Belgium-Japan, Eden Hazard thought of the failure against Wales in 2016

Belgium was hot against Japan. Favorite of the meeting, the Red Devils were led by two goals in the second period but finally managed to win. A failure against Japan would have been a strong reminder of the unexpected quarterfinal defeat of Euro 2016 against Wales, but ultimately the Red Devils learned from their mistakes of the past.

In a press conference, Eden Hazard admitted to fearing a fiasco like in 2016: "To be honest, we thought of defeat two years ago in Wales, but we also thought we could score goals to win. who can change the game, the players on the field and on the bench can make the difference, today we are happy to have won the match and go to the quarterfinals ".

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"Using this in the future"

"In the first 20 to 25 minutes of the first period, we were rather good, but what was wrong at the beginning of the second half mps is that we conceded two goals and both goals were preventable. We had some small defensive mistakes, but the reaction we showed tonight was excellent, maybe we needed that kind of game for the future, we could have been eliminated, but we ended up in quarters of final ", continued the Belgian international.

The winger of Chelsea returned to the face of the match against Japan:" Since I am in selection, we did not live many matches like that. I think that's what we needed. It will have to erase small things but now we have a quarter-final against Brazil, a fantastic match to play, to us to be ready. (A 0-2) There is not much to say except that we can win this match . "

" We try, we have players capable of changing the situation , we did it. I also want to highlight the performance of the players who were on the bench, who came back and who completely changed the game: it proves that it is not a group of 11-12-13 players who are important in the group, it's really 23. We've been proven to be sturdy. We are qualified but today we could have been outside … We must use this in the future " concluded the captain of the Red Devils.