The choice of Belgium, Domenico Tedesco, I travel to Spain at the beginning of May to meet the footballer of Atlético de Madrid Axel Witsel and convince him to play in the team again, a year after retiring from the national team, with the goal of German Euro 2024Belgian French-speaking radio and television reported this Friday RTBF.
According to this medium, Witsel He was ready to return to the national team and thanked Tedesco to move to Madrid to ask him to return to the team, after both protagonists have publicly disagreed in recent months about the reasons that led to the departure of the midfielder, who this season has been a defender in Athletic.
The information of RTBF that’s a note Tedesco Intoned the “mea culpa” before Witsel to open the doors of the national team for him and, in fact, several Belgian media reported on Thursday that the coach included the red and white player in his list of selected players for the Euro Cup, although the Belgian Football Federation declined to comment or confirm this information.
Tedesco He plans to make public the list of those called up for the Eurocup next Tuesday.
Witsel35, announced his retirement as a national team player on May 12, 2023 to “dedicate more time” to his family and “focus” on his club, the Atlético de Madrid, as published by the player through a message on social networks.
At the first call of Tedesco As the Belgian coach, on March 16, 2023, the coach did not call Witsel that said the midfielder has little rhythm in the game.
While he hasn’t ruled out calling him back in the future, he admits he wants to “see some new faces” on his first list, which comes after the Red Devils’ World Cup debacle. Qatar 2022, where they fell in the group stage, and marked the end of the Spanish stage Robert Martinez as a coach, who led the best generation of footballers in the history of Belgium.
After two months Tedesco give to Witsel In his first call as coach, the red and white announced his decision to retire as a player Belgiumafter amassing 130 games played since his debut in 2008 and becoming the second player with the most caps, behind only defender Ja Vertonghen (154 matches).
WITSEL’S WORDS
In March of this year, Witsel He said Tedesco was “incoherent” in the arguments he gave him for not calling him and, in an interview he gave on Belgian television. Proximus Pickxsaid he “would have understood” if the coach fired him because he “preferred a different profile”, but not under the premise that he didn’t have a competitive rhythm or playing time.
The siren song of Tedesco Going to Witselwho this season has played more as a defender than as a midfielder, coinciding with the period when the Belgian team’s most experienced defender, Jan Vertonghenwas injured in the groin and its presence in the European Cup.
Belgium will begin its journey in this tournament on June 17 against Slovakiain a group where they will also be measured Romania and Ukraine.
Source: La Verdad
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