Such a disgrace in Brussels was a very long time ago. The party night of the Red Devils against the Netherlands turned out to be a huge sobering up. The Orange squad won another derby for the first time in 25 years… and that with 1-4. A blow that few saw coming.
The match has already been brought up all over the place in advance. Ten years ago, the Red Devils won 4-2 against the Netherlands. The beginning of the Golden Generation, it turned out afterwards.
Hopefully tonight’s performance should not lead to such big conclusions in the future…
Belgium was unrecognizable against Orange for most of the game. Okay, there was the great opening quarter. Only the ankle injury of Romelu Lukaku turned out to be a turning point before half an hour.
Afterwards, the Netherlands took over command in the derby. Bergwijn crowned the dominance of the visitors with a wonderful long shot just before half-time.
Bergwijn opened the score with a nice long shot.
Defense with shame on the cheeks
Martinez intervened: Hazard – okay but not great – and Vanaken left, Onana and Mertens joined the squad. It didn’t make any difference in the least.
After a dramatic pass from Boyata, Berghuis cut open the Belgian defense with a wonderful cross ball, which Memphis completed with pleasure.
Could it have been due to a lack of motivation that the Devils couldn’t turn their backs? On the hour Dumfries took care of the 0-3, five minutes later Memphis left the Belgian defense behind with shame on the cheeks. Even with Thibaut Courtois, it couldn’t have saved things here.
In the stands of the King Baudouin Stadium there was whistling and booing. How long ago was that?
The late savior of Michy Batshuayi was a small band-aid on the wound.
Five months before the World Cup, the Red Devils suddenly have their feet on the ground.
The defense found no solutions today.
A match that Toby Alderweireld wants to forget soon.
Is this defeat the harbinger of worse?
