He will have launched 20 new Devils but Courtois eclipses them
Only time will tell to what extent Tedesco was responsible, but one thing is certain: the German’s mandate will only take up a few lines in the great book of Belgian football. The first post-golden generation coach who has failed to turn the page. With 58.3% of the points taken, he did much worse than his predecessors (75.4% for Roberto Martinez, 71.8% for Marc Wilmots). He is just above Georges Leekens in the list of coaches of this century. Which can give an idea of the posterity to which he will be entitled.
What will we remember most when we look back on the Tedesco years in the future? Of the 20 new Devils* he launched? Probably more from his argument with Thibaut Courtois in the middle of June 2023. This is not what pushed him towards the ravine but this conflict will not have made many people in Belgium want to extend their hand to him when he started to fall.
*Bakayoko, Lavia, Al-Dakhil, Vranckx, Trésor, Deman, Siquet, Keita, Vermeeren, De Winter, Kaminski, De Cuyper, Engels, Duranville, Fofana, Ngonge, Smets, Sambi Lokonga, Sardella, Bassette
