How Was The Golden Belgian Generation Wasted?
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How Was The Golden Belgian Generation Wasted?
Eden Hazard, Kevin De Bruyne, Thibaut Courtois, Vincent Kompany, Romelu Lukaku, Jan Vertonghen, Toby Alderweireld, Yannick Carrasco, Axel Witsel, Mitchy Batshuayi, Dries Mertens.
At some point, Belgium had all these superstars in their team, but absolutely nothing came of it. How the hell did that happen?
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As a Dutchman, sadly we have wasted 5 or 6 golden generations
As South African whose a Netherlands fan I agree😔
yes one example was when Netherlands had Rijkard Gullit and Marco Van basten in the World Cup yet got grouped
I think the problem with Belgium's golden generation was their mentality,they always had generational superstars,but their mentality always failed, even the way De Bruyne talked after being asked about winning the World Cup 2022,he said that they were too old to win. They didn't have so many mentality monsters like Kompany and it really affected them,sad to see the of that golden generation though
But looking back, the ship was sunk at Qatar and it felt more of a progrses of structure. They had bad luck in terms of crucial moments.
@@lexkanyima2195 true
@@GEORGELIMZHENGYI you knew the end is near before the match against Morroco
nah the real reason is, there are always teams who've better luck, its football.
I remember when Belgian players were interviewed about the 2021 Nations League and they talked about how it made sense that they would lose when they had to face France and Italy. It felt like a weird mentality because, while France were the reigning World Champions, Italy was in the middle of a crisis since they haven't been in a World Cup after 2014. Sure, they were European Champions, but it's not like they were the Italy of the 90s
I will never forget them at the 2018 World Cup. Hazard balling out, KDB's thunderbolt and Courtois' cat like saves against Brazil, the amazing comeback against Japan, one of the classiest World Cup kits I've seen
Just hard luck....that belgium golden generation is just one you could not hate...their team players entertained a whole continent and had players in all top leagues...they are yet to be crowned internationally but we shall not forget them
True
indeed, its nog a big deal, its football, you also need a bit of luck, its not that deep, because the squad is solid, human nature is not always 100% optimal
They were arrogant and sore losers, though Premier League fans like to believe otherwise.
@pritapp788 Explain how they were sore losers
@@pritapp788 anything
This is going to be the same with this generation of England
Yeah tbh😂
It’s kinda funny bc England already went through this when they had a golden generation in the 2000’s
it's not the first time for them 😂😂
The Netherlands also have some best players, especially during the period when Cruyff ruled Total Football in 1970s and Gullit-Van Basten-Rijkaard conquered the world football with Milan's Dream Team in 1990s, but only won the international stages during Euro 1988 and lost 3 World Cup Finals!
@@ezraezra2928they still achieved something unlike England and Belgium
It's all very well having a "golden generation", but it's not like all the other teams are suddenly full of garbage. Ultimately only one team can win and all the rest 'fail'. Football is in part such an enthralling sport because anything can happen with the right tactics, or an individual flash of brilliance.
This pretty much. There are no guarantees in top level football. A few injuries, some personal issues, a bad night of sleep, a fluke goal,...
A major factor that stopped this generation achieving success was the absence of Kompany at Euro 2016. Belgium were probably at their peak on 2016 and then their captain missed out on the Euros due to injury. If Kompany was there Belgium would have had a much more solid defence and a better team mentality
I heard from somewhere that there were a lot of rifts in the Belgium camp and Kompany was the guy that kept everyone together, something that should really be talked more about when we talk about his career
Kompany wouldn't make the difference
@@bri12345ificationyes, Belgium is very divided just like the older English golden generation. Half the team speaking French and the other half speaking Dutch doesn’t really help either.
2016 semi final Kompany, Vertonghen and Vermaelen were injured
They never had strong fullbacks and their full lineup had gaps. Not to mention the fact that lukaku is one of the biggest big game bottlers ever seen and the lack of experience in getting to finals. Bronze in 2018 was a big achievement for such a small country
As a Belgian this is honestly my opinion. I'm happy with what the national team did.
Also, we lost to both France in 2018 and Italy in 2021 by one goal. Calling that a failure is frankly silly to me.
@@Londronable As a France fan and Belgium spectator, there remains reason to congratulate this impressive generation. I hope they will be role models for their successors.
*_"Bronze in 2018 was a big achievement for such a small country"_*
Stop being so easily satisfied. The Dutch have a totally different mentality, also a small country, but they reached 3 world cup finals, won a European final, had 3 clubs winning the Champions League(or called European Cup in the old days) 6 times, won world titles with 2 clubs, and the women won a European title and reached a world cup final. The Dutch men also reached a Nations League final, and countless youth teams became Europe champion. So yeah, stop being so easily satisfied in Belgium, always strive for the highest! There is a reason why the Dutch ended up in 7th place in the medal ranking of the 2020 Olympics with 36 medals, with Belgium at #29 with 7 medals.
To be fair, in almost every competition, they were eliminated by an eventual finalist (and 3 times out of 4 by the eventual champions if you include the 2021 Nations League). Euro 2016 was an exception, but still Wales was a semifinalist (while Qatar 2022 had not one but two eventual semifinalists in that group). It's not like they were randomly knocked out by teams who had a poor competition.
Not to mention, one could say that there was the same "issue" as the English Golden Generation of the 2000s: while they were great players, they weren't the only great team in the World. Germany, Portugal, France, Italy and Argentina (just to mention those who won the last competitions) all had great teams when they won
Dembele wasn’t even mentioned
They came in third in the world cup , so they didnt "fail".
Remember their amazing comeback against Japan.
Much love from 🇭🇷
In 2018, I'm sure it was bad luck to face France. Their 2 Euros were probably disappointments. In the Nations league, their loss against France, which was ignored in the video, showed how they got overwhelmed by the events leading to their loss. In 2022, the so-called "Golden" Generation (not in Thibaut Courtois' opinion, I'd simply say Talented Generation) was seemingly over before the tournament even started. Unless a miracle had happened against Croatia, their final chance was probably Euro 2021.
Yeah but they have to face France sooner or later, sadly they were only 2nd best to France.
@@freddiemercury2075 I meant that it was bad luck to face France in the semi-final, rather than finish 2nd in their group, and reach the final through the other bracket. That way, they could have played their first World Cup final, which could have been an even better achievement than that 3rd place.
Also, the previous Belgian generation to reach the semi-finals was in 1986 and they lost to...France in the 3rd place play-off. So being sent there again by the neighbours.
@@tonybaihao4178Actually France after one goal parked bus in that game. 2021 or 22 Belgium is not golden generations prime it was over,it was in 18 thier peak with Hazard who was arguably best in world. Unlucky their great attack didn't work against France. And Belgium mid ,80s were great too ,but 1986 went against prime Diego Maradona in absolute peak who was capable of destroying any team.
Sorry, but France didn’t park the bus. Both teams were simply unable to convert from open play. There were no goals scored from offside position either. I know Argentina beat Belgium in 1986. I just drawed a parallel between the 80s generation for France and Belgium and the recent ones. That 1986 playoff was tight too, but even without Michel Platini, France prevailed.
@@tonybaihao4178 Nope. The France were too defensive after that goal. Griezi who can do anything concentrated more in defense too,, and Belgium were unable to score
As a belgian we were robbed by france in 2018
Did Italy and Wales also rob you at the Euros ? What about France in the Nations League ?
I'm French, and of course glad we won the 2018 world cup, but damn our neighbors deserved at least to be finalist. It is the end of an era, but the start of a new one, we never know what talents will emerge in a few years and I hope they finally win something
If there was ever a time for Belgium to win it would have been 2018 but I sometimes think they maybe lacked confidence part of reason France won was their mentality and their confidence they wanted it badly and believed they should get it
Especially goalscorer Samuel Umtiti, who sacrificed his career to play that World Cup. His left knee was injured shortly before that World Cup, and instead of treating it and missing the tournament, he decided not to and be there. He took his chance and won with France. Nowadays, Umtiti has been left out of the national team since 2019, and has been struggling with that knee injury.
@@tonybaihao4178as a french he à legend here for his sacrifice
Just here to say cr7 is Portugal golden generation
@@nashanestewart5830 I'd prefer to to consider him Portugal's legend who has been through 3 generations (the Figo generation, the Pepe one and the current one).
@@tonybaihao4178 he's the actual lebron james of football, been there since 2003 and has been dominating
1990s Italy is another Belgium. The best league in the world at the time, overloaded with world class players. They should've won something.
To be fair, Italy's closest time to win something was 1994 World Cup Final, when Baggio missed the spotkick. Other than that, they were less successful in Euros, with Euro 2000 Final being the best results. The 2006 World Cup triumph happened at the same time the Calciopoli scandal hit the entire football.
Italy in euro 1988 was also another disappointment vs Soviet Union.
@@jimmyyue238 You can also include two losses on penalties against Argentina in 1990 World Cup semifinal, who ironically supported Diego Maradona because that game was held at Napoli's ground, and France in 1998.
Italy should have won the 2002, not Brazil, only if there was no corrupted referee that favoured Korea.
How ever you noticed this, nobody knows but this was so accurate ,I mean there was really a waste of super starts..I really like the content !
The fact that this small country was capable of producing all these world class footballers is a great achievement to begin with tbf
Netherlands isn't much bigger of a country, but look at them how many talents they have produced also over the years and not won anything.
@@itshahriar4595 wrong they won the 1988 euro
@@sanilsasidharan7507yeah but it's minimal in comparison to giants like italy and or Germany which is sad because van basten and the best midfielders come from the Netherlands and still failed against Brazil which up until their last world cup final they haven't been at the top anymore but both Belgium and the Netherlands always got far in international competitions and that's to appreciate
@@superidol4670 i agree it is sad to see Netherlands and Belgium punch above their weight and run out steam when they reach end & Croatia i see may go the same way their golden generation running out time
Just hard luck enough
2014- lost to Arg (runners-ups)
2015- 1st in FWR (1stly ever)
2016- lost to Por (champions🏆)
2017- 1st in grp of wc qualifiers
2018- WC bronze medal🥉
2019- UNL 4th place
2020- COVID-19
2021- lost to Ita (champions🏆)
2022- KO by Mor before RO16
Belgium didn't get eliminated by Portugal in 2016. It was Wales who defeated them 3-1 in quarterfinals, but had they won, Belgium will definitely lose to understrength Portugal side. They also didn't get through the UNL semifinals in 2018-19 and 2022-23, while finishing fourth in 2020-21 campaign.
Damn
The mistake is appointed a manager that hasn’t taste any silverware in his career thus doesn’t know how to bring that winning mentality.
As a Belgian this makes me fucking sad.
Good that we have the solution for that.
Stella Artois
The dream of Belgium crushed by a cheeky moment of umtiti where he did the touch in ball and scored a goal 🥍 from nowhere 😢😢..
Nah, they were in the semi final of both World Cup and Euros and got done by the victors, France and Italy. It was a good generation but there were better teams.
Belgium lost to Italy in quarterfinals, not the semi.
You also need some luck in tournaments.
You can never plan to win any title.. It needs ah lot of luck too..
Now roberto Martinez will do the same with Portugal
What he make better team than santos also portugal are undeafeat 😂😂😂
Undefeated against who??lichtenstein, moldova,faroe islands, andorra,Luxembourg 😂😂malta
Face it,they didn't face any big team .so ,they shd prove@@sumitsharma4706
As hazard dipped, Belgium dipped.
I dont thing they failed. They always met stronger teams than theirs, thats all.
No mention of Moussa Dembele? For shame
Moussa was supposed to be the best midfielder along with Hazard and KDB. The problem is he played for Tottenham Hotspurs, the club that are still yet to win anything.
However, Moussa's impact with Spurs was immense. The game against Juventus at Turin in 2018 showed how better this guy's performance was.
@@ezraezra2928 Really? Toby and Jan also played for Tottenham and yet they are mentioned. Even Nacer is shown in a few of the clips. Looks like you are more of a Spurs hater that takes any and all opportunity to bash than someone with any knowledge of European football. It's unfortunate that Dembele didn't win any team honors, but that does detract from his skill or membership in the "golden generation".
belgium is complete opposite of croatia
they need some strong leader like modric or a perfect manger like wenger or pep who has confidence
The next generation of Belgian players seems very promising despite the big shoes they'd have to fill after the last generation. A lot of their U23 players are playing very well in a top 5 league right now and the even younger prospects that are coming through are also very good. In the attack, there's Jérémy Doku, Loïs Openda, Johan Bakayoko, Charles De Ketelaere, etc. As for the midfield, there's Amadou Onana, Roméo Lavia, Arthur Vermeeren and Mandela Keita. The defence is most likely gonna be their weak point, with slightly less promising players like Arthur Theate, Ameen Al-Dakhil, Zeno Debast, Maxim De Cuyper and Koni De Winter but that could still be sufficient honestly. And finally in goal there's Maarten Vandevoordt who's gonna be playing for RB Leipzig next season. Overall, not too bad, but again: it's hard to say right now if they'll become as good as the generation that just went by.
The only ones I see with the potential to replicate is Doku as Hazard and De Keteleare as Lukaku
Leandro trossard🎉
@@malebue9447 he's 28
Karetsas, Fofana, Godts, Pardo, Mokio etc
At this point, Belgium is the national version of PSG
This is very similar to England and Tottenham Hotspurs 😂
Absolutly not, belgium has a good teamspirit psg didnt.
Portugal is the real psg of national team😂
Croatia also faced the worst possible scenario. The performance of the last 2 World Cups, as well as Nations League Final this year, didn't translated in European Championships. They had always get knocked out in the first round of knockouts and are on verge of failing to even play in Euro 2024 after devastating losses to Turkiye and Wales, which might result in playoffs.
The difference is that Croatia were always seen as the underdogs who punched way above their rankings, back in 2018 and 2022 nobody expected them to reach even the semis, while Belgium were the top ranked team in the world who were always among the favourites to win the world cup.
@@spinyslasher6586 But Croatia in 2018. also had many players from big clubs : Modric, ( R. Madrid). Kovačić ( R. Madrid), Rakitić ( Barcelona), Mandjukić ( Juventus), Vrsaljko ( A. Madrid), Lovren ( Liverpool), Perisic, Brozovic ( Inter)...Subasic was the best goalkepper in France with Monaco...and many other solid players.
@@ihghjgh because the other squads they faced off against, like England and Argentina, were seen as far better.
@@spinyslasher6586 maybe because of history, but at the time they definitely didn't have ( much) better squad. just cro players are not so hyped like players from england and similar countries.
How many 'Golden Generations' ever really win anything. Denmark and Scotland both had golden generations in the mid-late 80s but won nothing
Denmark won euros
France has had 3 long-lasting Golden Generations.
The 1978-1986 generation led by Michel Platini won the 1984 Euros sandwiched between their 2 World Cup semi-finals. Funny enough, they finished 3rd in 1986, by beating Belgium 4-2 in the 3rd play play-off.
The 1996-2008 generation, with Zinédine Zidane as the standout player, should be well-known. Other than the trophies and runner-up positions we know of, I also add the 1996 Euro semi-final performance, which was the launching point the 1998 story.
The 2017-now generation has lifted France back among the FIFA leaders, with the achievements we know of.
Radja Naingolin is underrated. Janujaz is the case of what if.
Fellaini also was a wasted opportunity.
Nice video! 😂
No way you snuck Batshuayi there😂😂😂
Back at Chelsea and Dortmund the guy was one of the most lethal strikers in Europe
What were his number? Because “one of the most lethal” is quite a stretch
Don't count lukaku. He might have costed milan a ucl. Milan could have won this year, even though no one expected them to win
You mean Inter Milan?
@@ezraezra2928yes
They could've easily won atleast one Euro...
Right.. that 2021 euro that italy won was so forgettable…team with no stars, but play as a unit
@@thecitizens4573 2016 was Belgium's best chance... But sadly they haven't won it for obvious reasons...
@@dinosutra That Euro did have a mentally strong Portugal and a very impressive France (especially from the 1/4 finals on), so I wonder if Belgium had the resources to take them down.
Portugal:ah shit!here we go again 😢
Same as England 2006, they were "golden" in being better than previous generations of their own country but not better than the teams they competed with. Couldn't cope with France and Italy's tactical and mental superiority in 2018 and 2021. Actually I think 2016 was their best chance but by then they had spent too long with Wilmots and even Wales smashed them.
We need to stop acting like 3rd place at the worlds biggest tournament isn’t a great thing. Out of 200 nations they got 3rd!?!?? Mexicos golden generation just got to the same spot they always do. Belgium was consistent and they brought their ppl joy cause they knew they could compete with the likes of France and Spain
Yea, as a Belgian I'm scratching my head at these videos.
Better teams have achieved less frankly.
it wasnt wasted, they just weren't the best national team. Tired of this wasted and disappointment narrative. Belgium's golden generation is similar to their 80s generation or portugal in the 2000s. Always near the final but never champions
Reminds me of England's golden generation in the 2000's
I'm curious what the pressure from the press was like?
No, they were just bunch of overrated players hyped by british media
They needed to adapt in 2018. France was supercomfortable giving the ball and counter-attacking and Belgium did not prepared the match thinking first about how to neutralize France first. Argentina thought first how to neutralize France and because of that (and not counting the help they received throught the whole tournament) were able to hold France for almost the whole match. Had France thought how to neutralize Argentina they would've never conceaded a goal. The same thing happened to Belgium in 2018, they only thought whar to do to score and win the match but forgot to think about what to do to stop France from scoring and winning.
They did finish 3rd in the 2018 world cup
Belgium 🇧🇪 downfall is sad
5:21 That was their 3rd. France has 3 long-lasting Golden Generations.
The 1978-1986 generation led by Michel Platini, winning the 1984 Euros sandwiched between their 2 World Cup semi-finals. Funny enough, they finished 3rd in 1986, by beating Belgium 4-2 in the 3rd play play-off.
The 1996-2008 generation, with Zinédine Zidane as the standout player, should be well-known. Other than the trophies and runner-up positions we know of, I also add the 1996 Euro semi-final performance, which was the launching point the 1998 story.
The 2017-now generation has lifted France back among the FIFA leaders, with the achievements we know of.
France had a Golden Generation in 2012
@@lexkanyima2195 You're joking, right ? How can a team which has just succeeded to one having been through a fiasco be a Golden Generation ?
@@tonybaihao4178 i mean it started when Dechamps took over.
@@lexkanyima2195 I think I see what you mean, but I still disagree. Deschamps didn't make this team golden as soon as he arrived. It took until Euro 2016 for this generation to start becoming high-class, and then golden. The 2014 World Cup was simply a rebirth, and Euro 2016 confirmed the comeback to their best in the 1/4 finals. So to be honest, the Golden Generation really started in 2017, with the final new youngsters coming in.
@@tonybaihao4178 well it is a rebuilding since 2012
It was like the 2006 England “golden” generation except the Belgium players actually played decently.
even Nainggolan .....beast
2 words: Roberto Martinez
In terms of talent, yes this was Belgium's Golden Generation as they boasted a lot of very good players Eden Hazard Kevin De Bruyne Romelu Lukaku Thibaut Courtois Dries Mertens Yannick Carrasco Vincent Kompany and others yet couldn't win a major tournament with these group of players. Failed to win the Nations League lost the semifinal in 2021 against France after leading them by 2 goals, at World Cups, they got knocked out of the last 16 against Argentina and the last World Cup they failed to get out of the group stages and in Euro 2016 they crashed out of the quarterfinals to Wales, Euro 2021 quarterfinal exit to eventual champions Italy.
For many years, Belgium were ranked as the number one country in the world and I felt like 2018 was their best chance of winning an international tournament. The reason for that is Eden Hazard was at the peak of his powers same with the likes of Thibaut Courtois Romelu Lukaku and Dries Mertens, and Kevin De Bruyne was approaching his prime years too and a lot of their players were at a very good level but unfortunately in the semifinals lost narrowly against France even if they played much better than them. A big issue with this team was being unable to deliver in key moments which is why they failed to get over the hump in international tournaments and it was obvious in 2022 that they had no chance of winning the World Cup and this caused problems in the dressing room.
After years of underachieving in big international tournaments, Belgium had a disastrous World Cup last year getting knocked out of the group stages and Kevin De Bruyne said that they were too old to win the World Cup and this also didn't help their on field performance and a lot of the players felt like 2018 was their best chance and not advancing past the group stages was surprising to say the least, there was never a feeling that Belgium had a chance to win the World Cup. With Eden Hazard retired, the likes of Kevin De Bruyne Romelu Lukaku and Thibaut Courtois not getting any younger and both De Bruyne and Courtois are both out with serious injuries, it's clear that Belgium's Golden Generation hasn't delivered in these international tournaments and they have promising players they can rely on in the coming years Jeremy Doku Openda Leandro Trossard Youri Tielemans Romeo Lavia etc, let's see what'll happen with the next generation of players for Belgium because if those group of talented players couldn't win an international trophy, I don't expect much from them in the future.
The glory days will return maybe prompt in 30 years to be fed it does come around
they probably crumbled under pressure
Belgium needed Pep Guardiola and Pep Guardiola also needed Belgium to prove both of the parties as a successful combination in national stage..
Pep Guardiola never managed any national team and if he took charge of this team and elevates the players to win an Euro, a world cup and finallisima then Pep Guardiola's football managerial career also be completed by winning all the trophies ❤❤
Love you pep Guardiola and love you Kevin de Bruyne
it starts with bad coaching. belgium cant afford top coaches. second there are injurys in 2014 belgium had the best defenders in the world but the offence was quite young. the dfence was very injury prone with kompany and vermaelen. then eden hazard was not a team player he was great at doing it all by himself the way he did in chelsea but failed the team play lik in real madrid. the should have given the keys to debruyne but in 2016 KDB was playing for wolfsburg. he wasnt at his peak at that point.
in 2018 they were so stupid to win against England in the first round. then we got lucky against brasil
We've missed our chance in 2018. Nowadays, we have a couple of talented young players, but it's not the same. In a few years, Lukaku, de Bryune and Courtois will retire, and Hazard has retired. Who will replace these top players? Who's gonna the future game makers, strikers, defenders? We've got nothing, and we'll win nothing. Not within 10 years.
Doku, Lavia
Don't be that pessimistic. We haven't even seen the new generation's potential on the international stage yet. Let's first see how they fare in the next Euros to draw some conclusions. They should also have a great chance for the next World Cup.
modric was the best midfielder until recently
When your fries are so good!
Bro, you r talking like its only about players.
Yes, its good result for them, 3rd place is really good result.
Germany 2018 was team with very good players, they were grouped.
Serbia 2010 with players like Vidic, Kolarov, Ivanovic, Stankovic, Subotic, Krasic won game against Germany then lost against Ghana and Australia with more less quality than Serbia.
I am so thankful the Spanish Golden Generation was never wasted
Once you label something golden generation its more likely to fail
They still have euro 2024
Actually this "golden generation didn't achieve more that its '80s precedent (Ceulemans, Gerets, Vanderelst, Czernatynski and Jean-Marie Pfaff) who came as runners up in Euro 1980 and 4th in 1986 Mexico WC)ñ
We talking about overall succes.
And Belgium under Guy Thys were less talented, but really mediocre when they really want to win for gold. If you compare those 2 eras. Belgium of the present were way more talented then the previous old generation.
What About overrated England they had good squad Every Time still No Major Trophies
Fun Fact : teams like Chile, Portugal,And Greece had more major tournament than England in this century.
As if the madness wasn't enough, the likes of Australia (Socceroos) and Senegal also won the major tournament in this century.
Even the women's branch of England (the Lionesses), who proved underrated and had a lots of sexism and LGBTQ+ issues, won the Euro 2022 at home soil and reached the last World Cup Final at Sydney!
Mentality. It's all in the head.
Only Courtois and Kevin de Bruyne are mostly the best today
Whose the best ever Belgian player
Kdb
@@nexusspike4074 KDB
@@elmicah1097 my bad
gullit
@@ya_hya You're joking, right ? He's Dutch.
It was wasted by Roberto Martinez
just blame the luck, what else they should be top on 2018 but France is stronger. Just like England 2002 they have strong players in every position but they met Brazil
The reason Belgium flopped was because their defence consisted of Spurs players. The bottling spread from Vertonghen.
World Cup 3rd place is not nothing.
KDB still plays very good
Not this time. After what happened during the Burnley game (catastrophic hamstring injury), he could leave the club as well at the end of the season.
Just because he got injured, doesn't mean he lost his form. Without him, Haaland is nothing. Now Alvarez is showing his form. After KDB comes, he will not play their matches again
Moussa Dembele was statistically one of the best box to box midfielders in the world during 2018. But they chose to play Alex Witsel, who was an average side-passing CM who played for some shite club in Russia and China leading up to 2018.
Dumbest decision ever in football. If you don't agree, ask Kevin De Bryne who the better player was.
Witsel is a better CM then Dembele
@@lexkanyima2195 lmao
Witsel is a DM, different position from Dembele. They could have played together, also why Nainggolan rarely got a look in was weird, quality player.
@@Mad_Intalect Naingollan has a different role
@@lexkanyima2195 In his prime, Nainggolan and De Bruyne were Belgium's best midfielders ability wise imo. Coaches didn't seem to rate him though, I heard he smokes cigs (allegedly), so maybe it's that, not sure though.
im afraid we may not even have a belgium country by the time another generation comes in
Kdb and kompany wasn't wasted cz king Kevin wins a Premier league every season
International stage mate not club level
Yh mb but he wasn't wasted in international stage if anthing
his teammates wasn't good enough or had the same problem playing for a team like city yk like haaland and city haaland is class for city but struggles internationally
If city was the same Belgium they would of won a trophy or had a better manager like klopp or guardiola
@@jackbradley5632 His teammates weren't good enough??? Hazard, Lukaku, Dembele, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Witsel, Mertens, Courtois all these names and they weren't good enough come on man bringing up Haaland is irrelevant he plays for Norway night and day in terms of quality
I ain't watched the video only came to comment
Harrods players
Pound shop managers
I wonder I wonder
I don't think the golden generation is no more. Jeremy doku is popping off and if teilemens can reach full potential he can be a great midfielder
Tielemans should be the 4th or 5th option for the team. Players like Onana, Lavia, Mangala and Vermeeren are the actual good midfielders. But yeah, the next generation of Belgian players is definitely still gonna be really good with the midfielders I just mentioned and in the attack Doku, Bakayoko, Openda, De Ketelaere, etc. The defence is gonna be the part of the team that'll have to improve because as of right now, there are no elite young prospects in that area
@@bentenv7524 I know but I think that Tieleman can become a 2nd Choice if he can get game time at Aston villa
One word Martinez
Hazara Golden Generation coming up:
GK Kamil (14 y/o)
LB Haseeb (14 y/o)
CB Mazahir (15 y/o)
CB Zaheer (14 y/o)
RB Adil H. (13 y/o)
LM Maisam (12 y/o)
CM Adil (13 y/o)
CM Arsalan (14 y/o)
RM Shujo (15 y/o) C
CF Asim (14 y/o)
CF Hasnain (14 y/o)
SUB Rayyan (9 y/o)
SUB Abbas (13 y/o)
SUB Hamza (13 y/o)
Who the fuck is hazara
These all players are black ball in pesmobile 2019😂😢😂
Roberto Martinez is an average manager, he just very lucky to be appointed to manage this golden generation... his record before manage Belgium, relegated with Wigan and sacked by Everton.. no experience with big clubs or big players, he just simply overated..
Better than any England Golden generation
Except for the one that actually won a World cup
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This made me weep for Italy. Belgium should have failed to qualify for 2018 and 2022 instead. In the end Belgium proved themselves completely inept to make impacts.
On the brighter side, while they did finally have a right coach, I feel it is too late now. However this still gave them the edge over Italy today, as Italy keeps making mistakes after mistakes and their refusal to admit coaching problems (opting for Spalletti instead of Albert Celades or Zinedine Zidane) have pillaged the country's national team despite the new crop of young talents they are producing.
Maybe it just wasn't a golden generation
sooo your telling me that MORROCO WIL ALSO END UP LIKE THAT!!! NOOOOOOO
Morocco is considered as heavy underdogs. No one expected them to went as far as the semifinal.
Wasted 😔☠️
Another one for Croatia 😢
I'm pretty pissed how Belgium keeps getting drawn with strong teams , yet they always put up a great fight. In fact, If Umtiti hadn't scored that header they probably could have pushed it and won!
Lakaka
Tbh it really is Lakaka's Fault
All Belgian players are of lion quality, but they are led by a cheetah instead of a lion. Cheetah is known for being fierce, but it is not good enough at the final touch and tend to be tamed easily.
Roberto Martinez was a terrible coach seriously. He had the talents on hands and he failed to capitalise them at maximum.
do you think he is going to fail with Portugal as well
Of course, I feel sorry for portugal to get such a shitty manager
-WASTED-
First, what definition of WASTED is relevant here?
Lack of World Cup success?
Each of these big Belgian names have made a comfortable living out of football.
That's quite an achievement against unempkoyment already.
Count your blessings
Name them one by one
Its really not that difficult, we have already done it several times
(I am from holland ;))
I cursed those Belgians after they broke my heart in the quarter finals by sheer luck of Brazil hitting the post time & time again. But now I feel bad for them but they did bottle it in 2016 & 2020 euros didn't they
It’s simply: it was just the coach: Roberto Martinez, he ruined our generation. Only people from Belgium would agree.
How ?
What did I say
Well sports are rigged so meh who knkws really
They were just unlucky against france. lots of time wasting and slow gameplay in that match. They were the best team in that tournament, but the best team don't always win.
Lack of depth in the backline + a lack of a professional killer instinct did them in during crunch time. BTW: this generation provided a preview of sorts during the 2008 Men's Olympic tournament.
Belgium has always had the wrong coaches. I think that was a factor.
what about the current one ?