Domenico Tedescocoach of Belgium, commented on the defeat against Israel to UEFA.com: “We had 21 injuries in pre-selection and today we lost Leo Trossard and Zeno Debast to injury. We had a team that never played together, never trained together we started well but, in the end, in really difficult circumstances, we couldn’t get the result we wanted, and that’s why we’re really disappointed.”
On the positive aspects to consider: “I liked the mentality of the players who took to the pitch. Some of them played 90 minutes three days ago, and even tonight they were more or less forced to play 90 minutes. The lessons were planned, the goal was to get to know many players in view of the playouts in March.”
The playoffs/playouts: “We will stay in League A, I’m sure, because we know how to play this type of match. It will be important; it’s our goal, as is qualifying for the World Cup.”