The Red Devils have had a creditable, but not flawless international match. Vertonghen, for example, was unlucky, with a penalty caused. Franky van der Elst puts his finger on the wound.
In Shotcast, the podcast of Het Nieuwsblad, the former international reflects on the accelerations with which England hurt Belgium. “That was also due to the midfield. Once they accelerated, I had the feeling that there was room for the English, which allowed them to quickly play vertically.”
That in turn had an impact on the Belgian defense. “That did get Vertonghen into trouble, which also resulted in the penalty.” Van der Elst is full of praise for his buddy in defense. “Debast played football as he always does at Anderlecht: good on the ball, no mistakes this time.”
Van der Elst’s original point was about the Devils’ midfield, which had to leave control of the match to England at all times. Although it wasn’t all bad in that zone of the site either.
“Onana made a few good interventions, especially towards the end of the match,” Van der Elst noticed.
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