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  • @FootballMadeSimple
    @FootballMadeSimple  Pƙed 3 lety +102

    How do you think they will do at the Euros?
    *Best according to current Fifa rankings

  • @janoski09
    @janoski09 Pƙed 3 lety +486

    Its the beer, and frieten with mamoet sauce. If they win, they get a small pack with a jupiler.

    • @giespouwen8091
      @giespouwen8091 Pƙed 2 lety +27

      With stoofvleessaus and a curryweusje special with tomatte ketchup

    • @giespouwen8091
      @giespouwen8091 Pƙed 2 lety +22

      And a koud bouletje for waiting

    • @PM-xq5mm
      @PM-xq5mm Pƙed 2 lety +14

      And a goeien bicky burger with some bitterballen and a good cold pintje to wait

    • @jdulmaine
      @jdulmaine Pƙed 2 lety +9

      Jupiler is never a treat. Give them a Westmalle trippel.

    • @janoski09
      @janoski09 Pƙed 2 lety +3

      I mean thats after they win worlds man. And a bolleke each for the euros.

  • @najmussabir6051
    @najmussabir6051 Pƙed 3 lety +346

    Roberto Martinez deserves some claps for this.
    Direct and Vertical football from him and that's what make this Belgium side is so dangerous.

    • @amatitv6243
      @amatitv6243 Pƙed 3 lety

      czcams.com/video/xciKU2jGQAo/video.html

    • @BombSquad012
      @BombSquad012 Pƙed 2 lety

      This Belgium was already dangerous with Wilmots lmao

    • @youneschaib9945
      @youneschaib9945 Pƙed 2 lety

      Wilmots deserves claps

    • @kassiperpro1378
      @kassiperpro1378 Pƙed 2 lety +8

      Martinez is like the worst thing that ever happened to our team???

    • @ASAPHMARK
      @ASAPHMARK Pƙed 2 lety +2

      Martinez arrogance did more damage than good

  • @chiragmotwani2421
    @chiragmotwani2421 Pƙed 3 lety +251

    Now we want a video saying how football made simple became one of the best football related channels out there !

  • @noobplayz_yt1914
    @noobplayz_yt1914 Pƙed 3 lety +85

    Much love from Belgium🇧đŸ‡Ș 🇧đŸ‡Ș 🇧đŸ‡Ș

    • @FootballMadeSimple
      @FootballMadeSimple  Pƙed 3 lety +9

      Cheers!!

    • @Belgian_Mapper
      @Belgian_Mapper Pƙed 2 lety +1

      @@FootballMadeSimple proost!

    • @lev2727
      @lev2727 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      You suck, beaten by Italy lol

    • @noobplayz_yt1914
      @noobplayz_yt1914 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      @@lev2727 and where do u come from

    • @lev2727
      @lev2727 Pƙed 2 lety

      @@noobplayz_yt1914
      Your once in a century golden generation won't win anything ha!ha!ha!

  • @bobrules4197
    @bobrules4197 Pƙed rokem +5

    CZcams a savage for recommending this now...

  • @jos7006
    @jos7006 Pƙed 2 lety +54

    Wow, I’m Belgian and I didn’t know any of this, amazing work!!!

    • @kuswadirasit6068
      @kuswadirasit6068 Pƙed 2 lety

      đŸ€ŁđŸ€ŁđŸ€ŁMaybe u sleep too long

    • @lev2727
      @lev2727 Pƙed 2 lety

      Italy - Belgium 2-1

    • @ajgoals333
      @ajgoals333 Pƙed 2 lety

      Hey jos is field hockey and cricket is popular in belgium

  • @lud3re384
    @lud3re384 Pƙed 2 lety +49

    KU Leuven, for context, is a Belgian university that has consistently ranked in the TOP 100 universities worldwide.
    (45th in 2021)

  • @Marcel_be
    @Marcel_be Pƙed 2 lety +47

    I remember that summer of 2000. We had such high hopes, Euro's was in our country, we'd expected to do well at the Olympics, and we always do well in the flat stages of the Tour.
    and then we got disappointed in all of them.
    That's why the government at the time was so eager in starting the Sports Academies, it wasn't just about football.

    • @DarkAngelEU
      @DarkAngelEU Pƙed 2 lety +1

      I always wondered why the Euro 2000 is just a black hole in my memory. I remember collecting the stickers, but apparently it was so bad that we never saw it at home lol

  • @bobthomasdylan
    @bobthomasdylan Pƙed 3 lety +38

    I’m Belgian and I didn’t know this.Very interesting!

  • @dvdv8197
    @dvdv8197 Pƙed 2 lety +34

    I remember being competitive at a young age while coach was worrying about results and we were all just trying to have a good time.
    If Sablon had come earlier, it would've been a game-changer for sure. You don't understand WHY it's so important to win or lose at such a young age, and that's a good thing. The next generations are going to continue to grow! đŸ‘đŸ‘đŸ€©

    • @Coldphan
      @Coldphan Pƙed 2 lety

      Yeah that’s why you’re not a professional footballer lol

  • @maud3444
    @maud3444 Pƙed 3 lety +200

    To be fair.. yes we changed the entire youth development structure, so yes this has changed a lot, but we got to thank our neighbours aswell. Thorgan Hazard, Eden Hazard, Carasco and Origi spend a huge part of their 'football education' in France, while Vertonghen, Alderweireld, Vermaelen, Chadli, Mertens, Dembélé moved to the Netherlands at a very young age. The only country that succeeded in messing up some of our biggest talents was England. Only Boyata, Januzaj and Denayer moved to England and still turned out pretty ok. A lot of bigger talents moved to an English team when they were 14-15-16 years old and their development just stopped: Charly Musonda? What a shame.. Charni Ekangamene? Now a lower league player. Mathias Bossaerts? Doesn't even have a club at the moment. I hope this doesn't happen to players like Romeo Lavia, a 16 yo massive talent who just went to Man City.. on the other hand, nowadays a lot of talented youngsters are still moving abroad and Germany seems to be a prefered destination (Onana at Hamburg, Mangala at Stuttgart.. two future internationals) or France (Eliot Matazo, Francesco Antonucci , etc) or even Italy (Dierckx at Parma, De Winter at Juventus, Vanheusden and Persyn at Inter or Pietro Tomaselli at Roma, the latter being a massive talent). The future looks bright. This golden generation isn't the last one.

    • @joris0283
      @joris0283 Pƙed 2 lety +9

      excactly, you took the words right out of my mouth...

    • @albertlay8927
      @albertlay8927 Pƙed 2 lety +13

      Lukaku made a mistake going to Chelsea. He's fine now, but he could have been at the top much earlier. He should have gone to Germany or the Netherlands instead, to learn the final steps. Now he has waisted to many years at Chelsea and Everton.
      There is something fundamentally wrong in England, and that is that they have to much money. They have great youth programs (or so they say), but for the first team they buy overpriced players, who have to play, of course. You don't spent so many millions to seat these players on the bench and put the cheap youngsters on the field. So only a few of their young talents get to play, the rest ends up at middle class teams or lower. They don't make stars, they make just footballers.

    • @stnbch3025
      @stnbch3025 Pƙed 2 lety

      Als 50% van de jeugdspelers in de elite na 3 Ă  4 jaar uitstromen dan zit ge met een scoutingsmodel die aan mensenhandel doet waarvan de opleiding de schaamlap is.
      Jeugdteams bij zoveel elite-"opleidingen" zijn niet opgeleid maar samengesteld omdat zowat bij ieder geboortejaar de U9 bij de U13 nog amper dezelfde kern is en paar jaar later die u13-kern nog amper dezelfde is. Dat wilt dus zeggen dat een aanzienlijk deel feitelijk elders opgeleid werd.
      Het model is niet een van scouting binnen het opleidingsmodel maar opleiding binnen het scoutingsmodel.

    • @Iksvomid
      @Iksvomid Pƙed 2 lety

      Hope Romeo develops so You can say that he's Belgian and not Italian.

    • @Dennis-gr8ex
      @Dennis-gr8ex Pƙed 2 lety

      Mertens couldn't get a game in Belgian football, he first went to AGOVV in the Netherlands, then FC Utrecht, then PSV and finally Napoli. All 3 Dutch clubs sold him for a big profit, that's money that Belgian clubs missed out on. Same goes for the other players, all were sold for big profits..

  • @karlbts4081
    @karlbts4081 Pƙed 2 lety +9

    Even if Belgium has a golden generation they don't deserve being number 1 on fifa ranking

  • @georgekunda8570
    @georgekunda8570 Pƙed rokem +2

    Videos like these are what make this channel one of the best football channels out there. Not only do we get well explained tactical breakdowns, but other topics like these that dive deeper into the framework of what it takes to make a great team. Great workđŸ‘đŸœđŸ‘đŸœ

  • @LuisferRomeroCalero
    @LuisferRomeroCalero Pƙed 2 lety +5

    Outstanding video. It's the first time that I see a breakdown of how this "miracle" happened with so much detail. It makes sense that this "tier" system allowed Genk or Anderlecht to produce so much talent right from the inception of these would-be professional players. The process this video describes reminds me of the first chapter of 'Atomic Habits' by James Clear where he explains how the British cycling team improved massively by improving every single aspect of the competition to the last detail.

  • @ramseynoel3423
    @ramseynoel3423 Pƙed 3 lety +8

    Love your videos mate

  • @timonmees3043
    @timonmees3043 Pƙed 3 lety +5

    This guy is so well informed ! Thank you for making these

  • @GM-kj7sy
    @GM-kj7sy Pƙed 3 lety +53

    Roberto Martinez is an excellent manager,I really do think he has the ability to pull it off this time for Belgium

    • @antrinh9919
      @antrinh9919 Pƙed 2 lety

      the coach is important;but the players much much more !

  • @harikrishnanb8120
    @harikrishnanb8120 Pƙed 3 lety +10

    My fav football CZcams Channel! ❀❀❀

  • @SinanShanavas4
    @SinanShanavas4 Pƙed 3 lety +6

    Nice Content FMS👍 keep up the work

  • @MJ-27
    @MJ-27 Pƙed 3 lety +63

    Now we need a video on France and their INF Clairefontaine academy. France always produces great player's in every position and right now Didier Deschamps is one of the luckiest international managers having a surplus of high quality players to choose from.

    • @lexkanyima2195
      @lexkanyima2195 Pƙed 3 lety +1

      It's a solid unit

    • @arnaudnirin3950
      @arnaudnirin3950 Pƙed 2 lety +3

      Except for the RB position we always struggled to have a world class player in there

    • @leoguilhem4583
      @leoguilhem4583 Pƙed 2 lety

      @@arnaudnirin3950 pavard is world class

    • @arnaudnirin3950
      @arnaudnirin3950 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      @@leoguilhem4583 from what I ve seen I m really not sur of that offensively and defensively he s really average compared to Varane Kimpembe and Hernandez. Defensively is not solid at all everytime he gets passed easily. And when I see that with the fact that at LB position we have a lot of great player like Florend &Benjamin Mendy, Theo Hernandez, Lucas Digne. I could literally take one of those to start at RB.

    • @leoguilhem4583
      @leoguilhem4583 Pƙed 2 lety

      @@arnaudnirin3950 i have to disagree. Undeniable starter for the best club in the world. Also very proficient offensively for team France. Of course, he is more involved with a player like Giroud who finishes his crosses. I actually think he might have the most assists on Giroud goals on team France. RB is a position with little depth for France, but Pavard is an excellent option as a starter, which he has been for 3 years

  • @AyushBisht20
    @AyushBisht20 Pƙed 2 lety +122

    Watching this after Belgium's golden generation was knocked out by Italy in Euros.

    • @thymen641
      @thymen641 Pƙed 2 lety +30

      If hazard could play and kevin wasn't injured they would've probably won

    • @mustafajuventino9964
      @mustafajuventino9964 Pƙed 2 lety +20

      @@thymen641 excuses...

    • @mattiacicchi9255
      @mattiacicchi9255 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      @@thymen641 no

    • @farhandewan2645
      @farhandewan2645 Pƙed 2 lety +10

      If hazard and bruyne were at proper health they wouldve clapped italy

    • @lolllololllo
      @lolllololllo Pƙed 2 lety +10

      @@thymen641 OK, so
      if Spinazzola and Florenzi weren't injured they would have scored at least a third goal
      same if there was full-powered Balotelli
      btw Belgium is one of my fav teams

  • @juanvega5792
    @juanvega5792 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    Wow!!! Awesome video dude, I didn't know anything about it. I'm quite surprised. Thank you for sharing!

  • @chewba2008
    @chewba2008 Pƙed 2 lety +2

    Thanks for this video, i didn't know the story of our current Football team, very well made ! Let's go Belgium !!

  • @SenneVorsselmans
    @SenneVorsselmans Pƙed 2 lety +3

    My god, I’m a hardcore football fan from Belgium and even I didn’t knew this. Great job man

  • @dvdv8197
    @dvdv8197 Pƙed 2 lety +4

    I accidentally stumbled upon this, but this was very interesting, thank you!

  • @maisonconsult2212
    @maisonconsult2212 Pƙed 3 lety +3

    Good video👌

  • @dannyvanhecke
    @dannyvanhecke Pƙed 3 lety +19

    Wow, I'm Belgian and didn't know about much of this. Very informative. Of course I think we have a chance of winning the Euro, but against France, Italy and Spain I don't give us more than 50% chance. It could go either way in games against them.

    • @Austination316
      @Austination316 Pƙed 2 lety +3

      Spain lmao

    • @Ed-ze6xf
      @Ed-ze6xf Pƙed 2 lety +3

      Yeah Spain is Ass

    • @kingavalon9998
      @kingavalon9998 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      I'm Belgian too and I agree with your 50% rate. There are no certainties in euro2020, every match has a potential surprise and it's not always the best team that's winning. I don't think we were better than Portugal, like I don't think Swiss was better than France, but still we won.
      If Hazard and De Bruyne can't get fit for the match against Italy it will be very difficult.

    • @bigsmoke8377
      @bigsmoke8377 Pƙed 2 lety

      only Italy

    • @stevieC11Hanworth
      @stevieC11Hanworth Pƙed 2 lety

      Typical farmer putting spain and France ahead of England goes to show how little you farmers know about football

  • @altiellylira
    @altiellylira Pƙed 3 lety +2

    I'm Brazilian and I love your videos s2! I know that now is the time for the Euro Cup, but what do you think of one day making some content about Brazilian teams?

  • @levigriffiths8213
    @levigriffiths8213 Pƙed 3 lety +23

    At the end of the day Belgium made Hal Robson Kanu look like peak messi

    • @ProudTarjaholic
      @ProudTarjaholic Pƙed 2 lety +3

      No Kompany, no Vertonghen, no Vermaelen and no Lombaerts... Imagine the setback for those who played.
      On top of that, Marc Wilmots was our coach. A people manager with no tactical plan.
      And well... If you fail the plan, you plan the fail.

    • @patriotic_canadian
      @patriotic_canadian Pƙed 2 lety

      😂

  • @mensenvandekempen1019
    @mensenvandekempen1019 Pƙed 2 lety

    Splendid analysis!

  • @kmer1456
    @kmer1456 Pƙed 3 lety

    Great work thanks ,,,,

  • @rafbambam
    @rafbambam Pƙed 2 lety +2

    Hi, as a Belgian I hope this year (2021) we will take our first win in a big tournament; and hope to repeat that the next year as well. Becource if we can't do it with this generation, it will leave a mark for all to come.
    Bu still for a country the size of Belgium it is a performance of its own to be able to get to the nr 1 spot in the fifa ranking. And stay there for a long period. Only to be challanged by Brazille, a country that is as big as whole Europe, and France or Germany, countrys that have a hughe history in football and are more than 10 times the size off Belgium.
    It's strange that we, the Belgians can produce a whole team of top players (or at least a handful off them ar realy at the top) while the rest off the world is happy with having just one or two realy top players.
    Thanks for the video and greetings from Belgium.

  • @OLGMC
    @OLGMC Pƙed 2 lety +23

    Wether they're The Best is something I'll leave in the middle but one thing is for sure: belgium plays some of the most attractive & beautiful style of football to watch!

    • @speedymon4412
      @speedymon4412 Pƙed 2 lety

      Danku, Thank you in dutch

    • @OLGMC
      @OLGMC Pƙed 2 lety +1

      @@willg1088 Ok. Thank you for your opinion on this subject matter, WillG10.

  • @ishteerashid5458
    @ishteerashid5458 Pƙed 3 lety +2

    This is the best channel for football analysis imo.

  • @mixfcb1086
    @mixfcb1086 Pƙed 3 lety +39

    My pick is for Belgium to win the tournament. Against Germany in the final 😬

    • @tylermoth9837
      @tylermoth9837 Pƙed 3 lety +4

      😂😂😂

    • @ishteerashid5458
      @ishteerashid5458 Pƙed 3 lety +26

      @@tylermoth9837 why are you laughing? It's his opinion. Either respect it or stop commenting.

    • @bickdig
      @bickdig Pƙed 3 lety +3

      @@ishteerashid5458 I bet your popular

    • @dja.7626
      @dja.7626 Pƙed 3 lety +3

      @@ishteerashid5458 Why are you mad? It's his opinion. Either respect it or stop commenting. lol

    • @ishteerashid5458
      @ishteerashid5458 Pƙed 3 lety +9

      @@dja.7626 his opinion is to laugh? Alright makes sense.

  • @Heelo_0
    @Heelo_0 Pƙed 3 lety +1

    Nice intro
    Really neat

  • @ericsainte290
    @ericsainte290 Pƙed 2 lety

    It has not only had results in football but have a look in athletics (kim gevaert, tia hellebaut and now naffi thiam as well as the Belgian Tornadoes with the BorlĂše twins), tennis (we had Kim and Justine), hockey, martial arts, etc.
    Also the fact that many of the players of our Red Devils play or played in hard championships like the premier league, the Ligua or the Bundesliga is for a lot in our results as it has shown in our victory against Brazil where the knowledge of how they defended by Kompany from playing with those players and coach oin Man City helped us to score on the corner kicks. And the experience Courtous and Hazard gained in Chelsea with players such as Cech or Lampard (or others like Lukaku in Everton then Man City with De Bruyne who came from chelsea via the bundesliga) has its impact too. We are not only known for our golden generation but also for the way we now make sport fun for the youth straight from elementary school to ferry the best to specialized sport schools.

  • @anthe999
    @anthe999 Pƙed 2 lety +2

    Even though I was playing football when Sablon's system was implemented, a lot of coaches were still more focused on winning than on having fun and player growth. But this was in my case, I can't speak for everyone.

  • @killbill9847
    @killbill9847 Pƙed 2 lety

    I'm Belgian myself and didn't know anything you just mentioned in the video. Very interesting indeed! I would love for us to win this Euro, so that we could silence some of our neighbouring countries that look down upon us. Not only that, but I do think that this golden generation of Belgian footballers really deserve this. Alas, I think the chances of us winning is rather slim. I hope the results will contradict my opinion on the matter, of course. But well, keep up the good work, much love from Belgium!! :))

  • @5Cupido
    @5Cupido Pƙed 3 lety

    congrats , awesome

  • @Robcobes
    @Robcobes Pƙed 2 lety +6

    I remember when the most promising young players in the Dutch league were Belgian, and not Dutch. Vertonghen, Vermaelen, Alderweireld, Mertens, Dembele, Chadli

  • @takoza5396
    @takoza5396 Pƙed 2 lety

    cool
    i'm Belgian
    and i did not know this , thanks 4 that mate
    man i hope we win the cup , gona shed a tear 4 sure if we do

  • @thomas1619
    @thomas1619 Pƙed 3 lety +11

    never bean more proud to be belgian

  • @luqmandem
    @luqmandem Pƙed 3 lety +7

    Im from malaysia and i hope my country Leaders watch this and german football coaching system vids.

    • @luqmandem
      @luqmandem Pƙed 2 lety

      @Afiq Ishaq Good minister and lobbyist needed to push em through. ada je insider dah bagi cadangan tu.

  • @2ndyellowcard333
    @2ndyellowcard333 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    Wow this is massive, a lot to learn from Belgium!

  • @semicharmedlife311
    @semicharmedlife311 Pƙed 2 lety +6

    I've picked Belgium to win the Euros under former Everton boss Roberto Martinez. Let's go!

  • @Drewbinsky69
    @Drewbinsky69 Pƙed 2 lety +3

    3 quarter finals and 1 semi final, it's not bad but with this team they should have at least reached a final of a major tournament

    • @samplingmastersxlr8660
      @samplingmastersxlr8660 Pƙed rokem +1

      This includes nation league because let’s face it any trophy would do at this point

    • @Drewbinsky69
      @Drewbinsky69 Pƙed rokem

      @@samplingmastersxlr8660 the nations league really? only losers would say that

    • @Douglas77755
      @Douglas77755 Pƙed rokem

      @@Drewbinsky69not only losers
these niggas cant even win the nations league😂😂 what a golden generation

  • @CptZhu
    @CptZhu Pƙed 2 lety +2

    Big brains behind the scenes are ALWAYS so undervalued.

  • @YogSoth
    @YogSoth Pƙed 2 lety +39

    I didn’t realize Belgium became the best in the world. When exactly was that?

    • @aleccfearless7112
      @aleccfearless7112 Pƙed 2 lety +11

      It was after the world cup but thats the fifa ranking and that ranking also puts italie at10th
      So its bullshit

    • @Ilovepizza1010
      @Ilovepizza1010 Pƙed 2 lety +4

      @@aleccfearless7112 italy did not make it that is why

    • @luishernandezblonde
      @luishernandezblonde Pƙed 2 lety +3

      @@Ilovepizza1010 Yes, that's why the Italian team that can't qualify for World Cup beat this super Belgium team. Remember 2016 when Italy brought its worst squad ever to face the same Belgian side and still won?

    • @ProudTarjaholic
      @ProudTarjaholic Pƙed 2 lety +1

      @@luishernandezblonde Same Belgian side?
      LOL say no more 😅
      - On the pitch in 2016: Eden Hazard, Fellaini, Nainggolan and even Ciman.
      - Not at their peak yet in 2016: Lukaku, Witsel, De Bruyne.
      - On the pitch in 2020: Meunier, Thorgan Hazard, Tielemans, Doku
      - Barely fit in 2020: Witsel, De Bruyne.
      So basically, only Courtois and the older guys in defence were the same. Although Vermaelen was still playing at Barcelona, and now in Japan. Furthermore, a different coach in 2016 and a different system. How can you even compare that? đŸ€”
      In 2016, they only had Alderweireld left for the game vs Wales BTW (no Kompany, no Vermaelen, no Vertonghen, no Lombaerts).

    • @luishernandezblonde
      @luishernandezblonde Pƙed 2 lety

      @@ProudTarjaholic Let's add another 1-2 memory. Belgium does not deserve the no.1 place in FIFA ranking.

  • @smokingzzz8970
    @smokingzzz8970 Pƙed 2 lety +24

    hey this is amazing, i played 2 years at the highest level in Belgium and this is pretty accurate. Belgium have a big chance to win in Euro 2k20 if they beat Italy.

  • @nvkkirankumarnv
    @nvkkirankumarnv Pƙed 3 lety +2

    Can you make a video on Brendfort success and tactics

  • @blessingmutale3495
    @blessingmutale3495 Pƙed 3 lety +55

    Would be nice if they won the euro 2020, Belgium's golden generation really deserves silverware. On the other hand, I want france to win it so that kanté will have the chance of winning the ballon dor.

    • @lexkanyima2195
      @lexkanyima2195 Pƙed 3 lety +2

      It's gonna a dramatic tournament of all time

    • @mrthorian8096
      @mrthorian8096 Pƙed 2 lety +8

      well, this comment aged like milk...

    • @TheAtommuffin
      @TheAtommuffin Pƙed 2 lety +1

      @@mrthorian8096 switzerland of all teams

    • @tiagocerqueira
      @tiagocerqueira Pƙed 2 lety +1

      Now they are both out. This aged too badly

    • @mrthorian8096
      @mrthorian8096 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      @@tiagocerqueira doesn't matter, I always said they needed to be better (Belgium) and that they were way too overconfident, guess I was right all along

  • @mranderson9813
    @mranderson9813 Pƙed 2 lety

    Amazing

  • @christopherkane370
    @christopherkane370 Pƙed 3 lety +8

    Belgium will Euro 2020

  • @idrisisa5750
    @idrisisa5750 Pƙed 3 lety +1

    Love from Belgium

  • @jorgepalminha1167
    @jorgepalminha1167 Pƙed 2 lety +27

    How did Belgium became the best in the world?
    1. They didn't

  • @hitca678
    @hitca678 Pƙed 2 lety +6

    one of the most main reasons why they moved up so quickly to the top of the ranking was that untill 2012 they lost a lot of matches, thus generating less points in the FIFA ranking.
    The pointing system is : when you perform better against a team you lost from before, you gain more points...
    Since they lost a lot of matches and suddenly started winning they gained more points

  • @bpinkhof
    @bpinkhof Pƙed 2 lety +1

    Good explaination, Cruyf had an influence as well. They can do better then they are doing for the moment. Thibaut is one of the two best keepers in the world. Belgium will come with more winning games in the future, be patient. They are still growing. From Belgium. Martinez is a good coach, very good one. Belgium - Portugal 1-0! They drink a magical drink from Panoramix(see Astrix). They are forming a real team just like the Smurfs! I believe in De Bruyne, Lukaku and our fenomenal keeper Thibaut. Vertoghen is very good as well. They are winning a lot of games because of the great support of their supporters! Hahaha..... The power lays in forming a strategical team and they are unpredictable.

  • @jorayevumar4337
    @jorayevumar4337 Pƙed 3 lety +1

    Please make video about Gerard tactics

  • @Rocchio753
    @Rocchio753 Pƙed 2 lety +3

    The “Best in the world” got beat by the actual best in the world in the Euros this summer.

    • @hamgil
      @hamgil Pƙed 2 lety

      🇼đŸ‡č🇼đŸ‡č

  • @rxfldbtches7229
    @rxfldbtches7229 Pƙed 2 lety

    Its nice 2 see my country pop off

  • @Adurone
    @Adurone Pƙed 2 lety +3

    Verschaeren, Lokonga, Doku, Saelemaekers, Mangala, Vanhuesden, Bornauw, Tielemans are all part of Belgium’s next generation. Not as good as the Golden but a more balanced team can win trophies.

  • @bugsy007
    @bugsy007 Pƙed 3 lety +5

    The Football Association of Singapore should have stood by Mr. Sablon when he was their technical director.

  • @zvonimirbrekalo1291
    @zvonimirbrekalo1291 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    A similar video about Croatia would be interesting

  • @Jazzmany11
    @Jazzmany11 Pƙed 3 lety

    This channel is beautiful

  • @JimmyRJump
    @JimmyRJump Pƙed 2 lety

    We've always had good to world-class athletes and sportsmen/women in Belgium. Look at the history of cycling, cyclo-cross, motorcross, long-distance running, judo...

  • @Jonasnhj
    @Jonasnhj Pƙed 2 lety +6

    I read the title: How Belgium Elite Became

  • @jmenz2578
    @jmenz2578 Pƙed 3 lety

    U should get a million subscribers

  • @pytergomes6321
    @pytergomes6321 Pƙed 3 lety

    A video on how the Mourinho mentality are setting back the portuguse coachs ould be great.

  • @dirkusmaximus9268
    @dirkusmaximus9268 Pƙed 2 lety +15

    At this moment, 29/06, we look forward to a final ! But the most difficult part of the frame, But take it step by step. I consider(ed) Portugal a very hard nut to crack, it was, but we dít it. We were at full potential. We lost our keyplayers Hazard and DB, but I think it will be alright. The more you be silent about them, the better ! So that Italy cannot anticipate further. I think they will start, if they can’t go on, you can take them off the pitch ! Due to COVID-19, you can use more substitutes. Italy showed clearly not to be that good against Austria, needed so many chances to score, and gave so many chances to the Austrians ! There will be more space, although Mancini knows his tactics, Portugal is technically better than Italy, a strongly forged team and very experienced, defending their titel and winner of the Nations League. But yes, Italy, they only took one goal, as us, Belgium. Although we played against Denmark and Portugal !
    The matches of Italy to qualify for Euro 2020 were against far inferieur teams, Bosnia-Herzegovina was the highest ranked.
    And if we go on, Switzerland is far more easy to compete with then France. Switzerland is a very solid team, France just screwed it up massively. Spain ? ,good question, I think that we can take them on as well, also preferable above France. Also wait and see there. Final: Denmark ? They really have a very good generation again, sadly lost their captain, although he is alive and well !

    • @Morrodin182
      @Morrodin182 Pƙed 2 lety

      You forgot to mention we already beat Denmark in the group stage ;) (co-Belgian here hehe) ... To be honest this generation has the potential but football is a funny game. If they don't get the title this year I do think we will have quite some disappointed supporters but for me personally, they are heroes already!
      Re: Portugal: In my honest opinion it is an outrage that they were allowed all these errors on our players. With another referee KDB would NEVER have been injured during that match. Worst performance of a referee so far

    • @jorgeaguiar5008
      @jorgeaguiar5008 Pƙed 2 lety

      Italy will end your false hopes, Belgium is all talk and no action, one shot on net all game against Portugal,.............much better game from other teams like Spain or Italy.

    • @Morrodin182
      @Morrodin182 Pƙed 2 lety

      ​@@jorgeaguiar5008 Yes, lets forget Belgium is number 1 on the FIFA ranking for years now, that we qualified with a perfect score, that we came out with 9 out of 9 from the group phase and focus solely on a single match which was soured by repeated fouling on the Belgian squad. But yes you are right we are all bark and no bite *dramatic eye roll*
      Anyway we will see tonight ;) I don't expect an easy match for sure and Italy is surely not without chance but I belief we will overcome them.

    • @jorgeaguiar5008
      @jorgeaguiar5008 Pƙed 2 lety

      @@Morrodin182.... hehehehehehe..playing small weak teams is not a measure for number one.
      Number one means nothing....how do you compare your players to the Portuguese players?
      Any given time France, Spain or Portugal will beat Belgium with no effort, did you see how you had one shot on net against Portugal all game? One shot and one lucky goal, no really good chances before or after against Portugal.
      You were just lucky and Italy proved it today.

    • @jorgeaguiar5008
      @jorgeaguiar5008 Pƙed 2 lety

      Good luck guys, don't worry and next time realize that number 1 is just a number.....Italy should of had 4 or 5 on the first half alone.

  • @Dr.RezaulKarim887
    @Dr.RezaulKarim887 Pƙed 3 lety +3

    Please make video about Brazil national team

  • @anthonyg5939
    @anthonyg5939 Pƙed 2 lety

    Beautifull (y)

  • @NDL-lt8gg
    @NDL-lt8gg Pƙed 3 lety

    Make a vid about la Masia or united stated golden generation

  • @ryankwan4102
    @ryankwan4102 Pƙed 3 lety +5

    Well my country needs to learn a lot from Belgium

  • @sreerajnairg
    @sreerajnairg Pƙed 3 lety

    I would like to see a feed on Tire's Brazil team

  • @cfcmoi
    @cfcmoi Pƙed 3 lety

    The main reason for this is most apply their trade in french football. For most to play at other leagues have helped Belgium football.

    • @donaldvanvliet9039
      @donaldvanvliet9039 Pƙed 3 lety

      Most of the golden generation went to the netherlands, only hazard went to lille.

  • @tlotpwist3417
    @tlotpwist3417 Pƙed 2 lety +15

    That aged like milk outside of fridge

  • @pr3t
    @pr3t Pƙed 2 lety +1

    Good job belgium... succes begins by a good youth academy... all the big countries do this... that's why Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Italy, France etc always have a generation of top players.

    • @thepretorian5292
      @thepretorian5292 Pƙed rokem

      Well france's players are mostly exports agree with the rest tho

    • @tyrellking6332
      @tyrellking6332 Pƙed rokem

      @@thepretorian5292 exports ??
      They were born in France
      Played and developed in french academies.
      Spain ,Holland and Germany all have players with a different ethnic background playing for them are they exports aswell ?.

  • @Catch_me_if_you_can_666
    @Catch_me_if_you_can_666 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    As a Belgian, I'm proud of our golden generation.But what made the Belgian national team so good wasn't actually Belgium at all.It was other countries like England, Germany, Spain, Portugal and France.A few of our upcoming talents like De Bruyne, Lukaku and Eden Hazard and many others got a chance to go play for English teams and that's where they learned heaps and became much better footballplayers.Same with guys that got a chance in Germany, Spain and France.Almost all of our current players learned their traits in other (much bigger) football countries.That's where they got to reach their full potential.And big respect for Martinez who got all of these guys that play for big teams all over Europe to play toghetter as good as they do.

    • @jorenschoonbrood311
      @jorenschoonbrood311 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      that's true, but you need alot of talent and potential skill to get into one of these countries. And belgium made that possible for them

  • @karabosathekge
    @karabosathekge Pƙed 3 lety

    Can you do the same video with Spain?

  • @KellzPlays
    @KellzPlays Pƙed 3 lety +21

    Would help to mention the impact of colonialism on Belgium’s talent pool, an identical trend for England and France.

    • @testimonialicochique
      @testimonialicochique Pƙed 2 lety +1

      You mix colonialism and simple emigration, each country has now multicultural identities and connections

  • @kamui4708
    @kamui4708 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    Prime Hazard, prime Lukaku, prime Kdb, with good bunch of defender Kompany, Alderweired Vertonhen, average midfielders, axel witsel, felaini, carassco, nainggolan. Quater final in euro 2016 and semi wc 2018.

  • @Dora-st3rx
    @Dora-st3rx Pƙed 2 lety

    I love Belgium I life there

  • @mgstyla55
    @mgstyla55 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    Thumbnail: Why Belgium became Elite
    Me: Why Belgium elite became?

  • @sharkr3283
    @sharkr3283 Pƙed 3 lety +6

    Better than Tifo ❀

  • @robbevrancken9372
    @robbevrancken9372 Pƙed 2 lety +2

    did you know that there were too few keepers at krc genk so they had put courtois in goal. he was actually a midfielder

  • @franktielemans6624
    @franktielemans6624 Pƙed 3 lety

    I'm from Belgium and I didn't know that

  • @naadiyamaxamuud6756
    @naadiyamaxamuud6756 Pƙed 3 lety +1

    Please I will ask for you open your subtitle because I wanna from learn vocbulary that I had learn already but still my languege skill is not As I wanted from myself

  • @ryankwan4102
    @ryankwan4102 Pƙed 3 lety

    A pity mr Sablon couldnt turn my country into a powerhouse of football

  • @marcoalmeida6523
    @marcoalmeida6523 Pƙed 3 lety

    I wouldn't say best but they're amazing

  • @arunangshudasgupta9830
    @arunangshudasgupta9830 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    What Belgium earned from world football. What are their achievements till date!!!!!!!!!!!!! They are great on paper only.

  • @stnbch3025
    @stnbch3025 Pƙed 2 lety

    The 4-3-3 was originally the 4-2-3-1, it followed the international trend and only a couple of years ago became the Dutch one with the lone pivot. It is not mandatory.
    U7 went from 2v2 to 5v5 and eventually landed on 3v3.
    U12 and U13 was one grade that played 11v11 and started playing 8v8 separately 5 or 6 years ago.
    The elite set-up is different from the rest.
    The academies do not produce many professional players.
    Belgium is one of the worst countries for young players to become professional for the simple fact we are year in year out one of the countries with the most foreign players.

  • @alexandredegrote9070
    @alexandredegrote9070 Pƙed 2 lety

    Voor Vorst voor vrijheid en voor recht

  • @purplesky4157
    @purplesky4157 Pƙed 2 lety

    Small country matters but not that much look at Uruguay they got 2 world cups and have been consistently good throughout the years

  • @MrQuietman87
    @MrQuietman87 Pƙed 2 lety

    Twice in the european championship the team with less effort during the season won , Danemark and Grece playing in small league championship , when players become famous they play in a very demanding first league championship , Zidane for exemple was burn out when injured in the 2006 world cup , so the very best players might not play their best in World or european cup ....

    • @EarthScienceEnjoyer
      @EarthScienceEnjoyer Pƙed 2 lety

      Also most of our good players are injured and all of the best teams are on the same side of the bracket. We could end up having to play Portugal italy france and germany/england in a row.
      If one of our players falls back into injury our tournament is over and portgual showed that they are all to keen to have a player on the field whos sole goal is injuring KDB...

  • @4NiOtnsgtr
    @4NiOtnsgtr Pƙed 2 lety

    Pretty sure they only got rid of the ranking system between U8-U14 in the last 5 years. Not 20 years ago.

  • @Optidorf
    @Optidorf Pƙed 2 lety +1

    I'm not sure if I agree with this video. The organisation of youth academies has been indeed revised in a thorough way, but the impact on the current selection is rather negligible in my opinion. Most of the players in the current selection are pushing 30 which makes them by definition too old for a system that has only been introduced steadily since the mid 2000s. Moreover, a number of players have had their development abroad such as Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Vermaelen, the two Hazard brothers, ... Other players weren't deemed good enough for the Belgian league, but were lucky enough to develop themselves abroad such as Mertens, Naingolan and Chadli. Add a few exceptional talents such as De Bruyne and Lukaku and you have the reason why Belgium is so successful.
    Players that would be really impacted by the new system are born in the mid 1990s and then we're speaking about players such as Denayer, Dendoncker, Tielemans and Doku. Not really the top of the bill in the Belgian squad. It's no wonder that Martinez is selecting mostly older players. The generation after De Bruyne - the ones developed by the new system - have everything to prove. The only player that comes close to that level is Tielemans and that's because he's an exceptional talent. The real evidence of the success of the new organisation will be the new generation that comes after Vermaelen, Alderweireld and Hazard. If Belgium can deliver the same amount of talented players then - and only then - it's obvious that Belgium's success is attributed to this new way of working for youth academies. Otherwise, it can be stated it's a combination of luck, having exceptional players and indeed a good development of youth players.

    • @aimarazali4829
      @aimarazali4829 Pƙed 2 lety

      Ur opionion dont matter bcoz u dont matter

    • @Optidorf
      @Optidorf Pƙed 2 lety

      @@aimarazali4829 Opinions are indeed like assholes. Everyone has one and sometimes you even encounter them on the CZcams comments section.

    • @aimarazali4829
      @aimarazali4829 Pƙed 2 lety

      @@Optidorf well ok then

  • @speedymon4412
    @speedymon4412 Pƙed 2 lety

    Wij doen het goed !!

  • @thembelanihdlamini5395
    @thembelanihdlamini5395 Pƙed 2 lety +5

    I think Belgium will make sense as a country when they help rebuild the Congos.