The Red Devils were unable to make the difference last night in the Nations League. Our national team lost 1-0 and obviously, the members of our Jury did not appreciate what they saw.
A defeat against Israel, no one really saw it coming. But yet, this is what we experienced this Sunday. The Red Devils lost 1-0 and were therefore unable to complete their Nations League journey with a victory. As always, the RTL Sports Jury delivered its verdicts, not without a certain disappointment in the comments.
A goalkeeper in green
We start by distributing the good points. For Vincenzo Ciuro and Alexandre Braeckman, there is only one man who deserved this green card: Koen Casteels. Solid, the goalkeeper was beaten by an error from Smets, but he has little to reproach himself for.
“He was still decisive, as he was throughout the Nations League campaign”even believes our commentator. “It wasn’t easy for him, following the whole Thibaut Courtois affair. He became our number one and despite the fact that he plays in a minor championship in Saudi Arabia, he performs at a very high level. Fortunately ‘we have it, because the defense is hard to see’he continued.
An opinion shared by Alexandre Braeckman. “He made a brilliant save in the first half. On goal, he can’t do anything, on shots at the post, he can’t do much either. But he’s there, he’s still effective and he shows that he is ready to assume this starting status in the national team and that is really reassuring when we know that we have lost Thibaut Courtois”estimates our journalist.
Silvio Proto himself… does not designate personsuch is the disappointment. “I am so disappointed with the outcome, but also with the quality offered by our players, that I cannot put a player in green today”regretted the former Red Devils goalkeeper.
Young people in orange
Now for the players in orange. As a reminder, the orange card is awarded to players who can do better, but who have not delivered a performance too disappointing to fall into the red.
Silvio Proto designates the whole defensesans exception. “We really gave this match to Israel”he curses at the outset. “There were too many individual errors, it’s not like Israel created chances. If you played today against a nation like, for example, the Netherlands, England, or I in passing, you took two, three, easily”he then explains.
It is Johan Bakayoko who gets Vincenzo Ciuro’s vote. “In an unusual position for him, he showed desire. He always offered a solution by carrying the ball. Some quite interesting passes, a lot of activity. He is a player who deserves more playing time with the Red Devils, but you have to use it in its right place.”our commentator tells us. Remember that Bakayoko replaced the injured Trossard by playing on the left wing while his preference is for the right wing.
Alexandre Braeckman, finally, would opt for Dodi Lukebakios. “Offensively, he tried things. He’s one of the most dangerous players, but he still lacks efficiency. It’s sometimes very messy. We sometimes have the impression that he wants to do too much. He loses balls by dribbling which is not useful, by refusing to let go of the ball.”he judged.
Domenico Tedesco en rouge vif
We end with the red cards. Silvio Proto and Vincenzo Ciuro are on the same wavelength and only point to one man: Domenico Tedescothe coach. “I think it’s time for the federation to turn the page”even believes the former goalkeeper. “He can’t get the best out of our national team. We see players who don’t want to come, we saw the Courtois affair, we saw too many negative things, even though it’s him who must really instill this group dynamic”.
“He royally screwed up again”even believes Vincenzo Ciuro, who then tackles the proposed show and the results obtained. “His record in terms of figures is catastrophic in this League of Nations. Where did he want to go? What did he want to offer us? We don’t have the answers, we come out of this competition with even more doubts, more questions than a few months ago, it’s really becoming very, very worrying. It is up to the Belgian Football Union to make the necessary decision.”he regretted.
Alexandre Braeckman prefers to designate a player, namely Arthur Vermeeren transparent in the middle of the game. “He’s a very interesting player for the future. In ball management, in distribution. But he looked out of his depth, physically, technically. He was dropped tactically. Difficult to give him the slightest positive point today He potentially pushed us into the middle of the game, because he was of no use,” concludes our journalist.
The verdict of the RTL Sports Jury
RTL Sports Jury Red Devils Nations League Domenico Tedesco
