The Belgium lost 2-1 against France in Nations Leagueplaying the final part of the match with numerical superiority. For this and for the latest disappointing results, the Red Devils fans chanted “Tedesco resign”. After the elimination in the round of 16 of the European Championship, again with Les Bleus, the start of this new competition was not the best.
Subsequently the coach did not speak to the TVs for a few minutes after the final whistle, there were, second RTLhours of reflection, with Belgians asking the Federation to intervene on social media. His position is not solid.
In the end anyway Domenico Tedesco spoke to the local media, as reported by Nieuwsblad.be: “The result is a great disappointment. We played a good match and we had many opportunities. We played aggressively, we did very well. We must always move forward. So it will be a different match, even better. Then we could have won. I don’t know what the problem is. We played a good preliminary round of the European Championship with many goals. However, we have played many matches like this since the European Championships with many chances and few goals “.
The comparison with France is disturbing: “If they enter the penalty area it’s dangerous. They kick well at goal and always have the second ball. However, I see the glass as half full. Openda scored his first goal since I became coach of the national team This makes me very happy. And even for a second we did well. If we didn’t create chances, I would be more worried.”
The chorus about his resignation doesn’t bother him: “I didn’t hear anything. They came to tell me afterwards. I’m a bit upset because we lost, not because they would have called me out. It’s part of football, right? I understand that the result was disappointing , the performance was definitely better. Everyone is entitled to their opinion.”
Do you still believe in reaching the first two places in the group?
“I still believe in it. We want to take another six points. I continue to call up the best players. I hope Lukaku returns in November. I’m counting on it. Onana will also return. We also had a good period. In training, everyone was fit. they forget the first 30 minutes in Italy, we still have to beat Italy and Israel, we would still go through. Mathematically it is still possible , we did well in this group. It could also depend on Italy-France.”