Paul Rouget, Media365: published on Friday October 11, 2024 at 1:55 p.m.
After having managed to hold Italy in Rome for the 3rd day of the League of Nations (2-2), Belgium hopes to take its revenge against the Blues on Monday in Brussels, a month after the French victory at Groupama Stadium.
The Red Devils have come a long way. Trailing 2-0 at the Olympic stadium in Rome after just 24 minutes of play Thursday evening for the 3rd day of the Nations League, with goals from Andrea Cambiaso (1-0, 1st) and Mateo Retegui (2- 0, 24th), they managed to reduce the gap just before the break against the Italians reduced to ten thanks to a magnificent strike from Maxim de Cuyper (2-1, 42nd), before equalizing at the hour mark. game on a point-blank goal from Leandro Trossard (2-2, 61st). Belgians diminished due to the absences of captain, Kevin de Bruyne, top scorer, Romelu Lukaku, and Amadou Onana, and who are still satisfied with this draw, after a catastrophic start to the match.
“In France, we started strong”
“It’s certain that there was room to win this match, even if it’s still a good result to take a point here in Italy. The start of the match is frustrating and we have to learn from that,” he then said. reacted, on RTL, Youri Tielemans, who recovered the captain’s armband in the absence of De Bruyne. The former Monegasque then returned to his team’s defeat against the Blues last month at Groupama Stadium, before looking ahead to the new reunion between the neighbors, scheduled for Monday evening in Brussels, at the Roi-Baudoin stadium. “In France, we started strong and collapsed after conceding the goal. Here, we reacted well after the two goals. We didn’t start well, but we grew in the match. It will now “We have to play a full match on Monday to try to get a good result,” he concluded. Didier Deschamps’ men, who did not really shine in Budapest at the same time but ended up making the Israelis see reason (4-1), have been warned…
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