From Anderlecht to the Devils in one phone call (and a few years of work): “My mother cried and hung up on me” – All football

It is as the Red Devil that Killian Sardella was invited to the set of La Tribune last night. Initially out of the selection, the Anderlecht full-back “took advantage” of Joaquin Seys’ injury to join the group and even played his first minutes (or rather his first minute) during the match against Israel.

“It was quite special. At the time, being a Devil was incredible. I arrived in a group where the energy was not great, especially following the ranking in the Nations League. From my side, I tried to enjoy the moment” he remembers.

The emotion at the time of the call to join the group

Sardella joined the selection as if in a waking dream: “Already being in the pre-selection was a big success for me. Playing for the Devils, I’ve dreamed of it since I was little. The generation of 2014, 2016 and 2018, it She’s the one that made me dream.”

He will forever remember the circumstances of this first call-up: “I went looking for this selection a long way. When I wasn’t picked up, I was disappointed but when it finally happened, I was very proud. I called my mom, she cried and hung up on me.”

Enough to experience from the inside the realities of a core group increasingly targeted by criticism: “It’s a young group, a new generation which plays a new system. It’s a group which wants, perhaps be that from the outside people don’t have this impression but all the young people want to live out their years of glory. It’s a group that has qualities.