The France team faces Belgium in the round of 16 of Euro 2024, this Monday at 6 p.m. From Brussels to Liège, Belgian supporters oscillate between revenge (after defeats in 2018 and in the League of Nations) and apprehension.
“I hope we don’t have the seum.” This Monday, Belgian supporters are impatiently awaiting the reunion with the France team, six years after the World Cup semi-final won by the Blues in Russia. But what should we hope for the Red Devils during this round of 16 of the Euro? After a sluggish group stage, finished in second place after an opening defeat against Slovakia (1-0), a majority of Belgian fans do not hesitate to use the word “revenge” for this meeting.
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“I hope Didier Deschamps doesn’t bring back his big pussy”
From Brussels to Liège, the supporters we met navigated between enthusiasm, “a desire to do things well” and some fears. “I hope Didier Deschamps doesn’t bring back his big pussy,” said one of them.
On the Liège market, Kylian Mbappé’s jerseys are a big success. And some Belgian supporters are not convinced: “But we say to ourselves that there is a chance.” “There will be Mbappé, they will be happy to shrivel us, they said it. Unless De Bruyne is motivated, fingers crossed.”
“Mbappé hasn’t shown anything at PSG this year. Not since the start of the Euro either. Neither does Belgium,” says another supporter, who will look closely at this poster like no other between two neighbors who have been sick with the flu since the start of the competition.
