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ESPN FC Daily: Belgium’s Golden Generation OUT, Croatia and Morocco Advance

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Soccer, Sports

4.32.7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

The ESPN FC Daily panel are joined by Shaka Hislop, Gab Marcotti and Dale Johnson discuss Belgium bowing out of the 2022 World Cup as Croatia and Morocco advance to the knockout rounds. Plus, the group preview Germany's upcoming clash with everything on the line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Faldrum are out. They are done. Morocco and Croatia are in unbelievable scenes. I believe

0:11.2

that we're going to spend a long time talking about not just the matches, but yes, yes,

0:15.8

Romello, Lukaku, my God. But Morocco, the second African nation to read the knockout stages.

0:22.8

That's the first time in a single tournament since 2014 when Algeria and Nigeria did it.

0:28.4

Unbelievable stuff. Luis Miguel, Echega, and I, LME, here of course, and Gabmar Gotti and

0:34.8

Shakka, his love in the house. Let's begin with you, Shakka. Your initial reactions as Morocco

0:40.6

and Croatia are through. Delighted from Morocco, African nation, top their group and in a group

0:48.2

that I don't think many thought they'd get out of with Belgium, who I think I'm right in saying

0:53.7

came into this tournament number two in the nation. And Croatia, of course, beaten finalists

0:59.2

four years ago. Delighted from Morocco. It was male-biting stuff in both games for a number of reasons.

1:08.1

And I'm not sure how much more of this, my heart, can take. Given everything that we had to kind of

1:15.0

sit through with Mexico and Poland yesterday and we're looking at yellow cards, we almost had that

1:22.7

exact situation again. But I think it's all came out well in the wash. Morocco topping with two

1:30.8

wins in a draw. And then Belgium kind of kicking themselves at this point, wondering how they'd

1:37.5

know into the next round. Gab, your thoughts, my friend. In saying group obviously happy for Morocco

1:44.0

as Shakka was discussing, but Belgium, the golden generation, it is not. Roberto Martinez is

1:51.3

faith sealed. Give me your reaction from this group, my friend. So obviously I'm going to

1:56.4

do fair my bias here because I wrote an article in the Times many, many years ago when all of these

2:01.6

that sort of your hazards, Lukaku was 16, Hazard was I think 18 or 19 at the time. I'm not saying I

2:08.8

coined the term golden generation, but I felt invested that they would deliver something.

2:14.2

And I still thought they could in this world cup because as Vincent Company told us when we sat

2:18.8

down with him, he said shut down goalkeeper, Shakka knows how important that is. And individual

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