Belgium was thrashed by the Netherlands in the Nations League and Roberto Martínez surprised when talking about the final result of the match; check details!
THE Belgium was thrashed for Netherlands this Friday, 3rd, for the first round of the Nations League. The confrontation between the two teams took place at the Belgians’ home, but the Dutch didn’t take notice of the rivals and got a great victory by the score of 4 to 1. After the match, Roberto Martínez gave a press conference and surprised in his analysis.
According to the Belgium coach, this result was necessary for his team and revealed that Holland’s rout is not a concern for the World Cup dispute. According to him, the defeat at this moment serves as a kind of warning and it was good that it happened at this moment, since the world championship will start in six months in Qatar.
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“Maybe it was the result we needed to wake us up, but we shouldn’t worry too much six months before the World Cup. The objective is to prepare the players, or rather, prepare this group for the World Cup through tests. For 20 minutes, we showed great things, but Lukaku’s departure caused an imbalance, especially in the loss of the ball.“, he stated.
Roberto Martínez followed the analysis of the Netherlands’ rout against Belgium and highlighted: “Then, when the game opened up and became more physically demanding, it got complicated because they were stronger than us at that level. This bad result, which should make us think, is the result of our difficult season, with many players who gave a lot and others who didn’t play enough.“.
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Then we saw that it was time to think about rebuilding on solid foundations according to the upcoming deadlines, with new faces like Amadou Onana, who showed that he could make us valuable in the future“, concluded the Belgium coach about the rout suffered by the Netherlands.
Belgium’s defeat by the Netherlands complicated Roberto Martínez’s team for the sequence of the competition. The group of the two teams is not the easiest and counts on the presence of Welsh and also of Poland, that beat the Welsh rivals in this first round of the Nations League. Therefore, the Belgians will need very positive results to reach the top of their group.
Source: sportbuzz
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