The Horrible Collapse of Belgium’s Golden Generation

how does Belgium expect to win anything now?....
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how belgium wasted a golden generation

[@Cucumber3-y5s]

funny story; my dad and i went somewhere to watch the 2018 world cup belgium vs brazil match (quarter finals), literally everyone there was supporting brazil, including my dad and I. there was quite literally one kid supporting belgium... we all know what happened in that game

[@NitroFooty]

That kid probably had the best day ever lol

[@Cucumber3-y5s]

@@NitroFooty he sure did! 🤣

[@Irhfsisjthhraljrh14]

Based cordelius

[@Cucumber3-y5s]

@@Irhfsisjthhraljrh14 indeed

[@ceriandeclerck3390]

Actually, Tedesco appointed Kevin De Bruyne as the new captain of Belgium after Hazard retired and Lukaku + Courtois were both second in line for when De Bruyne would not be playing. Last year during De Bruynes long period of injury, there were two qualifing games for EURO 2024 and in one game Lukaku would be captain and in the other Courtois. However, Lukaku was captain at the home game during Courtois' 100th game for the squad and Courtois got mad for that because he wanted to be captain during his 100th game and decided to leave the team before the second game.

[@rubenvanhoeckevanhoecke7568]

Courtois is gwn fkn arrogant

[@FootballMan-eb6qx]

Belgium manager is honestly dumb he is still playing Lukaku as Striker when he is simply washed and they already have a very good player Openda at that position

[@NitroFooty]

LAKAKA

[@olsenfernandes3634]

It's probably because he thinks that if he leaves out Lukaku then he won't have a Captain that would be able to stand up to the other big personalities in the team.

[@ThomasRodriguez-zh7vy]

As I Belgium I thinks he love Lukaku at this point (not as player or friendly)

[@Brawlaccountai]

As a belgian myself ill tell ya why Openda id very good for club But he doesnt do shit for belgium

[@Blackmusico4]

@@Brawlaccountai thrue

[@jibi.]

I'll never forget the 2018 WC, I'm from Belgium and I watched every game with my whole family, I remember when Belgium scored that last minute goal against Japan we went crazy, probably the best summer of my life.

[@rubenvandenbosch3696]

As a Belgian supporter, we don't like all that drama and we could easily have won the 2016 European Championship, the 2018 World Cup and even perhaps the 2020 European Championship and the 2021 Nations League.... now we all know that will be almost impossible. Although there is a lot of talent around, the thing is that Tedesco does not have Belgian nationality and he does not see the Belgian talent walking around that is there. If we had a trainer with Belgian nationality, we would have a Belgium with potential... many people also said that they did not understand why Belgium was always so high after the 2022 World Cup, but Roberto Martinez always played against small teams in order to win

[@NitroFooty]

I relate to this as a USA fan…can only beat the small teams

[@EmilioVargas-ye3er]

well rip belgium

[@NitroFooty]

Rip 😢

[@the_king_of_nails]

i have a belgian friend and when i told him belgium's team is mid now, he got mad at me and refused to talk lol

[@NitroFooty]

send him this video lol

[@harrybale313]

Belgian guy here, I agree completely with this statement. So much that I’d have preferred us to go out of the groups in euro 24

[@deandoesstuff3371]

The quality is still there tho. Still alot of talent. They just need to play better as a team.

[@sheenclover]

The transition between Courtois's shop and yours caught me off guard 😂😂 man you're underrated, I'm liking these videos along with your humor

[@NitroFooty]

Appreciate that!

[@tobaepebinuade5830]

It seems like the Belgium national team are still in massive turmoil and Thibaut Courtois’ recent retirement from international football after a falling out with Dominic Tedesco is a prime example of that and the end of a generation that was never golden in a sense that with all of the talent they had, they never even reached a final of a major tournament let alone win an international trophy. Anyways, everyone knows that the fallout started last year as after securing his 100th cap for Belgium, Courtois thought as if he would be honored with that milestone as their captain for a game since their permanent captain Kevin de Bruyne wasn’t in the squad due to the injury he picked up in the champions league final, instead, Romelu Lukaku was given the armband over him and because of that, he withdrew from the national team and hasn’t played for his country since. Last season, he had an ACL injury and even though he came back in May when the season was about to end and was fit enough to start the champions league final despite not kicking a ball for over a year, he already ruled himself out of the EUROs not just because of his injury, it was more down to the issues that hadn’t been resolved between him and the manager and he isn’t going to play for the national team ever again. I don’t blame him for being upset since anyone who has reached the milestone of 100 international appearances, yes they want to be honored in the right way as they want to be captain for a special moment playing so many games for their country, at the same time, with all due respect to Courtois, I don’t think he reacted in the right way possible because as an experienced player, he’s supposed to be a role model for some of the young players in the dressing room, he should be a leader and the fact that things haven’t played out well after all of this is enough proof that Belgium are still a mess and we all saw what happened behind the scenes at the World Cup. With or without him, it ain’t going to change much since they still won’t win anything and his strop doesn’t help.

[@agung8788]

Netherlands: First time ? 😅

[@NitroFooty]

Haha Netherlands are the kings of losing in the final. Unlucky region really 😂

[@spianishguy4030]

​@@NitroFooty fr

[@kamilivens9469]

as a Belgian, I can say you missed the ball at some points... oh, and you are dramatizing the situation to the max.

[@azerty-777]

as a Belgian: Todd Boehly would be a better manager than Tedesco

[@user-vr8fs8gg6h]

Hes been there for about a year

[@KylianWarriorVL]

As a half belgian half american that is born in belgium i really agree with this guy the whole team has fallen apart

[@BuckArmy]

That first impression of Courtouis is incredible 😂

[@lobanoubm4234.]

Hi

[@NitroFooty]

lol

[@ChristianAzevedo-jm5qj]

Please make a video abt Kevin’s de Bruyne’s childhood. It’s very interesting I’ve heard

[@NitroFooty]

It’s pretty crazy

[@arionasani2350]

My respect for De Bruyne has gone down now a bit there is no reason you should be criticizing your own teammates ESPECIALLY if you are the best player Kompany was the only one keeping this dressing room together

[@blooey-YT]

Yep, my country’s team sure did fall from glory.

[@NitroFooty]

:(

[@THETOXICSKELETON]

7:36 😂😂 then shows his shop

[@NitroFooty]

:D

[@THETOXICSKELETON]

Lol

[@sheluvnare]

That Kendrick Lamar reference was funny lol🤣

[@NitroFooty]

Glad someone noticed it 😂

[@fsaj770]

Me too

[@Gugsters]

I remember in the euros Belgium vs Slovakia and lukaku missed some sitters Edit he also had 2 goals disallowed

[@NitroFooty]

LAKAKA

[@empty420]

The worst part was that Lukaku was temporary captain because De Bruyne was injured and he would be captain the next game

[@NitroFooty]

Thibo and Tedesco both seem like a handful to deal with

[@tomaszgromski1749]

good video and congrats at getting 10k subscribers

[@NitroFooty]

Thank you so much 😀

[@comb0z_610]

We got amazing players but no team.

[@NitroFooty]

Good way to put it

[@bionasys2967]

It's the people of our Belgian national footbal assosiation (KBVB). That's the bottleneck. Choosing one poor amanager after the other.

[@NitroFooty]

:(

[@Suleydagoat]

I'm from belgium😢

[@Lele-ys7kw]

I love ur channel please do a video of BVB how they develop the best players. 👏

[@NitroFooty]

Thanks bro

[@bijikedelai]

Lmao that ending is gold 😂

[@NitroFooty]

;)

[@MikaMika-q2l]

Great video like always !

[@NitroFooty]

Thanks so much man!

[@divine_editzz]

R.I.P Belgium's World Cup

[@NitroFooty]

Rip 😢

[@lobanoubm4234.]

Belgium need KDB more than courtois let's be honest her e

[@NitroFooty]

Probably true. Casteels is still good

[@parabhthegamer]

I live in Belgium so thanks for the video about it keep it up

[@NitroFooty]

Thanks for watching!

[@clubvillain]

So if the golden generation of Belgium football happens every 30 years, the next one should be around 2045 to 2050.

[@NitroFooty]

That’s quite the wait. Hopefully the next golden generation isn’t as dramatic 😂

[@ThomasRodriguez-zh7vy]

Crazy I am going to be old ASF man...

[@deandoesstuff3371]

Nah. Belgium produces alot of talent. Next generation looks promising as well. Openda ( Leipzig ) Duranville ( Dortmund ) Mbangula ( Juventus ) Doku ( Manchester City ) Lavia ( Chelsea ) Vermeeren ( Leipzig ) Vandevoordt ( Leipzig ) Theate ( Eintracht Frankfurt ) Debast ( Sporting CP ) Fofana ( Lyon ) Godts ( Ajax ) Mokio ( Ajax ) Bakayoko ( PSV ) Onana ( Aston Villa ) Vranckx ( Wolfsburg ) De Ketelaere ( Atalanta Bergamo ) De Winter ( Genoa ) etc... Just to name few. Still a very talented team and you don't need a golden generation to win something.

[@FedoraMan-Sports]

Theyll have another golden gen in like 30 years

[@NitroFooty]

How do you know

[@VinnfinityTM]

It happend in 1990 so it happens again and the gap was 30 yra

[@King_Leonidas723]

Pls make a vid abt KDB like you said!

[@NitroFooty]

I might do in the future!

[@tree-o3d]

Fifa 2026 not looking good...

[@NitroFooty]

Not at all for Belgium

[@ELYYT]

Belgian Waffles imo

[@NitroFooty]

🧇

[@ahmadidrees5541]

Y do u look like the guy in this vid ???

[@NitroFooty]

@@ahmadidrees5541cuz its me lol

[@user-bx5kd9wd2e]

I love ur vidssss

[@NitroFooty]

Thanks bro

[@DVJ_Siesta]

belgian waffles

[@NitroFooty]

My freaking guy

[@user-bz5lz1tt3i]

Belgian waffels baby!!!! Im belgian

[@NitroFooty]

My guy

[@Bloxxy-yd4ob]

Member me??

[@NitroFooty]

Hi bloxxy

[@Bloxxy-yd4ob]

@@NitroFooty u replied quick didn't expect that