Belgians celebrate bronze: the players' voices after the battle for third place



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Saint Petersburg, July 14 (TASR) – Belgian footballers won bronze medals at the MS 2018 in Russia. Saturday's match for third place in Petrohrady defeated Anglick 2: 0. Thomas Meunier took the lead for the first time in 4 minutes, Eden Hazard in the 82nd minute

For Belgium, third place is the success history of the world championships. In the bronze medal, he was also presented at the World Championships in Mexico in 1986, then passed 2: 4 in France.

Post-Match Voice / CT Sport, BBC, hln.be/:

Roberto Martinez, Belgium coach: "We thank our players for this success, and our The team was incredibly strong and talented, and our dream was that all of Belgium be proud of it. "

Gareth Southgate, coach of England: "The Belgians were better than us, they had more time to regenerate, they also have a high level team and I'm happy to have a competitive team. "

Harry Kane, Captain of England: "This match showed that we can still improve We are not yet a team ready, we have nothing to do We do not want not wait 20 years before reaching the semi-finals so he comes in. We made a big step forward "

Tobias Alderweireld, Defender of Belgium: " Today we have shown a lot of willpower in the matches, we wanted bronze, we started well, we can be proud, this third place is the biggest success of Belgium. "

Vincent Kompany, defender of Belgium: "We finished in third place, so high that we have never been, so I'm happy, we won six times in the World Cup, the final was close. if we play it, we will win. "

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