The Red Devils will have to play play-offs to try to stay in League A of the Nations League. The question of Domenico Tedesco’s future has been raised since this defeat against Israel. But should we really rule out the coach? For our experts, the answer is yes.
Will Domenico Tedesco stay with the Red Devils? The question has been seriously asked for several hours. The fault, of course, is the defeat against Israel, but, more generally, his record with the national team. 12 matches won, against 6 defeats and 6 draws. In the Nations League, the results are even more complicated, with 4 small points and only one victory in 6 matches.
A delicate assessment
For our experts, Alexandre Braeckman, Vincenzo Ciuro and Anne Ruwet, there is no debate to be had: Domenico Tedesco must pass the torch in the coming weeks. For Vincenzo Ciuro, there are too many elements working against him, starting with what we see on the pitch. “The balance sheet is implacable,” he even believes from the outset. “You find yourself in a group with France and Italy and you say to yourself the moment it starts, we are going to fight for one of the two qualifying places for the quarter-finals. And finally, last night, we are fighting for avoid not going down directly to League B, it’s still crazy, it’s scary”he believes. “To think that we had to play the last decisive match to avoid going down to League B against Switzerland, the 81st nation in the world, when we showed nothing yesterday, that frankly we had nothing to claim, there it ‘is simply scandalous’for her part, engages Anne Ruwet.
Our presenter also believes that Tedesco made communication errors, refusing, at the end of yesterday’s match, to admit that he was wrong. Vincenzo Ciuro also sees it as a big mistake and even believes that the coach had a negative impact on the image of the national team among the players. “The management of his group, the management of executives, the management of the new generation is also lamentable since finally, with the Devils, today, we come in, we go out, we are summoned when we play 10 minutes here, 15 minutes there, when you are not a starter in your club, the course of action is non-existent”he castigates.
“The gravedigger of our Belgian football”
For Alexandre Braeckman, there were too many tests, far too many in fact. In particular by opting for young people who were not yet ready. “He brought a lot of people, 47 players since he was there. But he brought them too quickly in my opinion”confides our journalist, nevertheless admitting that the injuries and the case of the executives could have played a role in this process. “But he brought in a lot of young people by not giving them the opportunity to go through the U21s or to learn. Maybe that destabilized a little.”he estimated.
Everyone is therefore in favor of a departure and a change of coach. Stubbornness in choosing profiles, lack of clarity in communication, gap between words and actions, lack of results: the overall results are negative. “At some point, he can’t drag us too far down. If we continue like this, he’s going to be the gravedigger of our Belgian football.”judge Anne Ruwet at the conclusion of these debates.
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