All That Glitters Is Not Gold and Thibaut courtois knows it.Belgium's golden generation has fallen short of expectations once again Kevin De bruyne thinks it has everything to do with their age while his hot take may be right it may have caused some tension in the squad.Here's the reason why they have already been eliminated.A world-class goalkeeper in Thibaut Courtois,a towering pair of Center house led by the indomitable Jan Vertonghen,a genius in Midfield and Kevin De bruyne,an attacking side blessed with the hazard brothers and the selection of powerful Strikers including Romelu Lukaku and it's just not good enough.Leave their signature red color aside maybe it's time to call Belgium the old Devils,at least that's what Kevin De Bruyne thinks,man City's Starman and the third best player in this year's Ballon d'Or rankings believes that they have no chance of winning the World Cup because they're too old for that.
Even before the Red Devils were beaten senseless by Morocco in their second game in Qatar,Kevin De bruyne was convinced that any chance of them making history in the World Cup was out the window.According to the bell's Mastermind the ship that could have taken the Red Devils to a title has set sail a while ago."I think our chance was in 2018.we have a good team,but it is aging.I see us more as Outsiders."
While The Outsiders are certainly looking more and more out of it after their damning loss against Morocco their World Cup opener against Canada was nothing to write home about either.Coming away with the win thanks to an improbable goal for Michy Batshuayi and the glittering performance from Courtois who saved the penalty from from Alfonso Davis,Belgium was far from convincing anyone that this might finally be the tournament the golden generation fulfills its potential and de bruyne was one of six players who started in the win over Canada that are at least 30 years old for all math geniuses out there yes that's more than half of a football team but with more and more players reaching their peaks at around age 30 that might not necessarily mean failure but in Belgium's case it kinda feels like that's bad news enough but what's more troubling for the Red Devils is that the squad now feels nothing like the happy-go-lucky place it once was.One of the old guys Jan Vertonghen's comments after they are lost against Morocco cruising."I guess we attack badly because we are also too old up front.We didn't create enough chances. We conceded the same goal twice at the near post."
Although Roberto Martinez The Man In The Dugout for the last six years tried to downplay the dispute in his Squad suggesting that kdb's comment events might have been a Double Bluff it wasn't enough to suppress the foul smell coming from the locker room Eden Hazard the team's captain and another over 30 player doesn't help their situation either Real Madrid's king of pre-season training and fitness Aficionado had put the pressure on his defense before the game against Morocco calling them not the fastest players around.Coming from a man-making headlines more frequently for being overweight than he does for scoring or creating chances where Tongan must have felt a bit exasperated after three games in Qatar the Red Devils are eliminated from the FIFA Worldcup 2022,after the draw against Croatia.Is Kevin De bruyne right are the Red Devils Pastor prime or can they still pull off something special if you want to know how Belgium had built the golden generation we'll see you next time.
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