Roberto Martinez, manager of the golden generation of Belgian football, took over in 2016. Under him, Belgium had their best-ever success at the 2018 World Cup in Russia; The Belgians were third in the tournament. And de Bruina departed after losing to Italy in the quarter-finals of Euro 2020.
Roberto Martinez has resigned as Belgium’s manager after Qatar was knocked out of the World Cup group stage by a draw with Croatia. He has been the manager of Belgium for the last six years.
In fact, if Belgium won the last match, they could easily go down to the group stage. But that was no longer possible in the practice of goal misses. Belgium fans in Qatar and in the country were in tears. The Qatar World Cup gave them their ultimate disappointment.
Let us explore some of the reasons behind the such failure of the golden generation of Belgium. The forward players of this team do not consider the defenders worthy. Defenders have been vilified in front of the media. Defenders are much slower; they are not successful in stopping fast strikers.
But Belgian defenders say otherwise. They think that this team’s strikers cannot create such opportunities. Due to this, sufficient goals are not being scored. It is clear from the behavior of the Belgian players that there is no unity among them.
Belgium football team players are in conflict. There is a lack of understanding between them and the depravity is evident. That’s why the atmosphere in the dressing room of the Belgium team is not right. Many players were unhappy with coach Martinez’s squad.
Moreover, there were fitness and injury-related problems in the team. Many players were not in form. Examples include Hazard and Lukaku. The way Lukaku has missed scoring opportunities in recent matches, it is clear that he is out of form.