Belgium captain Kevin De Bruyne could not contain his anger as he vented his frustration on the performance of his teammates in their 0-2 loss to France.
In what is not a first time occurrence, the 33-year-old launched a verbal dressing down of his colleagues following their Group A2 game, saying to Belgian VTM television;
“I can’t say here what went wrong. I already did that to the team at half-time.
“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,” the 33-year-old De Bruyne said of the side that reached the World Cup semi-finals in Russia.
“I was the first to see that, but other things are unacceptable. I’m not going to say what.”
The Manchester City star did however highlight one notable problem.
“We are too many at the back. If you stay with six at the back, there is no connection. It is what it is. It is not about transition, but about people who do not perform their tasks.”
