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Red Devils in the most difficult half of the table? “Proving that math is for losers” | European Football Championship 2020

The route of the Red Devils to the European Championship final looks very tough, while Denmark – the number 2 in the group of the Belgians – is presented with an easier route with an eighth final against Wales.

“Have the Red Devils miscalculated?” asked Karl Vannieuwkerke in Villa Sporza. “You can’t count on a European Championship”, suggested Wesley Sonck. “But I think it’s flagrant that two numbers 2 against each other.”

“Is that the penalty of getting 9 out of 9 in the group stage and becoming a group winner? That you have to play against Portugal in the eighth finals,” said Sonck.

According to Frank Boeckx, the Red Devils now have an important task. “They have to prove once and for all that math is for losers,” he said with a broad smile.

The Netherlands, England and Germany are in the more favorable right half of the table, but that is no guarantee of success, according to the analysts. “It won’t be that easy,” Sonck warns. “Certainly you can’t say that about Germany and England after the group stage.”

In any case, the die has been cast and the Red Devils have to compete against outgoing European champions Portugal. “The performance of the day will decide,” says Gert Verheyen.

“If you look at the sum of individual qualities, Portugal’s bill is considerable. But they play expectantly. Then you tend to think that it is feasible.”

“The best Belgium can beat Portugal in any case. Although the Portuguese will have learned lessons from their defeat against Germany. They will not bump into the same stone twice.”

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