Chapter 170: Warm-up Match
Ended the warm-up match with the Swedish team, although the final result was good, but Deegan also found some problems from the game, the young Belgian Red Devils did play fiercely, but lacked efficiency, in the warm-up game, such defects may be difficult to reflect, but once the European Championship comes, these problems will likely be fatal.
After the game, Antienes also identified these problems and held an intra-team meeting to repeatedly highlight some of the problems that had arisen.
In the next few days, Belgium spent the next few days in group attack and defense drills, and being able to draw the Vikings made the young Belgian people very excited, and the previous doubts were much quieter.
Immediately afterwards, before the opening of the European Cup, Belgium ushered in their second warm-up match, the opponent was the fish belly army Macedonia, such a warm-up game obviously has no value, the only player who can get a hand in Macedonia is only one Pandev who plays for Lazio, and some of the remaining players are still semi-professional, and the choice of this opponent is clearly to find confidence for the young people of Belgium.
The course of the game, as expected, was just five minutes into the opening period, when Mirallas received a cross from the side of Martens and headed past the Macedonian goal.
In this game, the only thing that Antienes emphasized before the game was the efficiency of the pass, and judging from the process of scoring the first goal, it is clear that the Belgian youngsters are beginning to take notice of these problems, reducing mistakes while making the football run as quickly as possible.
Of course, there is another point that is more crucial, and that is to be able to get hurt!
Before the start of the competition, the matter of the setback, it is not unheard of in international football, the 2002 South Korea-Japan Shijie Cup Zidane, Figo are all tragic in the warm-up game before the start of the game, and the more tragic is Cisse, before the 2006 German Shijie Cup, he was kicked by the Chinese player Zheng Zhi and broke his leg, and he could only wave a white handkerchief and bid farewell to his first Shijie Cup trip.
Degan's inability to play in the group stage due to the ban was already a huge headache for Antienes, and if any player was injured before the game started, he would really hit the wall.
So in this game, most of the players on the field of the Belgian team played more reservedly, except for one person, of course, that is, Fellaini.
Even in the warm-up matches, even against an opponent as stressless as Macedonia, he still showed the courage of a mad dog on the court.
The frizzy brat who was the first time he played for Belgium in the warm-up game has now been completely reborn, and this season, he has also been reused at the club, and with the accumulation of game experience, his talent has been fully developed, and his ferocious interceptions, powerful shots from outside the box, have made him the brightest star of Belgian football this season.
According to a survey conducted by the media, Fellaini has become the favorite player of Belgian fans after Digan, and may even surpass Digan.
Compared with Degan, who has always been very low-key off the pitch, Fellaini, a Moroccan descendant with a flamboyant personality and a fiery temperament, is obviously more suitable to become an idol for young people.
In this warm-up game, the second goal of the Belgian team was scored by Fellaini, and after two unsuccessful attempts from outside the penalty area, Fellaini finally knocked on Macedonia on the third attempt.
Fellaini looked very excited after the goal, and despite being a warm-up match and facing a standard belly team like Macedonia, it was his first goal for Belgium. 、
Off the pitch, Digan was also pleased with Fellaini's performance, and in his opinion the big man had finally opened his mind.
Not only did he perform well on the defensive end, but he also grasped the opportunity when attacking and stepped forward decisively, and if he could have performed like this in the group stage after the opening of the European Championship, the Belgian team would have a greater chance of appearing in the group.
Shortly after Marouane Fellaini's goal, Mirallas was able to counter offside and fired a volley into the next goal, the Greek descendant has never been a prolific goalscorer in Ligue 1 and did not expect to score two goals in this game.
Deegan was also pleasantly surprised, with Mirallas replacing him as the team's lone arrow in the group stage, and if he can perform well, it will certainly be great news for Belgium.
As the game continued, Antienes was also making frequent moves, and in addition to Digan, even the team's third goalkeeper, Mignolet, was given the opportunity to play, and Antienes also did this to allow more players to adjust their bodies to the best of their abilities.
After all, a busy season has just ended, and anyone can feel tired, so it's very important to adjust yourself to the rhythm of the game.
Dembele's second-half goal sealed the win for Belgium when he latched on to Gul's pass from just outside the box and burst into the box to stab the back of the net.
After the game, Degan became the busiest person again, Antienes, who was supposed to sing the leading role in front of reporters, took the players to summarize the game, and Degan, who had no game tasks, became a big idler.
"We played well, my team-mates deserve a round of applause, of course, we should be even more grateful to the Macedonian team, the warm-up before the European Championship is over, then we should focus all our energy on the European Championship, I know I can't play for the team in the group stage, I also regret it, but it can't be helped, but I believe in my teammates, they are all very young, they are all very good, and most importantly, they all have a strong heart. That's what I want to see the most, I don't know what the outcome of the group stage will be, I don't want to predict, all I can tell you is that I trust my teammates and they will definitely put me on the stage of the European Cup! ”
Di Gan has no other way but to trust now, entrusting his fate to others, this feeling Di Gan doesn't like very much, but for now, he can only be a bystander.
"Zuihou I want to say that I know that there are people in Belgium who are questioning the squad for the European Championship this time, but now we don't need anyone to question it, what we need is the support of the fans, so that Belgian football can continue to move forward, not only our responsibility, but also the fans and the media!"