Frankly, in an interview with the British newspaper The Guardian, Kevin De Bruyne ruled out any possibility of Belgium being world champions in Qatar. “We have no chance, we are too old”, he began by saying. “I think our opportunity was in 2018. We have a good team, but it’s getting old. We lost some key players. We have good young players coming in, but they are not at the level of others in 2018”, he continued critically, concluding: “I see us more as outsiders”.
The words of the Manchester City midfielder, the most important figure in the Belgium team, do not seem to have gone down well within the team itself. This Sunday, after a surprise defeat of the European team against Morocco, former Benfica player Jan Vertonghen -35 years old- recovered the subject and, with some ironyHe did not fail to show that he had not liked the words.
Clashes in Brussels after the defeat against Morocco. Police use water cannons and tear gas to disperse the crowd
“I have several things going through my head right now, things that I shouldn’t say, at least outside the dressing room,” he told Belgian Sporza. Next, the defender analyzed the team’s performance considering that, despite the “great quality”, the team did not know how to create “many opportunities up front”. The perfect argument to ironically sting your colleague: “We probably attack badly too because we’re too old, right?”
On the same occasion, Vertonghen assumed that the team hoped to “qualify for the round of 16 this Sunday” and that he himself was making life difficult. “Now we have to play a difficult final, in which everything will be played”assumed, referring to Croatia-Belgium of December 1.
Source: Observadora
