January 20 – Belgium have dismissed Domenico Tedesco (pictured) as their supervisor following disappointing outcomes eventually summer season’s European championship and within the subsequent Nations League. The Belgian FA (RBFA) additionally fired Yves Serneels, the long-standing supervisor of the ladies’s nationwide workforce.
After months of hypothesis, the RBFA eventuallysacked Tedesco, who had didn’t ship anticipated outcomes following the departure of the so-called ‘golden technology’.
In an announcement, Peter Willems, CEO of the RBFA, mentioned: “Domenico made a wonderful begin as nationwide coach and proved that there are nonetheless nice issues attainable, even after the send-off of the earlier technology. He has built-in quite a few younger gamers into the workforce, and his successor can construct on this. We want to thank him and his workforce for the nice cooperation, their onerous work and dedication, and want all of them the perfect for the long run.”
Succeeding Roberto Martinez, Tedesco arrived in 2023 and a powerful win towards Germany in a pleasant prompt his reign held lots of promise, however after a simple qualification marketing campaign for Euro 2024, his workforce imploded on the finals event.
Belgium scraped via the group phases earlier than a knockout defeat by France within the spherical of 16. In a event atmosphere, Tedesco’s inexperience confirmed and the early elimination prompted a disaster on the Belgian FA with boardroom shuffles and a number of other dismissals.
Tedesco mentioned he would use the Nations League as a laboratory, however that angle grew to become his downfall, a 1-0 defeat towards Israel in November condemning Belgium to a playoff towards Ukraine to retain their League A standing.
Ultimately, Tedesco gained simply 12 of his 24 video games in cost. He additionally misplaced management of the dressing with Actual Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois refusing to play for the nationwide workforce and Manchester Metropolis star Kevin De Bruyne overtly questioning his ways.
Tedesco, who had a contract till 2026, mentioned: “I used to be at all times proud to be the coach of the Crimson Devils, we achieved nice issues collectively. A gorgeous journey is now sadly coming to an finish. I’m 100% positive that the workforce will prevail towards Ukraine and likewise confidently qualify for the World Cup.
“This workforce remains to be at first of its improvement and can trigger a sensation within the coming years. I want the gamers, the nice staff of the federation and the followers all the perfect from the underside of my coronary heart.”
The Belgian governing physique additionally parted methods with Serneels, who led the ladies’s nationwide workforce for 14 years. He led the workforce to a few consecutive European championships, reaching the final eight for the primary time at Euro 2021 in England, however lately, the model of play below Serneels had stagnated and Belgium struggled within the qualifiers for Euro 2025.
The RBFA desires a unique route and Willems mentioned Belgium intention to qualify for the 2027 Ladies’s World Cup in Brazil.
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