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De Bruyne Angry after His Belgium Team Beaten by France in UEFA Nations League
A disappointed Kevin De Bruyne
2024-09-10
Kevin De Bruyne consoled by Mbappe after the match
Kevin De Bruyne did not mince wirds after Belgium s loss to France, claiming his team need a massive improvement after recent matches.
Kevin De Bruyne hit out at Belgium following their 2-0 loss to France on Monday, claiming they have "to be better all around". Ousmane Dembele was at his best for Les Bleus in their Nations's League encounter, scoring France's second after Randal Kolo Muani had opened the scoring in the first half. Belgium, in the mean time, had only nine shots in the game, with only two of those coming in a dull first-half exhibition. While De Bruyne would not give any details of his half-time group talk, he didn't hold back his analysis of the group.
Kevin De Bruyne consoled by Mbappe after the match "I can't say here what went wrong. I already did that to the team at half-time," he said.
"I cannot repeat that in the media, but it has to be better in every way. If the standard we want to reach is the best, but we're no longer good enough to get to that level, then you have to give everything.
"If you don't even do that, it's over.
"I can accept that we're not as good as in 2018 [when they reached the World Cup semi-finals].
"I was the first to see that, but other things are unacceptable. I'm not going to say what."
Belgium sit third in Group A2 after two games, level with France on three points.
