"I proposed it all at my suggestion, Coach Antienes just took my advice!"

The reporter who rushed to Florence from Belgium heard Degan say this, and he was immediately stunned, although he had suspected that Degan would play a big role in this matter, after all, Degan's influence in the Belgian football circle is obvious to all, but he never thought that this matter was what Degan meant from the beginning.

"I thought about this after the match against Portugal, after the German Shijie Cup, there are people in the Belgian national team who have lost their desire to win, and that is what worries me the most, so I approached Coach Antienes and suggested to him that there should be more people like Thomas. I'm sorry for players like Vermaelen to be in the national team, but there's no way around it, as coach Antienes said, we have to look forward, Belgian football has been standing still for many years, the former European Red Devils have long since lost their prestige, and if it continues and doesn't let the young people take over, Belgian football will still not change. ”

"You mean that it is possible that the players who are not selected this time will not be in the European Championship next year?" That's what people are most concerned about right now.

Digan thought for a while and said: "Not necessarily, there is still a whole year before the European Cup, no one can say for sure what will happen, I can only tell you one sentence, the Belgian national team will always open the door to those players who have a desire to win!" ”

"But isn't it unfair to do that, after all, those players played in the qualifiers, they were the ones who contributed to Belgium's qualification for the European Championship, but now it may feel unfair to exclude them from the national team just because of an attitude problem!"

Degan shook his head and said, "No! Of course, you may have some truth, but it is all the Belgian players who support Belgian football, not a certain person or a certain team, of course, people can say that those players who enter the national team training squad for the first time are here to pick peaches, but in fact, they are also contributing to the football cause of Belgium as a country! Maybe it's a little unfair, but again, we all have to look forward! ”

After the press release of this interview was released, it immediately caused an uproar in European football, how could people not expect that a player would have such a big influence and be able to decide who can enter the national team!?

Degan's name is once again associated with the ball tyrant!

Some people are still doubting Degan's motives for doing this, and there is even a theory that because Deegan clashed with Pepe in the first round of the European Championship qualifiers, was banned by UEFA for three games, and will not be able to participate in the group stage of next year's European Championship, so he came up with such a high-sounding reason to ruin the Belgian team.

"I'm not that mean! What the truth is, by the time it comes to next year's European Championships, you'll all see! ”

In any case, there is no way to change things, and the team has been assembled in three days after the Belgian Football Association announced the new national team training squad.

Those players who were selected for the national team for the first time were naturally very excited, especially those young players, who never thought that they would one day be favored by the national team.

Journalists from all over Europe also flocked to Brussels, and they also wanted to see what was so great about these carefully selected players by Degan.

It was the first time that Belgian football had been noticed like this, except after the 2006 Shijie Cup in Germany.

Over the years, Belgian football has indeed declined, the former European Red Devils are no longer majestic, has been reduced to the second rate in Europe, think about that year, how beautiful Belgian football was, in 1986, they even reached the semi-finals of the Shijie Cup, although they were defeated by Maradona alone in the semi-finals, but Cifo and Celemans also impressed the fans.

As a representative of Belgium's golden generation, Heifo was only 20 years old when he participated in that cup, from 1986 to 1998, he represented Belgium in four Shijie cups in succession, but after entering the 90s, the European Red Devils are no longer the invincible division of the past, and the departure of Selemans after the Shijie Cup in 1990 further weakened the team's attacking strength, and today, Belgium has been reduced to a second-rate team in Europe.

The Belgian men's team used to be known as the 'Red Devils of Europe', but since the retirement of superstars such as Schiffo and Predholm, Belgian football has started to fall into a slump, and after the retirement of striker Wilmots, they missed the finals of Euro 2004 in Portugal.

But with the addition of Degan, the European Red Devils Belgium finally have the opportunity to show their style in front of the world, the runner-up of the German Shijie Cup, although Deegan has been stubbornly claiming that the runner-up is a failure, but for the Belgians, the runner-up undoubtedly represents a brilliant start for Belgian football. Dot.

Head coach Antienes was very lucky, he was already very happy to have a super striker like Digan, but looking at the players in front of him, he realized that he was too negligent before, and actually missed so many excellent young players, and now he doesn't need to be jealous of anyone, because he has too many young talents.

In the goalkeeper position, Antienes originally thought that Proto was already very good, but now he has a younger, more outstanding Bailly, this handsome big boy is definitely the most promising player in Belgium to become a shijie-level goalkeeper after Predholm, and he has been playing in the Belgian league Hajqiang Genke team for three years at a young age, of course, Genke will not be the end of Bailly, his future should be in the top five European leagues, if it develops normally, Sooner or later, he will become a first-class goalkeeper in Shijie.

The tall Bailly has a huge range of control and is closer to Petr than his predecessor Predholm. There are few rivals in his age group and all he needs is to prove himself in a tournament like the European Championship.

Antienes has vaguely regarded Bailly as Belgium's No. 1 goalkeeper in his heart, plus Proto and Mignolet, three insurances are enough to reassure him.

The Belgian national team's backline, a combination of old and new, as long as they are given a chance to show, will definitely become the envy of every country.

Van Bitten, who plays for Bayern Munich, the Bundesliga hegemon, has strength and experience, and Kompany, who has been tested by the Shijie Cup, is currently the core of Fiorentina's defense. Ajax's centre-back duo of Vermaelen and Vertonghen are not very old, but they already have the potential to be first-class centre-backs. In addition, the veteran Hojkens and Genoa's Van den Boray also have good strength. Left-backs Lombard and Poconioli, as well as young right-back Drur at Loquelen, are also talents.

Except for Van Bitten and Hojkens, most of the other defenders in their early twenties have already experienced the baptism of the tournament and are in the golden age of both ability and experience.

After the retirement of Shifo, the Belgian midfield has not been qualified for a long time, and the only midfielders who have been able to get their hands on the 2002 Shijie Cup have been Simons, who has played for a long time in the Bundesliga, and former captain Gul.

Now Antienes doesn't need to have a headache for this problem, after personnel adjustments, the current Belgian midfield configuration, although it is not luxurious, but as long as they are given a chance, they will definitely shock Shijie.

Simmons, Gul and Boufer are still in the team, providing their experience, the captain of the Belgian league giants Standard Liege, Witsel has excellent offensive and defensive ability, as well as the midfielder Fellaini, who also plays for Standard Liege, the Asian teenager Na England who plays for Piacenza in Serie B, the main midfielder Dembele of the Eredivisie Alkmaar, De Fahr of the Standard Liege team, Martens of the Alkmaar team, and David of the Genke team. Hubert, who has both offensive and defensive midfielders, and also breaks through the wings with super organizational ability, such a midfielder can pose a threat to any team if he plays perfectly.

The forward line Belgian team has Shijie's first striker Degan, as well as Mirallas, Bolaite, De Cullaire, and De Culler, who were selected for the national team for the first time, among the four forwards, Bolaite and De Culler are both strong and tall centers, Milaras is a second striker with a certain jishu ability and a relatively balanced overall situation, and De Lade belongs to a small and fast type of small forward. They can arrange different combinations of strikers according to different opponents, and each combination will have good lethality.

Overall, although the current Belgian national team has good jishu ability, their biggest advantage is their body. In terms of height and physical strength alone, there are very few teams that can compete with them. If Antienes wanted to, they could even line up in the starting lineup with a height of 190 or more.

If you have to find a weakness, it is their experience, especially in the absence of Degan, the international experience of the midfielders is relatively lacking, and the speed and agility are barely counted as their weaknesses, in fact, most of the players with their height are not as slow as they think. If such a team is perfectly combined and plays overall football, it will be difficult for any team to win against them easily.

When he first accepted the Belgian national team, Antienes's biggest headache was how to stimulate the surplus value of those old players, and now he has no such troubles, with so many outstanding young talents, he feels that he should be the one who is envied.

"François! Are you still worried? Antienes couldn't help but ask smugly.

François didn't expect that the list circled by Digan with a pen actually hid so many pearls, and he had to admit that he was still too timid before.

"Alright! I'll admit, Rhodes was right! Still, old friend! Three days later, are you really going to use all the newcomers? ”

Antienes did not hesitate, nodded and said, "Of course! The biggest thing these youngsters lack now is experience, and I want to get them familiar with the style of play of the national team as soon as possible, don't worry! François, it's just a warm-up game, the results are not important, we have to look forward, we have to take a long-term view, next year's European Championship, is the time to really test us! ”

François didn't speak, but he couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive, he admitted that these players who entered the national team training squad for the first time are indeed very good, but football games need to be judged by results.

Even if it's just a warm-up game!

If the results of the two warm-up games in front of them are not good, the pressure they will have to bear can be imagined.

Although at present, those public opinions in the outside world have been suppressed, as long as there is a problem with the national team's performance, countless people will definitely jump out and bombard, especially those players who are excluded from the training camp.

Whether Antienes will be able to hold on is still unknown.

Of course, this is not what he is most worried about, François is most worried about whether these young people can withstand the pressure once there is opposition, and once the pressure is heavy, ruining these good seedlings of Belgian football, they are the sinners of the ages.

François's worries, as far away as Digan in Italy, also have the same worries, he admits that his approach is a bit of a seedling, especially for those young people who are not yet twenty years old, if they are given enough time and patience to wait for them to grow, the European Red Devils will also recover in the future, but he can't wait, so he will be so extreme that those young seedlings who are still growing quietly are all stuffed into the national team.

In the past two days, Degan has also been on the phone with Antienes all the time, asking about the team's training, although the information from Antienes seems to be good, but Degan is not at ease.

Finally, the day before the start of the first warm-up match in Belgium, Degan still flew from Italy to Brussels, and did not hesitate to bear Irina's complaints and personally supervised the team.

"Rod! You deserve a good rest at home on this rare holiday! Antienes looked confident.

Degan is not as optimistic as him, this personnel adjustment is equivalent to a major operation on Belgian football, but any such major operation must have a painful process.

All Deegan can do now is to pray for a haode result in tomorrow's game, otherwise, some people are afraid that there will be trouble again.