Hazard and Martinez, the culprits of the failure of Belgium? — foot11.com
While many hopes rested on the shoulders of Belgium, The Red Devils fell from above. Conflicts within the locker room, an atmosphere far from being good and dropped executives… nothing could be worse than this group stage of the World Cup in Qatar. After a first victory won against the run of play against an inexperienced Canadian selection, the Belgians collapsed in the next two games. So much so that they could not get their ticket to participate in the rest of the competition. After proposals with interposed answers, the Belgian locker room ended up bursting. But in the end, who are really responsible for this fiasco?
Martinez and Hazard, Belgium’s only problems?
While we could cite many faults in this Belgian selection, the English press seems to have found the scapegoats. According Athleticism, several things would not have happened in the Belgian locker room. Indeed, the British media reveals that the relationship between Roberto Martinez, the coach, and Eden Hazard, the captain, would have been considered too tender. Some staff members would criticize the Belgian technician for having had too much confidence in Eden Hazard.
And given the performance of the number 7 of Real Madrid, we can understand them. In three games played, for a total of 124 minutes, in Qatar, the captain of Belgium has not been decisive once. Worse still, he only managed 5 dribbles. As a reminder, in 2018, Hazard had been decisive 5 times and had managed no less than 40 dribbles. Statistics that testify to the decadence of a player in whom Roberto Martinez probably placed too much hope for this World Cup.