Recently, news about the internal strife of the Belgian team was very rumored. The "Team News" revealed that after the second round of the game, there was a fierce quarrel between de Bruyne, Veltonghen, and Hazard . However, according to Belgian media Nieuwsblad, the Belgian team denied rumors of internal strife.
After the game, Vertonheng said in an interview: "I have too many things in my mind that shouldn't be said, or at least it's not suitable to say outside the locker room." A moment later, the Anderlecht defender added: "We didn't create anything. Our poor performance on the offensive end may be because we are too old, right? Maybe that's it."
Everyone immediately doubted whether Vertonheng was targeting Hazard and De Bruyne. Hazard publicly stated the day before the game: "We don't have the fastest defender in the world, but they know it themselves." And Manchester City star De Bruyne also told reporters that Belgium is "maybe too old" to win the World Cup championship, which made the atmosphere in the team very tense.
According to the "Team News", this is indeed the case. According to French newspapers, Vertonheng then went to the locker room, where he expressed strong dissatisfaction and frustration with the letter from the Belgian captain. The defender reportedly added: "Things like this can't be said outside the locker room" and stressed that he himself has been protecting all players even if they are not on the team or perform poorly.
Hazard, De Bruyne and Vertonghen had a fierce conflict, and then the conflicts arose from all sides and tit-for-tat. In the end, Lukaku intervened and ended the chaos.
But when the Belgian media conducted an investigation within the Belgian national team, the Belgian team denied it. A Belgian team insider even said: "This is nonsense." According to the "Team News", at an event on Monday, Martinez and executives held a crisis meeting to reconcile opinions from all parties. The national team coach keeps in touch with sports psychologist Jeff Brues every day. Martinez only told the media that there had been a talk and did not disclose more details.
In any case, Belgium's match against Croatia has been greatly affected.
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