Sporting director of the national team of Belgium Frank Vercauteren commented on the unsuccessful start of his national team at Euro 2024. Recall, in the first match of the tournament "red devils" sensationally stepped Slovakia (0:1).
Frank Vercauteren"Analysis of the match with Slovakia? The most important thing is that we lost. The result is always in first place. And only in the second place we need to talk about good and bad moments in the game. Of course, in the match with the Slovaks there were things that we can use to play better against Romania.
At the Euros, you have to play every match as if you have a knife at your throat. Even if we beat the Slovaks, we would still need to beat both Romania and Ukraine to take the top spot in the group.
There is always pressure, it is necessary at this level. It's important to know how to take advantage of it. It should not be an element that causes imbalance. From this point of view, the defeat against Slovakia should not make a big difference to the team: yes, after the match there is always a moment of disappointment, but after an hour you have to think about the next game," Verkauteren was quoted as saying by Belgian publication DH.
