, the second largest European , Red Devil , is really old? On the evening of the 27th, the third place winner of the last World Cup, Belgium lost to Morocco 0-2 in the second round of Group F, and the record of 38 consecutive wins in the group stage of the World Cup was ended. Previously, the team's core de Bruyne said that the team could not win the championship in this event because the lineup was too old. Judging from the progress of the game, what De Bruyne said is not false.
narrowly defeated the Canadian team in the first game. The average age of the starting lineup of Belgium reached 30 years and 181 days, setting a new high for this event. Head coach Martinez believes that this is his "worst performance" in the past six years of coaching. In this game, he adjusted three players in the starting lineup and sent out the Hazard brothers, the big Hazard was on the front line, and the little Hazard supported behind his brother.
's lineup adjustment did not work. The Belgian team's offense was still slow and slowly. The offensive problems on both sides were particularly prominent. They had no speed and no breakthrough ability. Occasionally, there were several chances of crossing by , but they could not send high-quality passes.
De Bruyne is in a sluggish state. The calm commander at Manchester City has only 71% of the pass success rate on the field, and only 75% of the game. When the team was behind, he dribbled the ball several times and wanted to change the situation, but he was surrounded by his opponent again and again.
Hazard is of no use, and he can't even stick to the whole audience. Instead, Mertens, who replaced him, completed a good-quality shot after coming on the court.
In desperation, the Belgian team sent out the injured Lukaku , and he failed to change the situation.
At the beginning of this year, the Belgian team had been in the world's top throne for more than three years and was occupied by the Brazilian team. Losing this game, the record of 8 consecutive victories and 13 unbeaten games in the European Red Devils World Cup group stage was also unbeaten. Belgium The history created by the "Golden Generation" in the world football world seems to have come to an end.
Morocco is indeed a team that is good at defense. In addition to this game, they have "short-cut" their opponents in seven consecutive games, including the runner-up and third place in the last World Cup.
Morocco also showed a very high free kick level in this game. Before the end of the first half, they scored with a small angle of free kick. Unfortunately, the referee believed that Seis, who was in an offside position, interfered with the goalkeeper's sight and the penalty goal was invalid. In the 73rd minute, Sabiri, who had just come out of the bench, scored another free kick from a small angle. Seis was still running in front of the opponent's goal, but there was no problem with the goal this time. They became the first African team to beat Belgium in the World Cup group stage.
Belgian team won and lost in the first two games and had 3 points, and in the last round, they could only "fight" Croatia team. The third and runner-up team in the last tournament could only be one of the third and second runner-up teams advanced to the top 16. Morocco currently has 4 points and they will play against Canada in the last game.
[Reporter] Bloomberg
[Picture] Xinhua News Agency
[Author] Bloomberg
[Source] Southern Media Group Southern + Client
