Against Israel, the Red Devils thus had a fifth consecutive meeting without a victory. To find traces of such a hole, we have to go back to… 2009. Another era… But for former Bruges and Anderlecht player Marc Degryse sees the Devils going through another crossing of the desert in the years to come, as he confided on the set of VTM: “At that time, the golden generation was slowly coming of age. Today, I fear the situation is worse than then. Tedesco, after this failed Euro, chose to experiment with this Nations League and it failed. It’s his responsibility. I fear this is not sustainable.”
The Red Devils and Tedesco were painful to see
“Strange choices”
For the old Devil, “It’s the addition of small things that makes Tedesco’s situation no longer tenable. First there was the conflict with Courtois, then the failure of the Euro. Then De Bruyne who, after France, criticized not only his teammates but also Tedesco. He thought we were playing too defensively and that the tactics were not good. Then there were those two matches against Italy where we were nowhere for a half each time because of strange choices.”
Marc Degryse thus believes that Tedesco is not the right man for the Red Devils and that he no longer has an impact on his group. Which is reflected in the numerous player withdrawals in recent gatherings. An opinion shared by Guillaume Gillet who confided on the set of Complètement Foot that “the evil is truly deep.”
“This can’t go on any longer”: the Belgian press trashes the Red Devils and puts pressure on Domenico Tedesco after the defeat against Israel
For the former Anderlecht player, “It’s not just on the ground that things aren’t going well.” Gillet also points to Tedesco’s responsibility in this failure: “What else can he say to his players after a performance like that? He lost control of the group a long time ago. Its legitimacy has disappeared. He can say whatever he wants, I’m sure the players are no longer behind him.”
“We have become an average team again”
For his part, Philippe Albert was more lenient for our coach who had to deal with the players he had available. “Given the starting line-up, we shouldn’t have expected a miracle”declared the former Red Devil in the columns of Sudinfo, “certainly, the start of the match was good but the level fell after 20 minutes. On this point, I don’t even want to massacre Domenico Tedesco because he has extenuating circumstances in view of the many absentees, including the 5 announced on Saturday.”
An opinion that Marc Degryse does not seem to share at all. For the former midfielder, the Italian-German did not make the right choices in these selections from the start. “That’s how we get to this hodgepodge. Ok, on the one hand because of the injuries. But also because players who have not yet proven themselves to wear the Red Devils jersey are called up. He could have made many other choices, with players who have the qualities to play such matches.” Degryse believes that the best Belgian players at the moment are not always selected, which should be the case, regardless of their age or potential.
Annoyed, a Red Devil attacks journalists after the defeat against Israel
For Philippe Albert, the analysis is simpler: “We have become an average team again with players who are lacking and others who don’t bring much to this team.” The former Newcastle player therefore hopes that the executives Lukaku and De Bruyne will be back, and at 100%, for the play-off matches next March.
