Tiktukno: summary of today's events in sports, 28.11 (Sport1)
A deep crisis in the Belgian national team.
The surprising 2:0 loss to Morocco revealed deep fissures in the squad and although the Red Devils still have a chance to advance to the round of 16 (a win over Croatia will do the trick and maybe a draw will do), it seems that they should focus on the social situation before working on the weak ability.
Since yesterday, Belgium has mainly been dealing with one photo, which was published on the team's official Twitter page: Romelu Lukaku gathered the players of the squad for a motivational speech before the start of the game and everyone bends and hugs, except for one who stands upright and looks completely isolated: Kevin de Brauna.
The best player of Belgium, some would say the best in the world, has not looked good since the beginning of the tournament and yesterday he lost 27 balls.
After being chosen as the "man of the match" against Canada despite his poor ability, de Brauna admitted that "I have no idea why they chose me, maybe because of my name".
Everyone hugs, except de Brauna.
The Belgium team yesterday before Morocco (photo: official website, the Twitter of the Belgium team)
KDB seems off for now, lonely even.
Yesterday, when Jan Vertonghen (35 years old) grumbled after the loss that "surely now they'll say we're old", he aimed, among other things, at De Brauna.
why?
Because on the eve of the match, the Manchester City midfielder said that "we are already too old to win the World Cup".
It could be that De Braun said the words half jokingly, but it did not make anyone laugh, especially veterans like Vertonghen, Axel Witsel and Dries Martens who, together with him, made Belgium one of the strongest teams in the world in the last decade.
"In the World Cup, the players constantly have to be interviewed," coach Roberto Martins tried to explain, "90 percent of what they say is positive, but sometimes there is a sentence or two that the reporters take out of context."
Former striker Gilles de Bilde, who went to Qatar as a commentator, said: "Kevin de Brauna is becoming more and more isolated in the team. He is the best player in the squad, but he is frustrating himself and also frustrating the other players.
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