Witsel: “It’s hard. In the first half, it was still going, but we gave them the ball too much. Technically they were very good, when they shot, they scored. We weren’t strong enough, we didn’t didn’t defend enough as a whole. We didn’t hurt them enough with the ball. It was an important game, but it’s better to lose here than in Qatar. We’ll have to give everything once morest Poland, especially at home , where we have to catch up.”
Onana: “My emotions are mixed. On the one hand, it’s my first cap, it’s beautiful and I’m very proud of it. But I’m also sad, because we lost 1-4 in front of our supporters, who didn’t didn’t give up. We created chances, but it was hard to find the fault, especially in the first half. We’re going to have to reanalyze all that and get off to a good start. I didn’t expect to play a half-time, but it gives experience and it’s fun. We will have to react as a group and suffer together. We must quickly forget and focus on the next match once morest Poland.”
Martinez: “We played the first 15 minutes very well, then it became much more complicated. These were not the best conditions to prepare for this match, we had a lot of players coming back from injury. It’s not easy to lose once morest the Netherlands, once morest the neighbors. It was hard to lose Lukaku from the start of the match. I’m not reassured regarding his injury. It looks serious, he’s going to have an MRI tomorrow. I I chose to bring Trossard up because he is very mobile, he is very good with the ball and can bring danger. Hazard played free, without pain, but we have to preserve him. He is coming back from a long injury and we must not not burn it. We are waiting for the match on Wednesday, it will also be used to prepare for the World Cup.”
The coach also let it be known that his “feeling” was not good regarding Lukaku’s injury. An ankle sprain is feared and the striker might have to leave the Devils without playing the last three matches.
