important as Hazard/KDB but you'll soon see why.
TheMusicGuard You know lukaku is guarrenteed to start because of martinez and lukaku everton links
Also, Lukaku is Belgian top scorer and has been playing striker in the national team since the age of 16 so probably yeah.
TheMusicGuard I completely agree meunier provides a very solid player in a position that was before completely vacant
Meunier underrated
TheMusicGuard True Meunier was very important in WK14 and EURO16.. But i remember Fellani and Nainggolan made very important goals on the important games..
Belgium all the way,l am from Mexico,and my favorite team,after Mexico it's Spain,but,l knew before the world cup start,that this team,has a lot of talent sufficient to be the next new world wide champion,and no body talk about this team,the media only talk about Germany,Brasil Argentina, french, England,etc but not me l knew,and now l know,l am 98% that this team is going to be the champion that's all l have to say,BELGIUM THE CHAMPION OF THE WORLD FOR THE NEXT 4 YEARS
Your national team made me very unhappy last year
Does Belgium's Golden Generation face the most pressure to win the World Cup?
hahahahahhaha belgium is overrated, except De Bruyne and maybe Hazard, the rest are just regular players that are considered as great because they play in the EPL in teams that dont outstand outside the league neither. You have to mention the clubs they play in to make an argument why they are good but they never seem to exploit at any given time (as i say, except De Bruyne and Hazard which are stars).
In response to the pressure issue, is just ridiculous, since when do you expect Belgium to win the WC?
France is
COPA90 US no. They have a lot but the “most” when Brazilians become emotional wrecks when they loose and the Germans being the giants.
There's no need for them to feel the pressure. Quarter-finals is a realistic goal for them. They are just constantly overhyped, at least for the last 3 big tournaments. They were good in the qualifiers but their group was mediocre at best.
no nainggolan, and bobby martinez as manager. i think they are a little over hyped for this world cup. Its a great team, hopefully they play well. But with martinez...
They haven't busted yet! They are there and shining! Knocked out the #1 rated team. After defeating Brazil today, they are poised to take the championship. But the Have to get past France - a team that has played very dominantly thus far, much better than Brazil even - so they sheould probably be heavy favorites going in to the semi-finals.
Belgium’s new manager should be Zidane
🤔
He left too soon.
:(
His salary demands would be waaaay! over what our poor little federation could afford though....
And I also believe he's too young to go into international management.
Carlos Tellez that's actually a good shout if he doesn't take over France after the world cup.
I like your thinking bro, we already have Thierry Henry in our staff, so why not add Zidane as main coach.
As a neutral fan from India, I supported them in Rio. But things didn't pan out as wished. However, this year all those young geniuses are 4 years experienced, wiser and at their peak. They are capable of going the distance.
Belgium has the best midfielders in the world (De Bruyne and Hazard) and the best attacker (Lukaku), they also have the speed of Chadli in the left wing, they only need to improve the defense. I expect them to win the world cup
I told all my friends who were cheering for Germany and Brazil and Spain not to sleep on Belgium... And here they are
My jealous Dutch heart would not be able to take it if they win a world cup, while we've lost three finals lol. (I wish my neighbours the best though x)
Mattijn nah you’re good, BE won’t win it lol now about your other neighbor......🇩🇪
Mark my words belgium is going to lose in the final against brazil
iTrolled i dont think it will be Brazil in the final, maybe France or Germany. Hopefully Belgium will make it to the final though, but i don’t have full confidence in our coach, Martinez
Don't worry, you have the like of De Ligt and Kluivert coming up dude.
Mattijn Hum.. In Belgium we really like the Netherlands squad! (In the french part of belgium! Idk if it is the same in the dutch part) We clearly prefer you than the other neighbour, the France's team !
Reaching the semi-final / Final will be a success. Winning will be a bonus. There are still far more superior football nations to Belgium despite their array of talent.
There's not. trust me there's not. Lukaku Mertens and Hazard? cmon which team has a better forward line. De Bruyne Carrasco Tielemans? it doesn't get better than this. Kompany Vetonghen Vermaelen Alderweireld? Courtois? im sorry but which team?
expectations Spain, France, Germany and Brasil :)
Kokocomando and Ladro ummmm Neymar Firmino Willian,
Dembele Griezmann mbappe, Dybala Aguero Messi ...
We have a lot of world class players, if not the most out of any world cup nation, but France, Spain, Brazil, Germany,... all have better teams imo. Individual class isn't enough to win a tournament.
yOung jhOna Brazil has zero creative 10s. Their midfield is empty in that regard, and their box to box midfielders are constantly filling the spot left wide open by Marcelo and the right back (Daniel Alves is out).
Spain and France, yeah, you could make a point for them, but then again, France has no deadly final pass player, as Payet is out.
Germany? Yes, they're Germany, but their best keeper is coming out of a pretty much season long injury. They're not a dynamic team, and the lack of wide players in their squad forces Hector and Kimmich to fill in the spot, leaving Germany completely naked when in a counter attack situation.
The English team didn’t click because they didn’t put their own club interests to the side and truly unite for the one cause. Some players have said they use to hide their traits on purpose so they don’t expose their strengths to team mates so they take advantage of it when they play each other in the Prem.
Robert Bacchetto exactly all the players admitted they still had rivalries of clubs in their heads
IN BRAZIL IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT- WE HAVE 4 MANCHESTER CITY 1 CHELSEA 1 LIVERPOOL PLAYERS AND THEY WERE HAPPY FOR FRED WHO SIGNED WITH MAN UNITED. MARCELO, CASEMIRO ARE FRIENDS WITH PAULINHO,COUTINHO WITHOUT PROBLEMS TOO.
Let's go Belgium 🇧🇪🇧🇪🇧🇪
Belgium will win the cup, mark my words
I'm Belgian from Indonesian descend and let me tell you it hurt when Radja didn't get the call to the WC and I'm not the only one hurt. Lots of fans are not happy with the coach.
They will win the worldcup
+Muhamad Matar Your prediction was very good my friend. Greetings From Belgium :D
Go Belgium Go !!!!
We won against Brazil!!! #goreddevils #feelingproud
EDEN hazard pon juyel Bangladesh Belgium sitr
PREDICTION: Belgium will have scored mayebe 10 goals in their first 2 matches vs Panama and Tunesia, and they will probably win vs England too.
In the 1/8 finals vs Poland or Comombia they will win too
in the quarter finals they will probably face Brazil, and in that match lies the truth for Belgium.
If they get past Brazil, I guarantee they will take France's scalp in the semi final
And why would they not win the finals too if they can reach it.
Belgium is in fact a contender for winning the cup for the first time.
Wtf? Equator won't play the WC
Matías lol
Your logic is pretty shit
When I say "mayebe 10 goals", it's an expression to say, a lot. "Mayebe" does not mean "litterally" 10, you should be able to get that that unless your IQ is below 80. In their first 2 matches against Panama and Tunesia, they wil in fact score a shitton of goals. And yes, I do place my money where my mouth is, I litterally have bet 10€ on Belgium making over 3.5 goals vs Panama. That's an easy bet, Belgium scored 3.7 goals on average in the qualifiers. And against amateur teams like Panama, they will score at least 4-5 goals easely. And the rest of you: I know a lot more about football than all of you American "soccer" fans combined. I actually made a profit betting over this entire season, and that is something only lucky people or people with actual knowledge can do, 99% of people lose money in the long run, but not me. Either learn from me, and make a few bucks yourself or simply take a hike, you don't have to respond to my prediction, bunch of naggers.
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Noah Dean
Go watch some baseball yankee
The WC final is on my birthday. What a birthday present it would be to see Belgium there, even if they lost.
HOW IS WITSEL STILL THERE, THE MAN PLAYS IN CHINA FFS, I DON'T CARE ABOUT WHAT NAINGOLAN DID, HE DEFINETLY DESSERVE THAT SPOT, THIS WILL COME BACK AND BITE THEM BIG TIME MARK MY WORDS!!!
Witsel is horrendous
Witsel has kind of an 'untouchable' status, doesn't matter how horrendous he is he'll always get selectes
Fallaini and Januzaj over Nainggolan... wtf
Abdale Adan agree
in what way is witsel horrendous he is actually quite you're probably judging off the fact he's not in fifa or something
after the japan comeback and brazil win belgium have proven to be top 2 teams in the world with france and belgium have the best gk in the world
comming from the game vs brazil that they just won
for me belgium coming 3rd is like winning the world cup because now in 2019 they are the best ranking team in the world
Belgium is not gonna win because they dropped Nainggolan, their best center mid and arguably on of the best box to box midfielders in the world.
Leongaku True.. Reminds me about France when their trainer chosen not to select Benzema, Ribery, Nasri, Payet, Lacazette and others.. They could have win the EURO 16 but did not seleceted their best players :(
Payet did go, he was 2nd best next to griezmann, lacazette was in the reserves tho. And ribery retired from international football in 2014.
Leongaku Oh oke i just remember they have not seleceted a bunch of worldclass players.. Also Ribery retire? I think it was too much talk from high ranking people.. I remember Platini wanted to bann Ribery for 3 months if he did not joined the national team, I think too much politics that he decided not to play anymore for France..
Jefke Theboss a
Jefke Theboss They did had Payet in their EURO squad. And Benzema was dropped out of the selction because of his involvement on what happened to Valbuena.
so proud of these guys making it far but next time we got it
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I'll be rooting for these guys to win it all. And Mexico of course
Josue J they will probably end up playing against Mexico in the knock out stages
Fred Giron Doubt it, if Brazil gets first place in their group, which is very likely, and Mexico gets second place in their group, which again is very likely, they'll play Brazil and probably lose.
It will probably be Brazil-Mexico, but Mexico has been constantly beating Brazil at all levels for the last decade.
XergeDevil Im Mexican and hope for a win on Mexico's part. But Brazil is stacked right now, Neymar, Coutinho, Marcelo, Casemiro, Paulinho, Roberto Firmino, Allison, etc.
Josue J What will you do when they play each other?
WE ARE BELGIAN !!
„developing good players i havent seen in England or Spain .“
Asensio plays Tennis,
Isco Basketball and
Dele Alli Cricket.
Berkan Celik exactly aha, could add sterling too lol hes only 23
WE ARE BELGIUM WE DO WHAT WE WANT
EDEN GONNA BANG IN 7 GOALS AND SHOW MESSI AND RONALDO WHO'S THE BOSS
HenaeZ Lukaku is allready doing this
Hazard In Final 4.
Messi, Ronaldo, and Neymar are out😆
very well put video Copa
Thanks for watching!
I honestly knew that they were overhyped during the 2014 world cup cycle and I stressed that they needed time to develop and would have a great team chemistry by the 2016 Euros. Sadly, that didn't happen and so this world cup is where they have to make a statement.
That being said, they're not a dark horse when people hype them up too much and there are other teams that can easily take them on without trouble. They have quite the challenge getting to the finals should favorites win their respective groups.
FroBoy69Productions unlike the 2014 World Cup their stars in Lukaku and De Bruyne were on the eves of their breakout year that put them on the elite. Euro 2016 yes how did they loose to Wales??? This is their year to do it.
Cristiano Euronaldo Wales have bale and ramsey , no clue why they didnt expect them to not play well
Do you think this now?
This world cup KDB will shine...and will be best player of tournament...I have that feeling...he is too good.
There are only 3 teams this year that can legitmatley win the WC.....
England
France
Belguim
England? 😂😂😂😂 They're not beating Croatia.
only 1: BELGIUM
Croatia
ive never been this proud to be belgian
no shame in reaching the semi finals and losing to France
Agree strongly. Belgium is just a tiny country, they should be really proud. It's normal that huge countries like France, Germany, Italy, Spain always have strong teams, while for such a tiny countries it's impossible. Now again, they lost from the Euros winner... they were just unlucky to meet them so fast. But beated Portugal.
5:35 One small correction: A lot of the players of this generation were stationed at Dutch club when they were young !!;-))
Martinez is their weakest link
Semper Fidelis his a smoker and drinker , not quite fit as other players.
of course. noob.
Lol ... they barely scraped by japan in the round of 16? what are you getting excited about
Joseph Tadesse silentyosef spain got eliminated by russia? germany didn’t make it to the 16th? italy and the netherlands weren’t qualified for the world cup? should every team change their coach?
Japan played an amazing game did you even watch?
Belgium deserved the win over Brazil. Great all time Belgium team assembled and generation of players.
Eden is best
Apart from my own country Australia I really wanted Belgium to win this WC.
Their football deserves it
And it's a golden generation, surely this would be a good chance for them to capitalise
Thank you for your support! All the best for Australia in the next big tournament!
With Martinez at the helm? BUST!
He did win the FA Cup with Wigan.
BUUUUUUUUST!
Because shouting the loudest makes you right.
Fucking moron.
Jayfive276 Jeez, learn to take things not so seriously from time to time.
where are you now ? huh ?
And that's why that Belgium is ranked number 3 in the world and number 2 in Europe.
KEVIN DE BRUYNE GOAT 🐐.
We are the Red Devils, only sacrifice the G/O/A/T
we are Belgium
Should have asked him why Felanni and not Naaigolan
Fellani is important and always played good for Belgium and made very important goals.. Without Fellani we would not survive the groupfase in WK Brazil but same counts for Nainggolan who's goal saved us in EURO 16 against Sweden..
Lukaku (CF) Benteke (CF)
Hazard(SS) De Bruyne(AMF) Mertens (SS)
Witsel (DMF)
Nainggolan(LB) Vertonghen(CB) Toby A. (CB) Munier (RB)
Coutois (GK)
My go-to-formation when playing PeS 2018 using Belgium
man this is so wrong!
especially when mentioning PES
loooooool benteke
it'll be more like
Lukaku Mertens
Hazard
Carrasco Dembele KDB Meunier
Vertonghen Kompany Alderweireld
Courtois
Belgium's all hype until proven otherwise. I think anything lower than reaching semifinals will be a disappointment.
1RV1N1715 facts tbh
Well they made it! Now they gotta beat france which in my opinion are the best team left apart from Belgium maybe but well see
Ezra Przytyk They did it! I'm really happy for this team, and I'm sure all of Belgium will be proud of this achievement. However, they need to take advantage of this golden opportunity. It will be really difficult to win the cup, but they have the players to achieve this. I'm rooting for Belgium to reach the final!
Thanks you ! :)
U are a clown
Reberto Martinez is a fantastic manager...he can get the best out of this team
Driece Mertense is in my opinion better than Lukaku but Lukaku is still great
Mertens has been on fire these last few seasons.
I agree with you
Eileen Patete lol
Play him on the right
I agree, Mertens gives you something that Lukaku doesn't give you; *Mobility.*
Because Mertens is a versatile player he can play several roles that simply wait for the ball to tap it inside as Lukaku does.
Hazard, De Bruyne, Carrasco, Lukaku, Courtois, and Kompany in a team. WOAH.
WITSEL?
"made a name for themselves at club level"
u makin me laugh
He’s played well at Benfica and Zenit....just because he decided to go to China doesn’t mean he isn’t a good club player.
COPA90 US No but the level at which he plays is not on par with some of the other players on this list. Thus it's easy to pick on him. However, sometimes your national team performances cannot be determined based on club performances. My question is, will he be the weak link.
He was wanted by Juventus and Milan and a host of other big clubs....his choice to experience China shouldn't factor in his level as a player.
COPA90 US Witsel? We have much better players in his position but its always freaking Witsel who plays.. Dembele or Nainggolan never got a opportunity to try nr6 position by Wilmots or Martinez because they all chosen Witsel always.. They aint gonna tell me Witsel is beter then them on training, Only with talking to trainer he is better but in the macht itself? forget it...
Jefke you cry te veel.
KDB17❤❤❤😘😘😘😘
Belgium is not going to win the World Cup. They haven't played a genuinely good team since September 1, 2016. They lost at home to Spain.
Since then, their toughest games were:
A friendly against the Netherlands, a nation - coincidentally - that failed to qualify for the World Cup, which they drew 1:1.
A friendly against Russia, a team which probably would have failed to qualify if they had had to, which they also drew, 3:3 this time.
A home friendly against Mexico, which they also drew 3:3.
In short, they haven't defeated (partly because they haven't had to defeat) any team that would have been a litmus test for a World Cup contender.
So yes, count me among the doubters.
AithlynC they are overrated, but still could prove us wrong
hey hater quite and watch the game.
we dont live in past but now and the future whzt will come
hey there So could Panama, technically speaking. No one can know what the future holds. But we can know what a plausible prediction is. Belgium being treated as one of the leading favorites is not one.
Friendlies that you've mentioned were essentially played to test differents tactics and possible final selection of the belgian team. The draw score in a friendly game is meaning nothing of the possibilities of wining a WC. The same Mexico you mentioned beat Germany today, Argentina were unable to dominate Iceland, France couldnt do a large win against Australia, Brazil draw with Switzerland... The "small" teams aren't so poor than before and the favourites aren't "too good". The surprise may come to each game. I've seen a noticeable evolution with belgium team for the last three friendlies (0-0 against Portugal / 3-0 against Egypt / 4-1 against Costa Rica) and since 2014, I've never seen them play like this.
jsn that is different
I love Belgium l love lukaku
belgium has 5 great players in lukaku hazard de bruyne nainggolan and kompany
and courtois
Yps Van for me courtois is not that "level" but i respect ur opinion
They have a lot more than that I including the Tottenham cb pairing Meunier Carrasco mertens the hazard brothers batshuayi and of course the almighty Fellaini which is being taken instead of Nainggolan
Batshuayi????
Arturo Garcia joined borussia and has been giving good performances
I am proud to be Belgian
All these angry Belgians trying to act important talking english because the manager left out their favorite player with naingolan, saying it's Belgium's best midfielder. As if Dembele, de Bruyne and yes, even Witsel, won't be able to make up for naingolans absence. Only if Witsel makes multiple owngoals I'll agree with you that Martinez has ruined Belgiums change, please give the man a break.
And all these angry dutchmen being butthurt not able to make it to the World Cup, being so arrogant and looking down on Belgians in the past and now karma strikes them back? Apart from De Bruyne, Naingolan is truly our best center mid, and not taking him in to the selection is more of a personal matter then a tactical one
talking bout me, i am belgian too my friend, wrong answer.
so "all these angry belgians trying to act important talking english" ... you must be one of them... right?
Probeerde gewoon de wereld het Belgische karakter te leren kennen, maar idd, wss telt dat bij mij ook.
They might be a golden generatiom in real life but in FM they keep producing top players and I'm in year 2040
Still couldn’t beat Mexico!!!!!
EdwinV 9 XD ikr Mexico gotta make it into the quarterfinals. That’s if Osorio gets the right formation and if no decent Mexican players aren’t injured
SamLillard 0 sadly that’s all true. Making out the group stage is all I’m going for. I’m expecting a tie against Germany. And if they do make it out and beat Brazil then miracle for Mexico lol
SamLillard 0 Mexico can draw with Germany and finish on top by a better goal difference. Boom!
Aún no llegaron al quinto partido??? JAJAJAJAJAJAJAJA
Aún no han ganado una copa America?? Y un club Mexicano no ha podido ganar la Copa Libertadores??
Get well soon Vince !!!
golden generation's gonna be waste by Martinez and their spineless FA
Y2Jgrave reminds me of my country mmmmmm ....
Y2Jgrave lets talk again?
Y2Jgrave well....😂
They would easily be a Top 4 team at the world cup but the problem is assuming Brazil, Germany and themselves top their group they will play one of the two in the Quarters
Nainggolan.... oh wait. In all seriousness Belgium is overrated due to their manager round of 16 exit coming vs Poland or Senegal... England is overrated aswell
By who exactly? Nobody who’s English has any confidence in their national team
Ayrton Pazsoldan Belgium are somewhat overrated but saying R16 is underrated
It's impossible to be overated if everyone thinks you suck
Joe Foley Couldn't be more right lol
Joe Foley Yeah right, you say that because Englishmen themselves only now realise that their country is the laughing stock of Europe. And that's after decades and decades of failure
They are going to Finals!
Belgium is so overrated. Remember this team got eliminated by almighty Wales in 2016 Euro.
David the fact of the matter is that they have become even stronger over the last 2 years. And a natural leader like Kompany is back.
David Because Witsel always plays and brings no value in defense or offence..
Tbh Wales was lucky that our entire defense was injured. But still, fair play to them for capitalising on that.
Jefke Theboss Witsel does exactly what the coach demands of him and is capable of scoring.
France will fuck you up, buddy
I really like the Belgian national team. They play fast and exciting football. Very sad they lost to France, it was very close. Belgian last word cup remembers me at Germany in 2010. We were very good in attack in 2010 and lost against Spain because of Puyol‘s header and Belgium lost because of Umtiti‘s header. But very great team. They can reach a lot in next years.
Belgium are 9 years together in general if you name the players that included in the squad and the playing style of Belgium started since Martinez become coach
Overrated. Same as in the last World Cup. They're not bad but they're not even close to Germany, Brasil, Spain, France, Argentina. I don't see how this Belgium squad is better than Croatia for example.
Edit: I was apparently wrong.
Argentina is not as strong as Germany or Brasil but it is still better than Belgium.
france ahahahahha ahahahahaha ahahahahah 0-0 against luxembourg ahahahha ahahaahahha
Wow. Great point. You have completely changed my opinion.
Dimitrije Golubovic this is not the same team as the last World Cup. I’m no Belgium fan but Lukaku and De Bruyne have fully broken out and Courtious has only gotten better.
Cristiano Euronaldo, I'm completely aware of that. I don't think Belgium is a bad team, they are quite good, I just think they are not as good as majority of people think they are. And thanks for the normal reply mate :)
No 1 in world FIFA ranking on October 13 the 2018. Overcame Suisse yesterday in "chess" like game without one key player - De Breune.
I want them to win world cup. They r the team
yo dis post on my birthday
and im belgian!!!!
so much talent with attacking and defensively too, lets not forget that Nainggolan isn't even playing and he's rlly rlly good
I don't understand how people are underrating the team...like they can't even reach R16...we hav new manager, lets give him hope and chance, our asst manager is a legend on field he will help a lot. The only problem is that the team can't find rythem together, if they find that they can definitely reach in last rounds of the tournament. friendly with portugal will tell about manager..hopeforthebest #Redtogether
I have no ties to Belgium but I hope they will do well. Quite a nice "little country" which has a long list of nice names in their squad. They have a very good chance to be the sleeper of the tournament and get to the medal games...
Although I also am pretty stunned they did not take Nainggolan with them. Sure he is somewhat of a rebel but as a box to box player and with a dangerous long shot he would totally brought quality and chances into the team. Thorgan Hazard for example is a totally useless choice to the team and probably won't play a minute in the tournament so taking Nainggolan instead of him should have been a clear choice.
De Bruyne and Nainggolan in the middle at the same time probably would not have been the most ideal setup in every game but atleast Nainggolan would have brought and allowed different options to the team. Now Belgium has to pray no one shuts down De Bruyne nor he ends up missing any games thanks to bookings or anything because they really have no replacement for him. Nainggolan could have somewhat replace him if needed but Fellaini, Dendoncker, Witsel nor Dembele can do that.
This World Cup is so competitive.
Belgium, France, Spain, Germany, Brazil are scary good.
Portugal is no contender but this a better team than 2010 and 2014 and they have Cristiano Ronaldo.
Argentina has lethal strikers but no defense or midfield but they have Messi.
Mexico, England, Colombia, Croatia are good.
Morocco, Poland, Nigeria, Iceland, Japan, and Senegal might surprise us.
Egypt and Uruguay have amazing forwards but not sure about the rest of their team.
I’m sad that Netherlands, USA, Italy, and Chile are absent but overall this World Cup looks really compatible.
This team has been the “up and coming team” in the last 2 major competitions and nothing has come out of them. They have talent but that doesn’t mean they’ll be heading anywhere
Hazard is the kind
The semi-finals is a must for this side, other wise they will end up being the next England..
Superb
Everyone ignoring the defensive lineup of their team .. Vertonghen Alderweireld Kompany .. and Courtouis behind
this is like Italian classic (BBBC)
now in Ranking we are number one
On paper: they're great. I believe they can make it all the way to the semi finals. Whether or not they can survive and make it to the Final, that really depends if their collective performances are good enough. They have to work as a team. Not just relying on individual star players to pick up the slack. If they do that, they will be the dark horse to finally win their first ever FIFA World Cup trophy. 🤓🗺️🏆
They dropped their core midfield by not including Naingolan which will drastically change their playstyle, one of the best box to box midfielders in the world
How right you were :)
Mousse Dembele carries also are golden generation was the Liniker and Gazza era.
In 4 year we will win!!!!
They sit behind Germany and Brazil? Right now, they are ahead of them.
I love Dries Mertens
Cons Lorenzo me too
Martinez is in a lot of pressure because if they don't play wel everyone is going to blame him because he didn't Bring Nainggolan
I want Belgium will win Euro Cup in this year
With Lord Fellaini and the Golden Touch of Lukaku any team can win !!!! :D
Ladies and gentlemen we are sorry to announce that Belgium could proceed to the second round of FIFA World Cup and they going back home
Brazl will have most pressure this world cup after 7-1 by Germany
martinez is really well spoken. especially given english isn't his native language.
WE WILL WIN IT :-)