Belgium midfielder Juri Thielemans shared his expectations from the match of the 1/8 finals of Euro 2024 against France.
"Our first goal has been achieved - we got out of the group. It's true that we wanted to finish first in the group, but it didn't work out. Now a match against a very strong opponent awaits us.
We know that we need to do better, especially after the match against Ukraine. This game was a total disappointment - our team did not perform well enough both in terms of collective and individual play. Everyone knows about it.
The end of the game against Ukraine was especially sad. A win would have allowed us to finish in first place, but all teams are playing at a very high level now. Maybe we are too used to an easier game. But today's soccer is such that everything is more difficult: physically, tactically and technically, and we have to cope with it," Tielemans is quoted by 7sur7.be.