How Belgium Became The Best In The World | From Irrelevance To A Golden Generation |

How did a country of only 12 million become elite?
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[@FootballMadeSimple]

How do you think they will do at the Euros? *Best according to current Fifa rankings

[@amalsultan386]

Qauterfinals

[@mixfcb1086]

They’ll take it home

[@ninjavicen0356]

Semis

[@SinanShanavas4]

Semi-finals probably or maybe they can win Euros

[@arnesh9596]

Quarter Finals. Will be defeated by Italy

[@janoski09]

Its the beer, and frieten with mamoet sauce. If they win, they get a small pack with a jupiler.

[@giespouwen8091]

With stoofvleessaus and a curryweusje special with tomatte ketchup

[@giespouwen8091]

And a koud bouletje for waiting

[@PM-xq5mm]

And a goeien bicky burger with some bitterballen and a good cold pintje to wait

[@jdulmaine]

Jupiler is never a treat. Give them a Westmalle trippel.

[@janoski09]

I mean thats after they win worlds man. And a bolleke each for the euros.

[@najmussabir6051]

Roberto Martinez deserves some claps for this. Direct and Vertical football from him and that's what make this Belgium side is so dangerous.

[@amatitv6243]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpTMfIhon6yEd9E

[@BombSquad012]

This Belgium was already dangerous with Wilmots lmao

[@youneschaib9945]

Wilmots deserves claps

[@kassiperpro1378]

Martinez is like the worst thing that ever happened to our team???

[@ASAPHMARK]

Martinez arrogance did more damage than good

[@chiragmotwani2421]

Now we want a video saying how football made simple became one of the best football related channels out there !

[@JackSordakaPVS]

Agreed! 🔥

[@viborgguys1]

That's too easy. Just upload quality videos.

[@bobrules4197]

KZbin a savage for recommending this now...

[@maud3444]

To be fair.. yes we changed the entire youth development structure, so yes this has changed a lot, but we got to thank our neighbours aswell. Thorgan Hazard, Eden Hazard, Carasco and Origi spend a huge part of their 'football education' in France, while Vertonghen, Alderweireld, Vermaelen, Chadli, Mertens, Dembélé moved to the Netherlands at a very young age. The only country that succeeded in messing up some of our biggest talents was England. Only Boyata, Januzaj and Denayer moved to England and still turned out pretty ok. A lot of bigger talents moved to an English team when they were 14-15-16 years old and their development just stopped: Charly Musonda? What a shame.. Charni Ekangamene? Now a lower league player. Mathias Bossaerts? Doesn't even have a club at the moment. I hope this doesn't happen to players like Romeo Lavia, a 16 yo massive talent who just went to Man City.. on the other hand, nowadays a lot of talented youngsters are still moving abroad and Germany seems to be a prefered destination (Onana at Hamburg, Mangala at Stuttgart.. two future internationals) or France (Eliot Matazo, Francesco Antonucci , etc) or even Italy (Dierckx at Parma, De Winter at Juventus, Vanheusden and Persyn at Inter or Pietro Tomaselli at Roma, the latter being a massive talent). The future looks bright. This golden generation isn't the last one.

[@joris0283]

excactly, you took the words right out of my mouth...

[@albertlay8927]

Lukaku made a mistake going to Chelsea. He's fine now, but he could have been at the top much earlier. He should have gone to Germany or the Netherlands instead, to learn the final steps. Now he has waisted to many years at Chelsea and Everton. There is something fundamentally wrong in England, and that is that they have to much money. They have great youth programs (or so they say), but for the first team they buy overpriced players, who have to play, of course. You don't spent so many millions to seat these players on the bench and put the cheap youngsters on the field. So only a few of their young talents get to play, the rest ends up at middle class teams or lower. They don't make stars, they make just footballers.

[@stnbch3025]

Als 50% van de jeugdspelers in de elite na 3 à 4 jaar uitstromen dan zit ge met een scoutingsmodel die aan mensenhandel doet waarvan de opleiding de schaamlap is. Jeugdteams bij zoveel elite-"opleidingen" zijn niet opgeleid maar samengesteld omdat zowat bij ieder geboortejaar de U9 bij de U13 nog amper dezelfde kern is en paar jaar later die u13-kern nog amper dezelfde is. Dat wilt dus zeggen dat een aanzienlijk deel feitelijk elders opgeleid werd. Het model is niet een van scouting binnen het opleidingsmodel maar opleiding binnen het scoutingsmodel.

[@Iksvomid]

Hope Romeo develops so You can say that he's Belgian and not Italian.

[@Dennis-gr8ex]

Mertens couldn't get a game in Belgian football, he first went to AGOVV in the Netherlands, then FC Utrecht, then PSV and finally Napoli. All 3 Dutch clubs sold him for a big profit, that's money that Belgian clubs missed out on. Same goes for the other players, all were sold for big profits..

[@noobplayz_yt1914]

Much love from Belgium🇧🇪 🇧🇪 🇧🇪

[@FootballMadeSimple]

Cheers!!

[@Belgian_Mapper]

@@FootballMadeSimple proost!

[@lev2727]

You suck, beaten by Italy lol

[@noobplayz_yt1914]

@@lev2727 and where do u come from

[@lev2727]

@@noobplayz_yt1914 Your once in a century golden generation won't win anything ha!ha!ha!

[@jos7006]

Wow, I’m Belgian and I didn’t know any of this, amazing work!!!

[@kuswadirasit6068]

🤣🤣🤣Maybe u sleep too long

[@lev2727]

Italy - Belgium 2-1

[@ajgoals333]

Hey jos is field hockey and cricket is popular in belgium

[@lud3re384]

KU Leuven, for context, is a Belgian university that has consistently ranked in the TOP 100 universities worldwide. (45th in 2021)

[@timmontanus4311]

Damn bro I study there

[@lud3re384]

@@timmontanus4311 salutations from a UGent student 👋

[@joshuahammelton9357]

@@lud3re384 Doe het voor....

[@Marcel_be]

I remember that summer of 2000. We had such high hopes, Euro's was in our country, we'd expected to do well at the Olympics, and we always do well in the flat stages of the Tour. and then we got disappointed in all of them. That's why the government at the time was so eager in starting the Sports Academies, it wasn't just about football.

[@DarkAngelEU]

I always wondered why the Euro 2000 is just a black hole in my memory. I remember collecting the stickers, but apparently it was so bad that we never saw it at home lol

[@karlbts4081]

Even if Belgium has a golden generation they don't deserve being number 1 on fifa ranking

[@leandrocerneira]

facts

[@jimmyyue238]

Nor do Brazil as well

[@dvdv8197]

I remember being competitive at a young age while coach was worrying about results and we were all just trying to have a good time. If Sablon had come earlier, it would've been a game-changer for sure. You don't understand WHY it's so important to win or lose at such a young age, and that's a good thing. The next generations are going to continue to grow! 👍👏🤩

[@Coldphan]

Yeah that’s why you’re not a professional footballer lol

[@GM-kj7sy]

Roberto Martinez is an excellent manager,I really do think he has the ability to pull it off this time for Belgium

[@antrinh9919]

the coach is important;but the players much much more !

[@georgekunda8570]

Videos like these are what make this channel one of the best football channels out there. Not only do we get well explained tactical breakdowns, but other topics like these that dive deeper into the framework of what it takes to make a great team. Great work👏🏽👏🏽

[@bobthomasdylan]

I’m Belgian and I didn’t know this.Very interesting!

[@lev2727]

Italy - Belgium 2-1

[@josebarriosortiz3175]

And got knock out...wow I never see David beat goalith.

[@MJ-27]

Now we need a video on France and their INF Clairefontaine academy. France always produces great player's in every position and right now Didier Deschamps is one of the luckiest international managers having a surplus of high quality players to choose from.

[@lexkanyima2195]

It's a solid unit

[@arnaudnirin3950]

Except for the RB position we always struggled to have a world class player in there

[@leoguilhem4583]

@@arnaudnirin3950 pavard is world class

[@arnaudnirin3950]

@@leoguilhem4583 from what I ve seen I m really not sur of that offensively and defensively he s really average compared to Varane Kimpembe and Hernandez. Defensively is not solid at all everytime he gets passed easily. And when I see that with the fact that at LB position we have a lot of great player like Florend &Benjamin Mendy, Theo Hernandez, Lucas Digne. I could literally take one of those to start at RB.

[@leoguilhem4583]

@@arnaudnirin3950 i have to disagree. Undeniable starter for the best club in the world. Also very proficient offensively for team France. Of course, he is more involved with a player like Giroud who finishes his crosses. I actually think he might have the most assists on Giroud goals on team France. RB is a position with little depth for France, but Pavard is an excellent option as a starter, which he has been for 3 years

[@AyushBisht20]

Watching this after Belgium's golden generation was knocked out by Italy in Euros.

[@thymen641]

If hazard could play and kevin wasn't injured they would've probably won

[@mustafajuventino9964]

@@thymen641 excuses...

[@mattiacicchi9255]

@@thymen641 no

[@farhandewan2645]

If hazard and bruyne were at proper health they wouldve clapped italy

[@lolllololllo]

@@thymen641 OK, so if Spinazzola and Florenzi weren't injured they would have scored at least a third goal same if there was full-powered Balotelli btw Belgium is one of my fav teams

[@LuisferRomeroCalero]

Outstanding video. It's the first time that I see a breakdown of how this "miracle" happened with so much detail. It makes sense that this "tier" system allowed Genk or Anderlecht to produce so much talent right from the inception of these would-be professional players. The process this video describes reminds me of the first chapter of 'Atomic Habits' by James Clear where he explains how the British cycling team improved massively by improving every single aspect of the competition to the last detail.

[@OLGMC]

Wether they're The Best is something I'll leave in the middle but one thing is for sure: belgium plays some of the most attractive & beautiful style of football to watch!

[@speedymon4412]

Danku, Thank you in dutch

[@OLGMC]

@@willg1088 Ok. Thank you for your opinion on this subject matter, WillG10.

[@SenneVorsselmans]

My god, I’m a hardcore football fan from Belgium and even I didn’t knew this. Great job man

[@dannyvanhecke]

Wow, I'm Belgian and didn't know about much of this. Very informative. Of course I think we have a chance of winning the Euro, but against France, Italy and Spain I don't give us more than 50% chance. It could go either way in games against them.

[@Austination316]

Spain lmao

[@Ed-ze6xf]

Yeah Spain is Ass

[@kingavalon9998]

I'm Belgian too and I agree with your 50% rate. There are no certainties in euro2020, every match has a potential surprise and it's not always the best team that's winning. I don't think we were better than Portugal, like I don't think Swiss was better than France, but still we won. If Hazard and De Bruyne can't get fit for the match against Italy it will be very difficult.

[@bigsmoke8377]

only Italy

[@stevieC11Hanworth]

Typical farmer putting spain and France ahead of England goes to show how little you farmers know about football

[@levigriffiths8213]

At the end of the day Belgium made Hal Robson Kanu look like peak messi

[@ProudTarjaholic]

No Kompany, no Vertonghen, no Vermaelen and no Lombaerts... Imagine the setback for those who played. On top of that, Marc Wilmots was our coach. A people manager with no tactical plan. And well... If you fail the plan, you plan the fail.

[@patriotic_canadian]

😂

[@SinanShanavas4]

Nice Content FMS👍 keep up the work

[@timonmees3043]

This guy is so well informed ! Thank you for making these

[@juanvega5792]

Wow!!! Awesome video dude, I didn't know anything about it. I'm quite surprised. Thank you for sharing!

[@ramseynoel3423]

Love your videos mate

[@harikrishnanb8120]

My fav football KZbin Channel! ❤️❤️❤️

[@mixfcb1086]

My pick is for Belgium to win the tournament. Against Germany in the final 😬

[@tylermoth9837]

😂😂😂

[@ishteerashid5458]

@@tylermoth9837 why are you laughing? It's his opinion. Either respect it or stop commenting.

[@bickdig]

@@ishteerashid5458 I bet your popular

[@dja.7626]

@@ishteerashid5458 Why are you mad? It's his opinion. Either respect it or stop commenting. lol

[@ishteerashid5458]

@@dja.7626 his opinion is to laugh? Alright makes sense.

[@Robcobes]

I remember when the most promising young players in the Dutch league were Belgian, and not Dutch. Vertonghen, Vermaelen, Alderweireld, Mertens, Dembele, Chadli

[@luqmandem]

Im from malaysia and i hope my country Leaders watch this and german football coaching system vids.

[@luqmandem]

@Afiq Ishaq Good minister and lobbyist needed to push em through. ada je insider dah bagi cadangan tu.

[@chewba2008]

Thanks for this video, i didn't know the story of our current Football team, very well made ! Let's go Belgium !!

[@smokingzzz8970]

hey this is amazing, i played 2 years at the highest level in Belgium and this is pretty accurate. Belgium have a big chance to win in Euro 2k20 if they beat Italy.

[@jordymartenz2521]

Where did u play!

[@jeroenjanssen3941]

Which club?

[@smokingzzz8970]

@@jeroenjanssen3941 Zulte Waregem and KVK Kortrijk

[@hostage9285]

@@smokingzzz8970 ken je zakaria taleb?

[@jorgeaguiar5008]

Party over tomorrow, I don't understand the Fifa rankings, what a joke for number one place....LOL

[@rafbambam]

Hi, as a Belgian I hope this year (2021) we will take our first win in a big tournament; and hope to repeat that the next year as well. Becource if we can't do it with this generation, it will leave a mark for all to come. Bu still for a country the size of Belgium it is a performance of its own to be able to get to the nr 1 spot in the fifa ranking. And stay there for a long period. Only to be challanged by Brazille, a country that is as big as whole Europe, and France or Germany, countrys that have a hughe history in football and are more than 10 times the size off Belgium. It's strange that we, the Belgians can produce a whole team of top players (or at least a handful off them ar realy at the top) while the rest off the world is happy with having just one or two realy top players. Thanks for the video and greetings from Belgium.

[@kmer1456]

Great work thanks ,,,,

[@blessingmutale3495]

Would be nice if they won the euro 2020, Belgium's golden generation really deserves silverware. On the other hand, I want france to win it so that kanté will have the chance of winning the ballon dor.

[@lexkanyima2195]

It's gonna a dramatic tournament of all time

[@mrthorian8096]

well, this comment aged like milk...

[@TheAtommuffin]

@@mrthorian8096 switzerland of all teams

[@tiagocerqueira]

Now they are both out. This aged too badly

[@mrthorian8096]

@@tiagocerqueira doesn't matter, I always said they needed to be better (Belgium) and that they were way too overconfident, guess I was right all along

[@mensenvandekempen1019]

Splendid analysis!

[@altiellylira]

I'm Brazilian and I love your videos s2! I know that now is the time for the Euro Cup, but what do you think of one day making some content about Brazilian teams?

[@YogSoth]

I didn’t realize Belgium became the best in the world. When exactly was that?

[@aleccfearless7112]

It was after the world cup but thats the fifa ranking and that ranking also puts italie at10th So its bullshit

[@Ilovepizza1010]

@@aleccfearless7112 italy did not make it that is why

[@luishernandezblonde]

@@Ilovepizza1010 Yes, that's why the Italian team that can't qualify for World Cup beat this super Belgium team. Remember 2016 when Italy brought its worst squad ever to face the same Belgian side and still won?

[@ProudTarjaholic]

@@luishernandezblonde Same Belgian side? LOL say no more 😅 - On the pitch in 2016: Eden Hazard, Fellaini, Nainggolan and even Ciman. - Not at their peak yet in 2016: Lukaku, Witsel, De Bruyne. - On the pitch in 2020: Meunier, Thorgan Hazard, Tielemans, Doku - Barely fit in 2020: Witsel, De Bruyne. So basically, only Courtois and the older guys in defence were the same. Although Vermaelen was still playing at Barcelona, and now in Japan. Furthermore, a different coach in 2016 and a different system. How can you even compare that? 🤔 In 2016, they only had Alderweireld left for the game vs Wales BTW (no Kompany, no Vermaelen, no Vertonghen, no Lombaerts).

[@luishernandezblonde]

@@ProudTarjaholic Let's add another 1-2 memory. Belgium does not deserve the no.1 place in FIFA ranking.

[@dvdv8197]

I accidentally stumbled upon this, but this was very interesting, thank you!

[@thomas1619]

never bean more proud to be belgian

[@rubenmatton6258]

Been**

[@fabienh3943]

Which of the 4 different Belgians exactly??

[@EleanorsEssence]

@@fabienh3943 true belgian don't mind about differences and numbers

[@hitca678]

one of the most main reasons why they moved up so quickly to the top of the ranking was that untill 2012 they lost a lot of matches, thus generating less points in the FIFA ranking. The pointing system is : when you perform better against a team you lost from before, you gain more points... Since they lost a lot of matches and suddenly started winning they gained more points

[@Drewbinsky69]

3 quarter finals and 1 semi final, it's not bad but with this team they should have at least reached a final of a major tournament

[@samplingmastersxlr8660]

This includes nation league because let’s face it any trophy would do at this point

[@Drewbinsky69]

@@samplingmastersxlr8660 the nations league really? only losers would say that

[@Douglas77755]

@@Drewbinsky69not only losers…these niggas cant even win the nations league😂😂 what a golden generation

[@maisonconsult2212]

Good video👌

[@anthe999]

Even though I was playing football when Sablon's system was implemented, a lot of coaches were still more focused on winning than on having fun and player growth. But this was in my case, I can't speak for everyone.

[@semicharmedlife311]

I've picked Belgium to win the Euros under former Everton boss Roberto Martinez. Let's go!

[@wouterfaes2309]

As a Belgian i dearly hope so!

[@ericsainte290]

It has not only had results in football but have a look in athletics (kim gevaert, tia hellebaut and now naffi thiam as well as the Belgian Tornadoes with the Borlèe twins), tennis (we had Kim and Justine), hockey, martial arts, etc. Also the fact that many of the players of our Red Devils play or played in hard championships like the premier league, the Ligua or the Bundesliga is for a lot in our results as it has shown in our victory against Brazil where the knowledge of how they defended by Kompany from playing with those players and coach oin Man City helped us to score on the corner kicks. And the experience Courtous and Hazard gained in Chelsea with players such as Cech or Lampard (or others like Lukaku in Everton then Man City with De Bruyne who came from chelsea via the bundesliga) has its impact too. We are not only known for our golden generation but also for the way we now make sport fun for the youth straight from elementary school to ferry the best to specialized sport schools.

[@ishteerashid5458]

This is the best channel for football analysis imo.

[@Heelo_0]

Nice intro Really neat

[@jorgepalminha1167]

How did Belgium became the best in the world? 1. They didn't

[@abnormalmusic1477]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4fMZoCqd6uXgNE

[@killbill9847]

I'm Belgian myself and didn't know anything you just mentioned in the video. Very interesting indeed! I would love for us to win this Euro, so that we could silence some of our neighbouring countries that look down upon us. Not only that, but I do think that this golden generation of Belgian footballers really deserve this. Alas, I think the chances of us winning is rather slim. I hope the results will contradict my opinion on the matter, of course. But well, keep up the good work, much love from Belgium!! :))

[@takoza5396]

cool i'm Belgian and i did not know this , thanks 4 that mate man i hope we win the cup , gona shed a tear 4 sure if we do

[@bpinkhof]

Good explaination, Cruyf had an influence as well. They can do better then they are doing for the moment. Thibaut is one of the two best keepers in the world. Belgium will come with more winning games in the future, be patient. They are still growing. From Belgium. Martinez is a good coach, very good one. Belgium - Portugal 1-0! They drink a magical drink from Panoramix(see Astrix). They are forming a real team just like the Smurfs! I believe in De Bruyne, Lukaku and our fenomenal keeper Thibaut. Vertoghen is very good as well. They are winning a lot of games because of the great support of their supporters! Hahaha..... The power lays in forming a strategical team and they are unpredictable.

[@christopherkane370]

Belgium will Euro 2020

[@CptZhu]

Big brains behind the scenes are ALWAYS so undervalued.

[@dirkusmaximus9268]

At this moment, 29/06, we look forward to a final ! But the most difficult part of the frame, But take it step by step. I consider(ed) Portugal a very hard nut to crack, it was, but we dít it. We were at full potential. We lost our keyplayers Hazard and DB, but I think it will be alright. The more you be silent about them, the better ! So that Italy cannot anticipate further. I think they will start, if they can’t go on, you can take them off the pitch ! Due to COVID-19, you can use more substitutes. Italy showed clearly not to be that good against Austria, needed so many chances to score, and gave so many chances to the Austrians ! There will be more space, although Mancini knows his tactics, Portugal is technically better than Italy, a strongly forged team and very experienced, defending their titel and winner of the Nations League. But yes, Italy, they only took one goal, as us, Belgium. Although we played against Denmark and Portugal ! The matches of Italy to qualify for Euro 2020 were against far inferieur teams, Bosnia-Herzegovina was the highest ranked. And if we go on, Switzerland is far more easy to compete with then France. Switzerland is a very solid team, France just screwed it up massively. Spain ? ,good question, I think that we can take them on as well, also preferable above France. Also wait and see there. Final: Denmark ? They really have a very good generation again, sadly lost their captain, although he is alive and well !

[@Morrodin182]

You forgot to mention we already beat Denmark in the group stage ;) (co-Belgian here hehe) ... To be honest this generation has the potential but football is a funny game. If they don't get the title this year I do think we will have quite some disappointed supporters but for me personally, they are heroes already! Re: Portugal: In my honest opinion it is an outrage that they were allowed all these errors on our players. With another referee KDB would NEVER have been injured during that match. Worst performance of a referee so far

[@jorgeaguiar5008]

Italy will end your false hopes, Belgium is all talk and no action, one shot on net all game against Portugal,.............much better game from other teams like Spain or Italy.

[@Morrodin182]

​@@jorgeaguiar5008 Yes, lets forget Belgium is number 1 on the FIFA ranking for years now, that we qualified with a perfect score, that we came out with 9 out of 9 from the group phase and focus solely on a single match which was soured by repeated fouling on the Belgian squad. But yes you are right we are all bark and no bite *dramatic eye roll* Anyway we will see tonight ;) I don't expect an easy match for sure and Italy is surely not without chance but I belief we will overcome them.

[@jorgeaguiar5008]

@@Morrodin182.... hehehehehehe..playing small weak teams is not a measure for number one. Number one means nothing....how do you compare your players to the Portuguese players? Any given time France, Spain or Portugal will beat Belgium with no effort, did you see how you had one shot on net against Portugal all game? One shot and one lucky goal, no really good chances before or after against Portugal. You were just lucky and Italy proved it today.

[@jorgeaguiar5008]

Good luck guys, don't worry and next time realize that number 1 is just a number.....Italy should of had 4 or 5 on the first half alone.

[@2ndyellowcard333]

Wow this is massive, a lot to learn from Belgium!

[@Adurone]

Verschaeren, Lokonga, Doku, Saelemaekers, Mangala, Vanhuesden, Bornauw, Tielemans are all part of Belgium’s next generation. Not as good as the Golden but a more balanced team can win trophies.

[@gameboy-iq9xb]

You forgot the ketelaere and trosard

[@bugsy007]

The Football Association of Singapore should have stood by Mr. Sablon when he was their technical director.

[@lexkanyima2195]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@5Cupido]

congrats , awesome

[@zvonimirbrekalo1291]

A similar video about Croatia would be interesting

[@nvkkirankumarnv]

Can you make a video on Brendfort success and tactics

[@Rocchio753]

The “Best in the world” got beat by the actual best in the world in the Euros this summer.

[@hamgil]

🇮🇹🇮🇹

[@Jonasnhj]

I read the title: How Belgium Elite Became

[@idrisisa5750]

Love from Belgium

[@mranderson9813]

Amazing

[@JimmyRJump]

We've always had good to world-class athletes and sportsmen/women in Belgium. Look at the history of cycling, cyclo-cross, motorcross, long-distance running, judo...

[@Catch_me_if_you_can_666]

As a Belgian, I'm proud of our golden generation.But what made the Belgian national team so good wasn't actually Belgium at all.It was other countries like England, Germany, Spain, Portugal and France.A few of our upcoming talents like De Bruyne, Lukaku and Eden Hazard and many others got a chance to go play for English teams and that's where they learned heaps and became much better footballplayers.Same with guys that got a chance in Germany, Spain and France.Almost all of our current players learned their traits in other (much bigger) football countries.That's where they got to reach their full potential.And big respect for Martinez who got all of these guys that play for big teams all over Europe to play toghetter as good as they do.

[@jorenschoonbrood311]

that's true, but you need alot of talent and potential skill to get into one of these countries. And belgium made that possible for them

[@pr3t]

Good job belgium... succes begins by a good youth academy... all the big countries do this... that's why Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Italy, France etc always have a generation of top players.

[@thepretorian5292]

Well france's players are mostly exports agree with the rest tho

[@tyrellking6332]

@@thepretorian5292 exports ?? They were born in France Played and developed in french academies. Spain ,Holland and Germany all have players with a different ethnic background playing for them are they exports aswell ?.

[@jorayevumar4337]

Please make video about Gerard tactics

[@kamui4708]

Prime Hazard, prime Lukaku, prime Kdb, with good bunch of defender Kompany, Alderweired Vertonhen, average midfielders, axel witsel, felaini, carassco, nainggolan. Quater final in euro 2016 and semi wc 2018.

[@rxfldbtches7229]

Its nice 2 see my country pop off

[@ryankwan4102]

Well my country needs to learn a lot from Belgium

[@Dr.RezaulKarim887]

Please make video about Brazil national team

[@KellzPlays]

Would help to mention the impact of colonialism on Belgium’s talent pool, an identical trend for England and France.

[@testimonialicochique]

You mix colonialism and simple emigration, each country has now multicultural identities and connections

[@pytergomes6321]

A video on how the Mourinho mentality are setting back the portuguse coachs ould be great.

[@tlotpwist3417]

That aged like milk outside of fridge

[@Jazzmany11]

This channel is beautiful

[@sreerajnairg]

I would like to see a feed on Tire's Brazil team

[@mgstyla55]

Thumbnail: Why Belgium became Elite Me: Why Belgium elite became?

[@jmenz2578]

U should get a million subscribers

[@arunangshudasgupta9830]

What Belgium earned from world football. What are their achievements till date!!!!!!!!!!!!! They are great on paper only.

[@anthonyg5939]

Beautifull (y)

[@robbevrancken9372]

did you know that there were too few keepers at krc genk so they had put courtois in goal. he was actually a midfielder

[@ianheymans9078]

False

[@robbevrancken9372]

Not false

[@AmazighAmazon]

wie moet ik nu geloven?

[@Optidorf]

I'm not sure if I agree with this video. The organisation of youth academies has been indeed revised in a thorough way, but the impact on the current selection is rather negligible in my opinion. Most of the players in the current selection are pushing 30 which makes them by definition too old for a system that has only been introduced steadily since the mid 2000s. Moreover, a number of players have had their development abroad such as Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Vermaelen, the two Hazard brothers, ... Other players weren't deemed good enough for the Belgian league, but were lucky enough to develop themselves abroad such as Mertens, Naingolan and Chadli. Add a few exceptional talents such as De Bruyne and Lukaku and you have the reason why Belgium is so successful. Players that would be really impacted by the new system are born in the mid 1990s and then we're speaking about players such as Denayer, Dendoncker, Tielemans and Doku. Not really the top of the bill in the Belgian squad. It's no wonder that Martinez is selecting mostly older players. The generation after De Bruyne - the ones developed by the new system - have everything to prove. The only player that comes close to that level is Tielemans and that's because he's an exceptional talent. The real evidence of the success of the new organisation will be the new generation that comes after Vermaelen, Alderweireld and Hazard. If Belgium can deliver the same amount of talented players then - and only then - it's obvious that Belgium's success is attributed to this new way of working for youth academies. Otherwise, it can be stated it's a combination of luck, having exceptional players and indeed a good development of youth players.

[@aimarazali4829]

Ur opionion dont matter bcoz u dont matter

[@Optidorf]

@@aimarazali4829 Opinions are indeed like assholes. Everyone has one and sometimes you even encounter them on the KZbin comments section.

[@aimarazali4829]

@@Optidorf well ok then

[@sharkr3283]

Better than Tifo ❤️

[@NDL-lt8gg]

Make a vid about la Masia or united stated golden generation

[@medsuit1686]

Roberto is also the best coach belgium has ever had in my opinion.

[@yanholliday8876]

well, it's simple, really. we played macedonia, bosnia, cyprus, andorra, san marino, kazakhstan, greece, estonia, freakin' gibraltar.... only "real" opposition was croatians who hadn't yet "found it", a welsh team in reconstruction (and that never was "good" rated before 2016 to begin with) and russians overburnt by their own world cup. yea, we can have a perfect record and be first *in statistics* with that. we're *literally* overrated.

[@Dora-st3rx]

I love Belgium I life there

[@cfcmoi11]

The main reason for this is most apply their trade in french football. For most to play at other leagues have helped Belgium football.

[@donaldvanvliet9039]

Most of the golden generation went to the netherlands, only hazard went to lille.

[@EduardoOliveira-ho3ll]

"Best in the world"? Fifa ranking is bullshit. What are the titles Belgium team won? How can you be the "best" if you never won a title? The only thing Fifa ranking allow is cheating given its fragile math properties. Case in point, well known Poland refused to play friendlies from the end of Euro 2016 to the completion of World Cup qualifying and got to the pot 1.

[@kobe4212]

ITALIA ITALIA ITALIA 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹

[@dutchchessbetterthancheese1239]

This didnt age that well

[@karabosathekge]

Can you do the same video with Spain?

[@naadiyamaxamuud6756]

Please I will ask for you open your subtitle because I wanna from learn vocbulary that I had learn already but still my languege skill is not As I wanted from myself

[@naadiyamaxamuud6756]

Please do for me that

[@kmlau1986]

How does Belgium such a small country produce so much talent? Im more curious about how China such a big country not able to produce any talent

[@electricmapping1983]

Since football is far from being the most popular sport in the country and very few even play it which means the government doesn't care to improve it

[@zjean3417]

They play alot of football. They also had colonies in Africa so often you will have Players born in Africa or with African Ancestry play for Belgium.

[@purplesky4157]

Small country matters but not that much look at Uruguay they got 2 world cups and have been consistently good throughout the years

[@stnbch3025]

The 4-3-3 was originally the 4-2-3-1, it followed the international trend and only a couple of years ago became the Dutch one with the lone pivot. It is not mandatory. U7 went from 2v2 to 5v5 and eventually landed on 3v3. U12 and U13 was one grade that played 11v11 and started playing 8v8 separately 5 or 6 years ago. The elite set-up is different from the rest. The academies do not produce many professional players. Belgium is one of the worst countries for young players to become professional for the simple fact we are year in year out one of the countries with the most foreign players.

[@franktielemans6624]

I'm from Belgium and I didn't know that

[@alexandredegrote9070]

Voor Vorst voor vrijheid en voor recht