A bronca, whistle and hoots in the stands occupied by the supporters of the Red Devils: it was against Ukraine, in June 2024, after a very poor performance of the Belgian national team at Euro 2024 (0-0). She qualified in pain before being eliminated by France in the round of 16.
For his baptism of fire, Thursday, March 20, in Murcia (Spain), Rudi Garcia would obviously like to relive the scenario of Stuttgart. The Belgians and their new coach will once again be opposed to the Ukrainians, before finding them, three days later, in Genk, in the province of Limburg, for the return match. The stake: to avoid a fall in League B of the League of Nations, after three defeats (against France, Italy and Israel) during this competition, in the fall of 2024.
At the time of presenting his first selection, Friday March 14, Rudi Garcia appeared serious, applied and consensual. “Very enthusiastic and motivated”apologizing for his pronunciation of certain Flemish names, claiming cultivating “Patriotic fiber” Belgian, the French technician has attracted his audience. In any case, he seemed to measure the importance of the two to come. For an audience now skeptical, for the leaders of a federation which barely comes out of a long crisis, and for itself: the successor of the Italo-German Domenic Tedesco, ousted in January for insufficient results, will not have the right to make mistakes.
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