Xinhua News Agency, Doha, November 27 (Reporters Zheng Xin, Yue Ranran) After the Belgian team lost to Morocco 0:2 in the group stage of the Qatar World Cup on the 27th, the team's head coach Martinez said that his team was still on the right path at the beginning, but gradually lost control as the game deepened.
On November 27, Belgium head coach Martinez (right) directed on the sidelines. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xu Zijian
"We created some opportunities in the first half. The players were very motivated and did a good job of conducting the opponent's transmission in front of the penalty area. But in the second half we lost control of the game." The Espanyol who attended the post-match press conference could not hide his loss. He said that players should be happy and enjoyable to play in such a competition, but some of his players lost this mood on the court.
Belgium team scored by their opponents in the first and second half using free kicks , but the first time the goal was invalid due to offside players being offside. Speaking of two goals that were exactly the same, Martinez said that such goals are difficult to defend themselves.
"This kind of ball is very floating and rotating when flying, and our defenders are likely to score an own goal." He said, "But escaping the first ball did not sound the alarm for us. I think this is a big problem." Losing this game means that the Belgian team's previous record of eight consecutive victories in the group stage of the World Cup was a thing of the past. Martinez admitted that he didn't care about these data. What the team currently needs to do is to regain confidence and win in the life-and-death battle with Croatia in the last round.
"We still have good players, and I think we played better in this game than the first one." Martinez said, "We will review today's showdown well, strive to win the last round and achieve group qualifying."
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