The Belgians didn’t respect their last dance and Lukaku is the only one who doesn’t blame him

The Belgians returned home, They are eliminated early in their final dance. In the end, the feeling remains that the last competition with Martinez on the bench, the last of a generation of great footballers, was not respected by the Belgians as much as it should be.

Football has become a tough sport

Football can really be a cruel and unfair sport. Although many opportunities were missed, the above sentence is not about their exclusion, but about the man who marked.

Lukaku missed a lot of great chances He even felt the need to pick himself up at the end of the fight. But the truth is different. Lukaku was the only one who didn’t have the slightest responsibility.

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In fact, He was the man who gave the Belgians the right to play their last cards. But let’s take things in order. It has long been noticed that Martinez’s team is not in good shape.

On June 3, Dutchman Van Gaal, with his conservative 3-5-2 and direct football, dismantled them 4-1 at home, highlighting that their three backs have serious problems both in conceding goals and that the opposition need not take serious risks. .

De Bruyne’s unacceptable statement is an omen of failure

The Belgians reached the World Cup, knowing that they are not in the best possible condition, but we are talking about the national team championships, where few teams present themselves without problems and defects. Certainly, Vertonghen f Alderweireld Football swept away the highest levels and forced them to return home.

But they were in a group with Canada, Morocco and Croatia. Groups with special virtues, but also weaknesses. A harbinger of failure was De Bruyne’s statement to the Guardian, which was unacceptable to the captain “We don’t have a chance to get him, we’re too big now. We had our chance in 2018, we have a good squad but we’ve grown. There are some new players coming into the team but it’s not at the level of what we had in 2018.”

This placement was a harbinger of failure. Now you will tell me why you are accusing De Bruyne, because he was 100% right in what he said.

In fact, everything was exactly as he said, but De Bruyne is not a commentator, but the captain of this team. And when the rest of the Belgian football players see that their captain does not believe in them and even excludes that they can go far in the championship.

You understand that it is impossible to create the required inspiration, to rally the whole to bring out its soul, so that the possibilities are exhausted and there is a successful presence.

Old Croatia has soul

Indeed, Belgium was an aging team, but one that lacked heart. In contrast, Croatia is also an aging team, but one with heart and players with personality. And the Croats, they have an aging core, but you’ll never hear Modric, which lowers the confidence of his teammates.

In every tournament, in every match, they give 100%, putting their soul on the field. The Belgians were soulless.

Lukaku came in when Martinez’s team had already failed

At the end of the match against Croatia, Lukakus curse was gone. Only the Inter striker entered the field when the team had already failed and he was the one who, without having to, tried to give them the kiss of life. He came close to lifting the dead team from the grave, but the ball was doing him no favors.

I will try to be more understandable. Martinez knew that Lukaku was watching Inter matches from the stands. Since the end of August, he managed a total of 22 minutes against Sampdoria on 29 October, where he relapsed.

Belgium is sick throughout the tournament

In the World Cup, the Belgians had to go with Batshuayi as their main striker and Martinez decided to call up Lukaku for the knockout matches.

But the tournament went wrong, there was a defeat against Morocco, Batshuayi proved that he could not meet the requirements of the position and in the qualifying final with Croatia, the Spanish coach decided to go with a forged 9 for Mertens.

A logical decision, in a set that works properly, has the potential to execute footballers from the backlines. Despite having great midfielders, Belgium were ill throughout the tournament.

Lukaku was the only reason the Croats entered their region

So in the first half against Croatia, Belgium don’t have half a chance, they are ready to be eliminated and the coach is looking on the bench and his only hope is the injured one, from the rhythm of Lukaku.

And for Belgium to score, they must throw into battle a footballer who has been watching matches from the stands in a vest since the end of August and hopes to prove with his presence that he can open up the Croatia defence.

In fact, Lukaku, with his impressive physique, has managed to put the Croats in the zone. It was only his personal achievement, and the match was crying out that if Lukaku didn’t come in, the Belgians would find it impossible to find a way to lock the Croats inside the area.

It worked, he gave life by entering a poor team, keeping conditions very low and besieging the Croats, but he couldn’t score the four big chances he found.

He certainly couldn’t be blamed for that, because Belgium, De Bruyne, Tielemans, Carrasco, Witsel, Hazard, Duque, Castañed, Mertens and everyone else involved, they needed a footballer who had been out for the last 3.5 months he could become. threatened.

Admittedly, if Lukaku had the speed of play, at least one of the chances he missed would have made it a goal. It is also recognized that if he had not entered the field, Croatia would have had a great afternoon. Everyone in the Belgium national team bears responsibility for this reality, except for Lukaku.

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