2024-02-03 11:24:52
It is 2014, a year after his arrival at Manchester United. For one summer, Fellaini swapped one red jacket for another and went to defend the colors of the national team in Brazil. Devils, who missed the last two World Cups and who are therefore starting this 2014 World Cup with a feeling of revenge and, above all, a lot of ambition. The golden generation is, of course, only in its infancy, but this is the opportunity to prove that Belgium football is coming back to life for good.
However, to begin their competition, the Devils fall on a bone: Algeria. Robust, solid, well organized and who even allows himself to stare down the Belgians by leading 1-0.
Marc Wilmots is obliged to react: he raises Dries Mertens et Marouane Fellaini. The small and the big. Two styles, radically opposed, but which will hit the mark, in turn.
Fellaini puts on his savior cape first. By deploying his long frame, barely five minutes after entering the game, on a cross from Kevin De Bruyne, obviously. His header is furious, it hits the mark and allows the Devils to equalize.
The Algerian lock is perforated, the momentum changes sides. A few minutes later, Mertens passes by to score the 2-1 goal. The substitutes made the difference. And as is often the case, among the Belgian heroes, hides Big Mo’…
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