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Kevin De Bruyne gave an eye-opening interview to The Guardian this week, in which he suggested that his Belgium side — currently ranked second in FIFA’s world rankings — has “no chance” of wining the World Cup.
“No chance, we’re too old,” De Bruyne said. “I think our chance was 2018. We have a good team, but it is aging. We lost some key players. We have some good new players coming, but they are not at the level other players were in 2018. I see us more as outsiders.”
Was De Bruyne simply trying to take the pressure off his team? Put some of the attention onto himself and away from his teammates?
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After Belgium’s first two World Cup games, another possibility emerges: He was just being honest.
