The Euro 2024 round of 16 between France and Belgium began on Thursday at the Tour de France, where Belgian Remco Evenepoel predicted a landslide victory for the Red Devils on Monday in Düsseldorf.
“It will make 4-0 for Belgium“, said the world time trial champion, a former top-level footballer who was even captain of the Belgian junior team, during a press conference in Florence, two days before the start.
Another Belgian rider, Oliver Naesen, was less optimistic but still promised a 2-1 victory for the Belgians.Belgium isn’t great, but hey, we’re still there. I think it won’t be like the World Cup (2018), which was also during the Tour. France had won (1-0 in the semi-finals) and the whole team was for France, except me. It might be different this year“, added Naesen who races for the French Decathlon-AG2R team.
His teammate, Paul Lapeira, brand new French champion, did not agree. “I think there will be a lot of banter and I think Oli (Naesen) will be a bit disappointed on Monday night.“, he said.
At the Euro in Germany, France and Belgium qualified as second in their respective groups, finishing for the Blues with a 1-1 against Poland, which was already eliminated, and for the Red Devils with a 0- 0 against Ukraine after which their own supporters booed them.
Remco Evenepoel pronostic belgique France
