Eighteen months ago, Belgium lost to France in the Krestovsky stadium in Saint Petersburg. It was a crushing defeat and some observers felt that this generation had thrown away their last chance of winning a major trophy. Now Roberto Martinez’s team are back and although there’s a long way to go before the final of… Read More »
The BBC recently predicted that Belgium would win the World Cup. One of the factors that prompted this argument was the efficiency of their defence. Presumably this was based on their record in the qualifiers: six goals conceded in 10 games. Over half of those games were against opposition such as Estonia, Cyprus and Gibraltar.… Read More »
Highlight of the tournament Toulouse was the location for the highpoint of Belgium’s EURO 2016 campaign. Hungary were the opponents and it was the only time in France that Marc Wilmots’ men turned on the style. The first half was fairly even but after Belgium took the lead, Hungary threw caution to the wind and… Read More »
It’s been a long time since Belgium played their last match in a major tournament, 12 years in fact since they lost to Brazil in Kobe. Marc Wilmots had a valid goal disallowed but he’ll have forgotten that now as he focuses on taking his team as far as possible in the 2014 edition. Wilmots… Read More »
On May 13, Marc Wilmots will announce his ‘pre-selection’ of players who could go to Brazil. The final squad of 23 will be divulged to the public on June 2. Prior to the final group being announced, Belgium will play two friendlies, against Luxembourg and Sweden. After the announcement, Belgium will play Tunisia on June… Read More »
This picture was taken in June last year. I’ll aim to put together a prize for what the Belgofoot team feel is the funniest caption. I’ll try and find something for the first response naming the owner of the legs. Prizes won’t be big but will be Belgian-football related. Cheers John
Belgium go into back-to-back matches with Macedonia and the country expects. The exploits of the 10 Belgians in the Premier League have not gone unnoticed – just the opposite in fact. The Saturday night football programmes tend to start with ‘Belgians abroad’ before turning to the domestic fare. The stadium will be packed on Tuesday… Read More »
Marc Wilmots used 15 players in the games with Wales and Croatia. Here’s my view of how the players fared in the two matches. Thibaut Courtois: Hardly tested in the two matches; made important saves and interventions when necessary. He’s there to stay. Guillaume Gillet: Superbly taken goal against Croatia but he’s not a full… Read More »
Tonight Belgium play their most important game since they reached the World Cup finals in 2002. With one of the most valuable squads in world football and their players seemingly dominating the ubiquitous Premier League, it’s time for Belgium to show that they can become a leading football nation. Belgium have not qualified for a… Read More »
There are several reports today that both Aston Villa and Fulham are bidding for Racing Genk striker Christian Benteke. A figure of €7.5 million has been mentioned. This might be small change for a Premier League club but it’s a significant amount of money for a Belgian club. Racing Genk have an annual budget of… Read More »