Belgium vs. Morocco FULL REACTION: ESPN FC gets HEATED! 🔥

The ESPN FC squad discuss Belgium’s disappointing 2022 World Cup as the “golden Generation” comes to a close.
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[@kingdaymon6433]

Morocco played Croatia to a stalemate and outplayed Belgium, maybe they are just better than people think.

[@ethanjohnson6861]

US beat them 3-0 lol

[@mohamedaminechraa6817]

@@ethanjohnson6861 that was a completely different moroccan team, even the coach was sackd

[@Footiegoblin]

@@ethanjohnson6861 bruh the coach changed +only hakimi and amrabat who played that match and also played vs belguim

[@oldstuff3710]

@@ethanjohnson6861 different times different players. Different coach

[@noblemoi]

@@ethanjohnson6861 At the time, Morocco had a failed coach But in fact, the match between Morocco and Canada will be more difficult than the match with Croatia, and the Moroccan team may lose it.

[@tbouroki]

Frank: "Most Moroccan players come from France" - Out of the entire 26-man squad, only 3 come from France.

[@S1LVAW0LF]

It’s the Algerian players that come from France usually. Moroccans can be in Spain, Belgium, Netherlands or France.

[@respectopinion6129]

@@S1LVAW0LF 6 players today from moroccan league ...they managed to move to europe

[@Zenatalion]

He also said poor country and people are suffering? What documentary did he watch The French never change. The fool is always a fool

[@Pablo-ib8lh]

@@Zenatalion Stereotypes my g African Country = Automatically poor African Country with white dudes = They're from France It's so racist to the point it's not offensive at all, rather hilarious

[@yawchuks3057]

@@Zenatalion Surprised here myself about that. Morroco is not poor and certainly not a small country!

[@brahimhatim6215]

They spent most of the time talking about Belgium setback, but this Moroccan team is genuinely brilliant with a bunch of talented players playing for big clubs in Europe!

[@rosaeruber225]

what do you want?

[@handofagurzil6951]

@@rosaeruber225 He want you to mind your own business as his comment is directed towards the channel managers.

[@rosaeruber225]

@@handofagurzil6951 that doesn't make any sense but okay.

[@aissamafifi3268]

@@rosaeruber225 talking about what Morocco could do better as well as what they highlighted as positives in Morocco's perfromance

[@Agadendro]

critics love bathing in negativity lol

[@nolimitjibaa3103]

Morocco wins and they ask what's wrong with Belgium. Lol Morocco is class, put some respect on their name

[@sancurioso711]

Yes.. But look at the name on the Belgium team. Belgium generation did not make it to a world cup final. & no Euro

[@ababababab896]

Yes but Belgium was number 2 and Morocco 22 on Fifa list

[@humourless157]

As an Algerian it's really sad to see these pretentious "analysts" focus more on the loss of Belgium and completely ignore the fact that Morocco were simply the better side. 🇩🇿🇲🇦

[@maromorostar6621]

Morocco is not a poor country yes if you compare to European countries but compared to the world and the rest of Africa it's doing alright, and it's getting better and better as we speak.

[@nounalmazyouna9567]

The Belgian guy is saying "Morocco is a small country". Well i'm just wondering if he ever looked up his country on the map! He'll realize it would represent less than a quarter of Morocco's size 😅🤦🏻‍♀

[@worldpeace5853]

With all the things said, it was a great play by Morocco with never say die attitude. We need new champions. Excited to see the new talents in Africa and Asia as well!

[@khal7702]

maybe we need a new Champion from Europe too or America

[@WarhogTV]

I wish canada got out with morocco, but now rooting for morocco & croatia to get out

[@Youngcarter354]

@@khal7702 no y’all had France Germany Spain Italy time for a new continent

[@nyasha_ish]

@@Youngcarter354 yhea but only Brazil who themselves won in 2002 are gud enough to win it aside from Europe, so highly doubt a new continent is winning this year

[@mlsarchitect]

Usual condescending BS from a loaf of white bread.

[@gouram23]

Ten minutes talking about Belgium and 3 about Morocco 🇲🇦 Hakimi is a champions league winner, somthing tgat De bruyne still dreaming about Cheers lads

[@SA-ge5cj]

I don't know why ever doubted Morocco! They have amazing players and amazing passion

[@sdot5389]

People doubted them because they were in disarray with their coach and Ziyech and Mazraoui not playing for the national team for a few years.

[@sssaint6283]

Mazraoi is a great player.

[@nyantakyibannor9328]

because they are unfamiliar with them.These football pundits always focus on the European and South American heavyweights; as far as they are concerned nobody else matters. When it comes to the FIFA WC, they need to call on pundits familiar with African and Asian teams to contribute.

[@cassie1941]

@@nyantakyibannor9328 for real it gets boring

[@loummad9552]

Morocco team was amazing especially Ziach

[@lifequotescheckout.5564]

Never expected Morocco to be that much good. Honestly I want to see Morocco and Portugal till the final.

[@MuhammadAli-eq1on]

Bro what are you ssying belgium is good team but not level of morocco, they mer last time in wc and stl morocco won

[@addir9502]

Morocco to the final? Highly unlikely but it'll be a historic one

[@melvinbarnett1910]

Well they all play in France so, no surprise.

[@yafa4540]

@@melvinbarnett1910 yeah exactly and the ligue 1 is most Africans its strong one no surprise

[@lucieellul1041]

@@yafa4540 we got 3 players on premier league and 2 in Serie A too. Also La liga 3 or 4 players. Our GK bouno got Zamora trophy as the best GK in la Liga playing with FC Seville. So many ppl have no idea about how talented Moroccan players

[@BabsW]

Those of us who watched the last African Cup of Nations aren't that surprised at this result. Morocco is a very good team.

[@jujutrini8412]

Exactly!

[@adedayoadeniran5226]

And that was without Ziyech.

[@zeddii7126]

@@adedayoadeniran5226 and without mazzraoui aswell (very underrated, lateral in Bayern)

[@rakhmathadita3917]

i heard there is some argument in national team before the world cup, is it true?

[@tbag3674]

@@rakhmathadita3917 yes between the old coach of Morroco and many of Morroco’s good players including ziyech and mazraoui but luckily he got fired

[@pjkr123]

Morocco’s lineups mostly played in top leagues of europe! Some of them played in PSG, Chelsea, Bayern and Sevilla

[@mr.k.8787]

Still playing

[@SanRyuKo]

Hakimi is in psg, ziyesh in Chelsea, mazraoui in bayern, bounou and en-nsayri in sevilla, and much more, they're not to be underestimated at all.

[@rawdaw3869]

@@SanRyuKo and nayef for west ham and Amrabat fiorentina

[@jujutrini8412]

Well played Moroccans!

[@redwan251075]

Frank spot on. Morocco is a well drill, cohesive team.

[@Kratos-005]

Martinez was always a bang average manager. He managed Wigan and Everton in England. Fans of the premier league will always know he was a mediocre manager. How he got the Belgium job baffles me.

[@thisIsFunnyLolz]

Yeah I’m not an Everton fan but it was disappointing and he didn’t seem to like to take risks or make major moves (ex never tried Baines at cdm when they needed one and many people wanted him to try it)

[@johnk9019]

He took Wigan to relegation,to never return

[@dominicmodchard4415]

How he got it and kept it for so long with winning nothing

[@RidwanGosal]

@@dominicmodchard4415 I mean he did win third place in the 2018 world cup. I guess even though his current tactics is quite suspect, it served him well in the previous WC and Euro Cup. In both previous tournament they were beaten by the eventual champion.

[@statickk14]

Actually Martinez is good for smaller teams, not for a National team

[@elbeekb4331]

Morrocco have very good players.. they have exceeded my expectations..

[@neymar25tony57]

being born in the US and being part Moroccan i am so proud of my nations

[@speentje6268]

Why does he say Morocco is a “tiny” country and that people are “suffering”. The country is literally (according to google) 1.8x times bigger then the entire United Kingdom. It is poor yeah, but suffering? And he says “most are from France” only 2 players were born in France. 2 were born in Spain and 3 were born in Holland. The remaining are all born in Morocco.

[@Denyo666]

Wrong, 3 starting players alone were born in the Netherlands. Mazraoui, Sofyan Amrabat , Ziyech. And they have another Dutch born players on the bench Zakaria Aboukhal. So that's 4 in total.

[@SunsetNova]

Why is it difficult for them to admit Morocco is the best team in this group? Morocco is a quality side

[@martvince7599]

Because its from Africa. Its just that simple. They were entitled to win.

[@hi-ls6lt]

@@martvince7599 Morocco is pretty special in that they can represent both Arabs and Africans with their achievements. I think maybe that’s why Europe downplays them more than other sides maybe.

[@sam_sa09]

@@hi-ls6lteta make it far to prove them wrong 😊

[@MaximusTheChosenOne]

Because euro’s superiority complex cannot allow them to admit a lowly African team is good. Same reason they downplayed the US outclassing Wales and England.

[@hichamelmbarrae6889]

it's called racisme

[@giannisignori2812]

Alot of people underestimate Morocco because they are a team from Africa. But 8 of the starting 11 were actually born in Spain, France, Belgium or Netherlands and came though some top academies like Ajax and Real Madrid. Technically, they are a European team, and just as good as Serbia or Switzerland. This result wasn't really a shock considering this aging Belgium side.

[@chargehand100]

So you’re basically saying an African team doesn’t have good players unless they’re born Europeans. You actually strengthened the argument you’re against

[@S3bot]

I get the point but it's a terrible western idea. Eto'o, Drogba, Mane, Salah, Parteh, Weah, Yaya, etc were all born in Africa. Morocco was just better. This tournament is actually African Diaspora vs the world.

[@khal7702]

@@chargehand100 Europe has better schooling so he is right, doesn't take away from their heritage just because they weren't born in Africa, depends on the parents

[@billyanderson5679]

Bono, who is one of the best goalkeepers in the world grew up in Morocco and used to play for Wydad Casablanca and Sevilla wanted him because of how good he was.

[@jonathansaunders6697]

if africans are so underestimated, or inherently lower quality; why is everyone begging them to play for them?...so France won a cup with 75% african team..so the rest of europe said cant beat them join them..Canada's ascendance is cause of a 75% african team..due to government "whiting" policies, descendants of african slaves are only 7% of modern Ecuador, but 90% of the football team...pretty soon you will have a Africa vs Africa world cup final;..and wont be a single African flag on the pitch

[@onlyahuman493]

I loved how the Belgian & Canadian press underestimate Morocco & think it will be their match to qualify haha . I think they forget the last world cup & Morocco was very close to beat Spain and draw with Portugal

[@khalilrami1838]

We are better than people think, if you visit Morocco's games in the last world cup against Portugal and Spain, the referee was waaay in favor of the opposite team, now that it's fair We get our chance to advance

[@getmoney3806]

I agree. I feel like the 2018 squad was even better than this 2022 squad. Belhanda was my favorite.

[@JayD2006]

Saïss didn't score, it was Sabiri.

[@adilsaid8324]

Yes but FiFa decided to award the goal to Saiss somehow

[@ACTHEGOAT]

@jhdg In the eyes of 37 million Moroccans, Abdelhamid Sabiri scored the free kick against Belgium. Keep crying

[@adamsolyman7561]

@@ACTHEGOAT The law says that when you participate in the goal and block the vision of the goalkeeper, the goal is counted for you, and the offside is also counted for you. Even though you didn't touch the ball, I mean, Ziyech and Sabiri made assists for Saiss

[@ACTHEGOAT]

@@adamsolyman7561 Stupid rules. They should change who the goal counts for to whoever had a bigger contribution to the goal between the last 2 touches to the goal. It's like a player sending a historic shot and it's entering the goal and someone just touches it and the historic goal counts to them.

[@Iksysty5]

Belgium's gold generation is almost over. We all should accept that Morocco just played well and won. No need to blame Courteous, it was a bad day for him, he is still one the best goalies in the world

[@monsif5048]

Morocco was the best in the match, scoring two goals and keeping a clean sheet, and all this is against the second best team

[@MarocNews32]

It's not the first time Between Belgium and Morocco 4 games 1 ✓ 1994 _ Bel 1 mor 0 2 ✓1999_ Bel 4 mor 0 3✓ 2008 _ Bel 1 mor 4 4 ✓ 2022 _ belg 0 mor 2 6 Gool for Belgium 6 Gool for Morocco It's like ( derby) classic From Morocco ❤️🤝 hard Luck 🤞👑 Belgium

[@MarocNews32]

@CODING_MLD 😂😂😂👍 Nulle

[@jacobmag4450]

Watch and learn , Moroccan team is 100% different, apparently some people still living in the past , this is the new Moroccan team with a real Moroccan coach. Moroccan team played very well , the performance of Morocco was perfect.

[@khal3300]

people forget that in the croatia game morroco was the better side and were dissapointed not to win that game for playing too safe .

[@andrewmijacika4656]

You gotta be smoking we had more possession and expected goals, we were slightly better than game

[@figo007tv]

Costa Rica is about to donkey smash Croatia b

[@ihghjgh]

morocco was better? hahahah. african fanatic

[@Vassios]

@@ihghjgh but still you didn't beat us 😆

[@Chris24_]

@@figo007tv you watching the donkey Kong cup? Costa Rica isn’t in their group.

[@anwarely7923]

LeBeuf doesn't know his geography. He said Morocco is a small country. Moroccan is 10 times bigger than Belgium and is slightly bigger than your France. Another fact for you in 1986 in Mexico, Morocco topped his group ( England, Portugal) and made to the next round and almost eliminated Germany if Matius didn't cheat

[@thewolverine7516]

Matius or Matthaus?

[@KM-qg5fv]

He meant small team. Language barrier

[@yavuzturk8341]

Morocco is the lion of Africa. 🇲🇦 Congratulations Morocco.🦁 Greetings from Turkey. 🇹🇷 My team is Besiktas and Roman Saiss playing in my team. 🖤🤍🦅

[@kristasunesis9158]

That Belgium is not a bad team, the manager just needs to make some hard decisions and drop some players. He has some good talent on the bench. Trossard has had a very extraordinary season so far in the EPL. He needs to put him on one of the wings and then remove Kevin from the wing and he puts him in the play making position where Harzard Edin has been playing.

[@nanzingdadi3205]

Why does hazard get to play . Just why . Lol. How does he even play before trossard 😂😂😂😂😂

[@lexkanyima2195]

@@nanzingdadi3205 he was the best player on the pitch during 2 games, he wasn't the same anymore, but he was not the scapegoat.

[@nanzingdadi3205]

If taking players to the World Cup was based on club performances , hazard still didn’t have any business been called up.. trossard deserved to have started before him 200%

[@obrianlewis2211]

@@lexkanyima2195 your kidding right hazard is not playing good at all

[@anonymous-rj6ok]

Eden Hazard wasn't the problem in the past two games. Meunier has been horrible. Witsel needs a wheelchair to find some pace. Batshuayi shouldn't be played as only striker because he can't keep the ball and hasn't any ability for link up play. But most of all what made the other weaknesses become more obvious: KDB has been underperforming (28 losses of possession vs Morocco). Belgiums strength always was KDB's ability in quick transitions and Lukaku as constant weight on the opponents defense and a clinical finisher. The other players were probably not much worse in the previous world cup but our KDB-Lukaku axis not being there made all the deficiencies more obvious for all to see. Martinez tactics has been depending on those two players for years now. He doesn't seem to have an alternative.

[@I41535D]

The golden era was from 2012-2018 missed opportunity

[@Frankieefootballmundial]

Forgot about euro 2020 they could’ve beat Italy in the quarterfinals

[@zoeysiddiqi1532]

euro 2020 was the last chance. the most overrated national team in the past decade

[@josephokorie3642]

They won bronze although they should have won the whole tournament 4 years ago. That was literally their best chance. Prime hazard, de bruyne, lukaku, mertens, carrasco and still a capable back line with kompany.

[@Frankieefootballmundial]

@@josephokorie3642 if they get elimanted it’s time for a rebulit

[@Iron-Bridge]

True. 2018 was prime and peak Belgium. Euro 2021 was the last struggling breath of a once promising squad. They're done.

[@AnimeVibeschannel]

Morocco was underrated by media.. just like " work in silence"

[@Yourworstdream..]

Look at moroccan players in which teams they are playing in and you will understand why they won. Why you are so surprised 🙀 and by the way Morocco isnt a small country 🤣

[@eln7594]

Tell them Chelsea, Barcelona, bayern Múnich and also one of them is Messi teammate matter of fact the Moroccan players are all over and another thing about this team the substitutes are so skilled that you can't pick which is which other words they all amazing

[@ayouba7829]

11:48 “It’s a small country” Morocco surface: 710.850 km² France surface: 643.801 km² “it’s a poor country as well” Morocco poverty rate: 2.42% France poverty rate: 14.6%. May you rest in peace Frank Lebœuf

[@Mosalah1001]

We are definitely not a small country the population in Morocco is 40 million and we are culturally and historically rich country but you can't denie that it's a poor country nowadays.

[@karimb972]

Are you mad ? I love Morocco it's my country but let's be honest: compared to Western countries we are poor. There is a reason we have a diaspora of tens of millions in Europe, North America and the Gulf. That statistic is bogus

[@csx3180]

​@@karimb972tens of millions? The entire moroccan diaspora from Japan to Alaska isn't 10 million lol

[@azzaouihamza9118]

Sais doesn't play for Wolverhampton anymore, he is also not the one who scored Sabiri did. Most of the guys playing in Morocco never played for France at any age group. Pundits who analyze games without knowing the players they talk about .

[@nesrutikuye9371]

Specifically when the player they are talking about is from the "less favorite County or club".

[@adedayoadeniran5226]

He also said Morocco is a poor country. Are you Moroccan?

[@othmain6021]

@@adedayoadeniran5226 morocco is a 3rd world country but very open and progressing very fast . You can find lambos and ferraris .. and also homeless people and poverty . But in general as a moroccan id say its a middle country not poor and not thaat rich . Good people hard working very welcoming and with very good sense of humour . And btw theese eggheads are trash they know nothing about morocco. The players are definetly not from france . There are from spain uk france italy all playing in top tier european clubs

[@adedayoadeniran5226]

Ziyech was born in the Netherlands.

[@user-mv7kh5sv9z]

It's a 7-game tournament. One off-day and you are out! Any team can be beaten on any given day. It doesn't matter how good you are. The previous game doesn't necessarily determine how you may play in the next game

[@XhoowieX]

But in this case it was entirely predictable based on their previous games. Belgium scraped past Canada and Morocco managed to stifle a very good Croatia side. Anybody surprised by Croatia destroying Canada hasn't paid attention to the last 25 years of international football.

[@sterslolo1041]

@@XhoowieX you dont understand, its football, it has nothing to do with ''the last 25 years of international football''

[@XhoowieX]

@@sterslolo1041 Croatia being consistently good since they've existed as a country and playing against a country that hadn't qualified for decades didn't have any influence on the score? What are you on? Yes anything can happen in any game, to an extent, but you can't seriously think every game starts as a 50-50?

[@LoganNYC]

If that was the case then we should just do a toss up and all go home. With that being said there is some uncertainty in it but soccer is like any other sport is science + the human error or success aspect of to it. Consistency is very important when it comes to the beautiful game!!

[@samkelorashuza5949]

@@LoganNYC soccer???

[@th3mllkm4n66]

I’d say the only proper “golden generations” in recent memory where a national team squad was absolutely stacked were Brazil 2002 and Spain 2010

[@TomWatsonB1]

Come on Frank. Morocco isn't a small country in population or size. There are 36.7 million people in Morocco, which is about 54% of the population of France. Morocco has 10 million less than Spain. If Morocco were in Europe, they would be 9th in population, just behind Poland (which they will soon pass). They have far more people than World Cup countries like Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal, Switzerland, Serbia, Denmark and Croatia. Scotland doesn't even have 5.5 million people. Morocco is a poor country, with a GDP per capita of around $3,500, which is less than 1/10th of Scotland's GDP per capita.

[@Reznor440]

Not starting Lukaku, Trossard and Tielemans is madness

[@hgabrielroseman4499]

Lukaku is no show in big games.😂

[@utsavbasu1048]

Lukaku did nothing when he came but yeah at let he is better than Bayshuyahi

[@yao052]

Lukaku wasn't fully fit to start those games.

[@mohamedalighouse4353]

Dont worry they have a fully rested Eden Hazard

[@tamnadvardis7039]

Yes trossand and tilaman on the bench am surprised for lukaku i understand he is not fit

[@dhruvurs9890]

Bye bye Martinez!! Bye bye Eden!! This team needs a rebuilding!!

[@peterparker2981]

@Ri1 with Croatia their next opponents?

[@edwyngottaamador6103]

@@peterparker2981 play like that against Croatia lmao would end 3-0

[@craigmillington1258]

Frank was ask by dan about azard and he switch and start to talk about the 2 center backs!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@craigmillington1258]

Frank a hypocrite re what the other pundits talking about hazard!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣he's afraid to criticized his favorite player

[@LT-sz1fj]

What did eden do to u😂

[@kamallagratte6770]

The first goal was from Sabiri not from Saiss. And who cares about Belgium? The news were made by Morocco not Belgium (ps: assuming this video finished at 13 minutes). Eh non Franck, désolé. Pas tous les marocains dans cette équipe ont été formés en France. T’sais , le monde ne tourne pas autour de la France . Y a plusieurs qui ont été formés en Belgique, Pays Bas, Maroc,…

[@ksg5375]

De Bruyne's statement just showed how pessimistic he is...along with some of his teammates....Atleast they should take chances, play with energy, dedication and see where it ends

[@mymemories925]

Man City failure in Europe syndrome 😕

[@utsavbasu1048]

How can someone say that?? Very bad mentality, imagine what the teams will be thinking like Egypt, Italy and some others who lost the world Cup qualification

[@agoodchow]

On-going 2022 World Cup is not done for Belgium. However, from 2014 to 2020, Belgium had never been a happy and well-clicking team in WC and Euro. Could you remember anyone particularly impressive in the Belgium team during that period ?

[@jponz85]

Can someone fill me in on what exactly he said(

[@lexkanyima2195]

@@agoodchow the build up towards Russia 2018

[@abdessamadech-chayne1711]

A beautiful and wonderful match that will remain in our hearts, O Aswad, with this ferocity and this organization, I am sure that we will say our word in this wonderful world cup in Qatar 🇶🇦, all make history, and salute to all the nation of Morocco 🇲🇦🇲🇦🔥❤💪❤❤❤

[@bzilla1090]

They laugh at Lukaku, wonder if they would laugh knowing Lukaku has more Premier League and Career goals than Drogba.

[@agoodchow]

Prefer Drogba over Lukaku any day

[@adenihunadewale9214]

Will you pick lukaku over drogba? If not,you don't have a point.I know it's not right to laugh at lukaku,but it's right to laugh at you,if you mention lukaku in the same sentence as drogba.

[@bzilla1090]

@@adenihunadewale9214 I'd have Benni McCarthy over both of them. The man who Mourinho actually wanted instead of Drogba

[@adenihunadewale9214]

@@bzilla1090 bro,I don't get,from drogba to benni mrcarthy,to who else? Kanu Nwakwo?

[@bzilla1090]

@@adenihunadewale9214 just saying hardly laughable, you were the one who asked me to choose and I would have neither.

[@thepakistaniwayneptunestud734]

BOUFAL N ZIYECH + MASRAVI AND HAKIMI THESE 4 WERE ON FIRE WITH THE LOUDEST CROWD SUPPORT BEHIND EM

[@noidols200]

If mourinho coached this team they would've got their respect by winning a trophy 🏆

[@handello]

It certainly was a legit golden generation for a mid-sized European nation, not sure what Craig was trying to say. This isn't club football where you can just buy a world class player for every position; even the great national teams of major nations had weaker players in their starting selections.

[@mymemories925]

Ask man City in the ucl why they can win it with the best team on paper in Europe!

[@znhait]

You don't know Belgium's history. They've been a good team for years. They're not Norway, Iceland, or Wales--historically, they're probably about the same level as Portugal. They made the semis in 1986 and qualified for every WC from 1982 to 2002. They only went into a lull post 2002 all the way to 2010. That's why the recently called golden generation got so much hype. This crop of Belgium players hardly did anything out of the ordinary compared to the past.

[@deandoesstuff3371]

@@znhait Exactly. The Belgian team's of the 70's and 80's reached a final and 2 semi-finals...People act like this is the first time Belgium has a good team. Then again, alot of "fans" on the internet are pretty much casuals who only know about recent history, so can't really say i expect more from them.

[@rajanmutreja3743]

It was but lot of big names and not a well knit team. Kind of the england golden generation of gerrard lampard rooney ferdinand who couldnt do well internationally

[@nicolascoles7402]

Didn't they only lose to France in 2018? Hilarious memory loss. Lukaku was chasing golden boot for a period that tourny too. I agree Trossard would be in there instead of Eden.

[@samdefore2692]

What is that exactly the same the population of Morocco is 38 million, Scotland is 5.5 million.

[@BC-mj7gj]

Morocco is the best team in this group

[@Footie4ever]

Playing Eden Hazard whose failing in Spain, while you have Trossard on the bench, whose been killing it in the EPL is because Roberto Martinez is afraid of dropping big players. You should play your best 11, who is on form. Not because of their achievement in the past.

[@antirnator8194]

De Bruyne is playing in a position where he can't do anything.

[@mymemories925]

De Bruyne is losing his battle to stay in the top 10 all time midfielders due to struggling internationally for club & country to win any trophies at the highest level!

[@antirnator8194]

@@mymemories925 Who/what is struggling?

[@therealpvc2541]

He’s being played where mourinho played him at when he was at Chelsea 9 years ago 🤣

[@IHateThingsThatEverybodyLoves]

What are you talking about? The guy is playing the position he has always played for Belgium but all of a sudden it's a problem lol you fangirls will say anything to back y'all idols lool

[@antirnator8194]

​@@IHateThingsThatEverybodyLoves 'position always played' next to a broken player and behind an unintelligent forward.

[@triplex1427]

Haven't y'all get the memo!?? There's nothing like Golden eras of team anymore....Matches can't be predicted with past victories or co-efficient anymore. Talents are rising from everywhere in the world...No more Brazil, Germany, France, Argentina, Netherlands exclusive anymore

[@ziz728]

Brazil and France are at another level of players.

[@triplex1427]

Wait till a team 2014s Brazil.

[@darkBillyHo]

Doku, De Keteleare, Tielmans, Trossard should all start

[@DailyDiscountNL]

Openda as well

[@atlaslion9845]

@ESPN FC: Saiss did not score the first goal, it was Abdelhamid Sabiri. I like ESPN but maybe more credit to Morocco instead of how bad Belgium is? Morocco has developed so much. Look at a Aguerd, went from Rabat to Rennes and then West Ham in a couple of years. We have two of the top backs in the world with Mazraoui (Bayern) and Hakimi (PSG). Bounou (Sevilla) who was chosen the best keeper in La Liga last season. Belgium did not play well, but Morocco is also the reason why.

[@alexalexalex797]

Belgium simply doesn’t have the mentality. Thats it. Also debruyne has never been a “media trained” person. He tells it like it is

[@h.shaman9815]

I am sure that Craig Burley will never forget his defeat with Scotland against Morocco in France 1998( 0/3 )

[@mjdny9871]

No my freind Morocco is not a small country, do your homework and it's not poor country either. Morocco is great country, it's economy is doing well, it's the second economy in Africa and people have jobs and live well. I'm so disappointed by this whole conversation, instead of recognizing that Morocco played well and deserve to win, they started talking about why Belgium didn't win. I mean give credits when it's do.

[@dylnchannelofficial]

This year World Cup is weird and crazy so far

[@huiyuanye6918]

Who would love a “normal” World Cup?? Get crazier!

[@LilRedRasta]

one of the worst in recent memory.

[@weareheroestonight5500]

@@LilRedRasta you have a memory of a fish?😅

[@respectopinion6129]

@@LilRedRasta this world cup is the best so far..russia world cup was the worst and 2014 was not that good... what are you smoking or are you lgbt fan flag and love media news enjoy this cup

[@vickjr98]

@@respectopinion6129 2014 was good come on now

[@goodvibes-seeen1354]

Saiss didn't score the first goal, it was Sabiri 😂. ESPN fc put that on Display

[@Brad88N]

You got Trossard getting hattricks at Liverpool. Everybody in Belgium wants Trossard to start instead of Hazard btw Martinez is 100 % fired

[@ChrisGrande]

Great words for Morocco by frank.

[@Mosalah1001]

Yes it was nice of him but he got all of his information wrong lol. You can't call a country with population of 40 million small and only two players there have a French citizenship (Said and Boufal) the rest are either born in Morocco and two from Holland and Hakimi was born in Spain!

[@karimb972]

@@Mosalah1001 our best and most important players were formed and trained in Europe....

[@S1LVAW0LF]

@@Mosalah1001 14 actually from Europe

[@hamzabourriz4279]

*THE WORST WORDS FROM HIM 🤢🤢🤢 THPICAL COLONIAL RA. CIST FRENCH ATTITUDE. CALLING MOROCCO SMALL AND POOR AND SUFFERING. IF SOMEONE HEAR HIM WHAT IMAGES HE GONNA HAVE IN HIS HEAD BUT WHEN HE WILL VISIT RABAT TANGER TETOUAN MARRAKECH..... HE GONNA SURPRISED BETTER THAN SOME EUROPIAN CITIES. AND CALLING IT SMALL WHEN THE DISTANCE ALMOST AS FRANCE WITH 40 MILLION POPULATION*

[@ChrisGrande]

@@hamzabourriz4279 thanks for your perspective. The way you explain makes good sense. Our friends have invited us in the past to visit them in Marrakech. I would like to get there someday.

[@reptilian_overlord]

De Bruyne as a coach would be absolutely crack! Like Zidane

[@fudgerace4356]

KDB: Let me talk !!!!! Let me talk !!!!!

[@IHateThingsThatEverybodyLoves]

Hello no lool

[@reptilian_overlord]

@@IHateThingsThatEverybodyLoves he like to talk to the press like Mourinho

[@hectorsalamanca2961]

Louis vaan gaal

[@vickjr98]

LMAO

[@noureddinebahbah]

Go morocco 🇲🇦👏🙌

[@kingdomofmorocco6721]

Hello frank Morocco it’s not small country we are about 40 million morocan , 5 million just in Europe

[@TZ_Mannn]

Aye nah😂 when Craig was asked about Scotland for Frank’s example and broo lmfao the slight hurt in Craig’s voice is hilarious “No” 😂

[@johnthedon8670]

2018 was their golden generations best chance of winning

[@Chris24_]

Listening to these muppets debate on weather it was “real golden generation” is officially an all time low for this panel. Lukaku might not be the most elite striker but he absolutely walks into almost every national team that doesn’t have Lewandowski, Benzema or Kane (Suarez in years prior) “maybe Courtois in there” MAYBE!?! I’m sorry but has Craig been watching a different sport for the last decade?

[@S3bot]

This tournament is actually African Diaspora vs the world. It highlights the legacy of slave labor & colonialism. At one point France had just one ethnic French player on the pitch with the rest Africans. Yet, France continues to sponsor terror through supported dictatorships in Africa, even confiscating their money. Kudos to Japan, S. Korea for for native effort.

[@aclaverie457]

I love these guys. I'm an American and these guys make me look things up.

[@Robnas621]

Like what things?

[@mymemories925]

The fact that there are 5 million Belgian Moroccans right now celebrating on the streets of Brussels as we speak!

[@aligaete7231]

Hi Frank, ...Morocco is not a small country, it is all most the same size of France with population of around 40 millions.

[@elkaddaouiyacine3779]

Morocco is bigger than France Moroccan has 710000 km

[@stevesimms5775]

Eden Hazard actually had 1 of the best chances for Belgium and some good dribbling if you check the highlights.

[@russellward4624]

So what? He had 1 good dribble in 90mns so he justified his position? He hasn't been a good player for what 6 years? Why is he playing?

[@jeremytesticleman1607]

@@russellward4624 because in those "6 years" (its actually 3) belgium haven't done jack without him performing. He's playing because he's the only one who actually lived up to the so called "golden generation" at the international stage.

[@russellward4624]

@@jeremytesticleman1607 and they've done nothing with him and playing a finished player because 6 gears ago he was good doesn't help you today. You must be a Utd fan, forever living in the past.

[@uwemattiss880]

Leaving trossard,tielemans and de ketelaare on the bench starting vertonghen,alderweireld and eden hazard in midfield and putting debruyne on the wings is the confusion of Martinez as a manager this team would have won a trophy in the last 10 years if they had a decent manager.

[@HelgeKS]

To Craig: Yes, this has been a Golden generation for Belgium. When a nation that didn't even qualify for a number of years in a row suddenly comes up with a team that should have won the World Cup 4 years ago, it is , for them anyway, a Golden Generation. Belgium is not a tier 1 team with traditions like Brazil, Argentina, Germany or France that are in the conversation every single time.

[@lawrenceojaamong9648]

Stevie's reaction when Lukaku is mentioned 😂🔥

[@mostaali4698]

There are two coaches I can't bear to see the way they think with their teams so far in the World Cup: the Belgium coach and the Netherlands coach

[@myownlilbubble]

Southgate? 🤨 or are you assuming he is going to be sacked after this WC.....🤔

[@mostaali4698]

@@myownlilbubble No, I don't think he's even a coach and how he got this job will remain a big mystery to me

[@hmmm_m.]

I support Belgium and England....and both the coach are really bad

[@Footiegoblin]

Portugal coach too

[@the180degreerule3]

To me I'd add Canada coach to the list, he was Terrible with his team to be honest he burned them out and abused their fighting will

[@oumchar]

As a Moroccan American I'm disappointed from these pundits. All you do is cry over Belgium as if Morocco should've lost and is not worthy. Well my friends Morocco was one of the first countries to recognize thr independence of the US and offer the new nation a helping hand. Also last time we played Belgium we beat them 4-0 in their home. Have some respect!!!

[@oussama4629]

These guys are clowns

[@AM2K2]

where is big Div Origi?! Get him up front

[@Jorge-oo2ih]

Look how easy they went on De Bruyne because oh his comments. If it was Hazard they’d absolutely slate him.

[@omaralsajer6348]

respect for Frank for his speech about Morocco 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@philipokongene9920]

Morocco is not a poor country

[@ayouba7829]

He literally shamed us by saying our country is small and poor like we some 3rd world country in poverty and war and crisis

[@karimb972]

@@ayouba7829 we are a poor 3rd world country by all measures and We're going to celebrate this for years while top European countries expect victories and cheer for a few hours at most.

[@MichaelHolmgaard]

@@ayouba7829 With all due respect, but isn't that exactly what Morocco is? It is listed as a 3rd world country, afterall

[@TonnyOkello]

Morocco isn’t a poor country. It is t rich but far from poor. Morocco has always done well in the World Cup. Remember France 1998 ? Remember the goal by Mustapha Hadji against Brazil?

[@YKT_OFFICIAL]

How FIFA still thinks Belgium is better than both the South American champions and the current WC holders is beyond me

[@DaTam-pg6sx]

The French analyst tried to downgrade Morocco history in football, but the other analysts mocked him. Even more, if Morocco is so poor why your retired French compatriots come to live in Morocco.

[@TerahAsh]

KdB is angry that Hazard is playing the number 10 role... and rightly so.

[@IHateThingsThatEverybodyLoves]

De bryune has been worse than hazard. KDB has literally been the worse performer in this world cup

[@frazer4737]

they havent been golden since the last world cup. The only elite outfield player in that team is de bruyne and hes playing like he doesnt want to be there

[@myownlilbubble]

Glad someone called KDB out...... he looked like he is done with the bs....😂😂

[@agoodchow]

Arguably the best keeper in the world, suddenly humbled in the Morocco Game

[@Lawmakan]

I can’t understand why lot of people blame the manager or any player for the lose while they can’t admet that the Moroccan team is good enough to beat who ever they wish to lead their team!!! Morocco is a good team even if your bring the best that you can imagine… stop this attitude

[@IntellectOnly]

It's the eurocentric vision of the world of these people man.

[@amribet19]

Morocco is not small, Morocco is 3.8 times bigger than 5 countries of United Kingdom combined.

[@Cbart23]

Hazard hasn’t played football for 4 years. He’s a Smurf.

[@sheriffmohammed3885]

Batshuayi and Eric Garcia are the two biggest mysteries in football 😅

[@moffatmiti4838]

Choupo moting morata even prince boateng lol

[@thewolverine7516]

@@moffatmiti4838 Not Morata, apart from finishing he's very good for the team but I don't think you watch complete matches. He's necessary for Spain's build up play, same with Ferran Torres.

[@rachidmadd1207]

Morocco the dark horse in this game 🦁🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🖤🖤🖤🖤🔥🔥🔥

[@theolekhotla1509]

Frank talking garbage about Moroccan players coming from france ,that's more reason i want us Africans who participate humble Europeans in this world cup they look down on our continent and most teams in this world cup got players with double nationalities but they never say a thing about them coming from Africa their lovely spain ,england ,German,france name a few

[@csx3180]

And only 2 of then are french moroccan nationals lol the rest all born in morocco

[@theolekhotla1509]

@@csx3180 exactly mate ,to them it's like we just an incapable nation. I pray Senegal beat Ecuador and Morocco surely can avoid defeat and they will against Canada so can have at least two past group stages.

[@Angel_jayni]

Belgium may end up beating Croatia....this world cup is so unpredictable

[@mymemories925]

Belgium need to beat Croatia by 2 clear goal without Croatia scoring at all! Don't see that happening? I can see Morocco beating Canada which is more realistic! Morocco and Croatia to progress because of the difficult scenario for Belgium.

[@agoodchow]

@@mymemories925 If Belgium win last game and win 2 out of 3 ending with 6 points, they are through to go on regardless.

[@sdot5389]

@@mymemories925 It’s so topsy turvy. I wouldn’t underestimate Canada against Morocco either. They have nothing to lose and even teams like Iran and Costa Rica came back from being thumped with wins against good opponents.

[@kamekasin6144]

Belgium are in a tight spot, the chances of them even making 2nd in the group stage are slim. I think them getting the top of the group stage is unrealistic at this point as that would mean Morocco would have to lose to Canada, and that's assuming Belgium even beats Croatia.

[@deandoesstuff3371]

@@mymemories925 Eh, no...Belgium just needs to win, doesn't matter how many goals. If Belgium wins they have 6 points and will go through regardless...

[@tempawangdi5952]

Going by the intensity Morocco platted against Belgium, any team could have gone down, including France, the outstanding team this World Cup. This World Cup has shown that Asian and African countries are finally catching up with Europe and America in football. Belgium did their best, but best doesn't seem to be enough this World Cup with every country raising their performance bar. It's not true the European and American teams are doing bad this World Cup, it's just that the Asian and African teams are performing better and they've improved miles from 2018. It's good for the football world, finally if football may so desire, we could even have a first-ever World Cup winner from Asia or Africa. You never know, this is football. Anything could happen!

[@wagenneunundvierzig]

They left out Dodi Lukebakio. He was in brilliant form in Berlin recently.

[@TheTruthiest]

This is why Manchester City doesn't let KDB talk.

[@joseph-fernando-piano]

Belgium should just be glad they sneaked a win against us, imagine if they had been eliminated today after 2 losses...

[@OmarElaber]

Dutch legend Marco van Basten: Ziyech's stay on the bench is sad and a great shame... Ziyech is a great player, we want to see him on the field, for such a player we turn on the TV and come to watch the match...

[@ThatSingingGuy]

He's not been great for Chelsea, and he's had plenty of opportunities...

[@Ghostrider_98]

@@ThatSingingGuy LOL

[@andrebramwell2796]

When you are frustrated you don’t think straight

[@DrHankVenture]

I love that De Bruyne is being ripped apart for not doing it on his own while carrying the 4 attackers around him. He's playing out of position on the right with 3 players who just aren't terribly good (Hazard isn't good anymore). He's been asked to play four roles across the front, how can the commentators not see this?