'It is really sad to see that Belgian group of players not fighting for the country.' Ex-Man City teammate criticises Kevin De Bruyne for comments on Belgium's World Cup chances BEL
Kevin De Bruyne has been criticised by Pablo Zabaleta for his comments suggesting Belgium’s squad was too old to win the World Cup.
The quotes from the midfielder emerged before their World Cup clash against Morocco, with De Bruyne saying their best chance at glory has already come and gone and the current team are now outside contenders.De Bruyne’s comments were somewhat proved right by their defeat to Morocco, but Zabaleta was not impressed with themThe Guardian“We lost some key players. We have some good new players coming, but they are not at the level other players were in 2018. I see us more as outsiders.
“We spoke about the mentality of that Belgium team. When you have some of your best players coming out and saying ‘we have no chance at this World Cup, the squad too old’ it will affect the mentality of the squad,” Zabaleta said.
The result means the Red Devils surrender their spot at the top of the group to Morocco and will need to get something from their final match against Croatia on Thursday to be sure of qualification to the Round of 16.talkSPORT World Cup 2022 CoverageWe’ll be broadcasting all 64 games in the tournament live, with over 600 hours of coverage across our network.talkSPORT is widely available across the UK via DAB digital radio and on 1089 or 1053 AM.
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