After Belgium’s defeat against Slovakia on Monday evening (0-1) at Euro 2024, Amadou Onana got angry with a journalist who named him André, like the Manchester United goalkeeper.
A defeat that hurts. Monday evening, Belgium missed its entry into the Euro by losing to everyone’s surprise against Slovakia (0-1) in group E. A defeat despite several opportunities and two goals refused after the intervention video assistance. It was therefore logically disappointed that Amadou Onana showed up in the mixed zone to answer questions from journalists.
One of them attracted the wrath of the Everton player, confused with… André Onana, the Cameroonian goalkeeper of Manchester United. “My name is not André”, retorted the Belgian midfielder in English.
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De Bruyne also furious
This same journalist obviously had a complicated evening, since a few minutes earlier, Kévin De Bruyne also snubbed him, when he wanted to ask him a question in English. The Manchester City player raised his eyebrows, huffing “oh, ok”, before leaving the mixed zone without giving any explanation.
Messy and lacking in efficiency, Belgium has already put itself in a perilous situation in Group E of Euro 2024 by losing against Slovakia on Monday in Frankfurt. To avoid putting itself permanently in the red, Belgium will now have every interest in winning its next match on Saturday against Romania, the clear winner of Ukraine on Monday afternoon 3-0, when Slovakia will face Ukraine.
