{"id":5677,"date":"2018-07-06T19:54:14","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T19:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/?p=5677"},"modified":"2018-07-06T21:33:52","modified_gmt":"2018-07-06T21:33:52","slug":"de-rode-duivels-who-is-the-belgian-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/de-rode-duivels-who-is-the-belgian-team\/","title":{"rendered":"De Rode Duivels &#8211; Who Is The Belgian Team?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While the Dutch team did not qualify for the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/football-in-the-netherlands\/\">World Cup in 2018<\/a>, but the Belgians did, <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/euro-cup-2016-and-belgium\/\">just like in 2016.<\/a>\u00a0And just a few minutes ago, the\u00a0<em>Rode Duivels\u00a0<\/em>(the Red Devils)\u00a0won from the world-class Brazilians! So what is this team? How can this small team play such good football? Let&#8217;s have a look!<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Belgium-Brazil: 2-1<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Brazil v Belgium | 2018 FIFA World Cup | Match Highlights\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t8IK0ZqfxNI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<em>Rode Duivels\u00a0<\/em>play a great\u00a0<em>wereldkampioenschap\u00a0<\/em>(WK) (World Cup) so far. They defeated all rivaling teams in the group rounds, and now defeated\u00a0<em>Brazili\u00eb\u00a0<\/em>in the\u00a0<em>kwartfinale\u00a0<\/em>(quarter finals). After a <em>eigen doelpunt\u00a0<\/em>(own-goal) by the Brazilians, the <em>Duivels <\/em>took the lead against strong Brazilians. But with a strong <em>verdediging\u00a0<\/em>(defense), the Belgians keep the goal clear, and in a brilliant counter score their second goal. The Brazilians run, shoot, but just do not get through. Until the 75th minute, they keep up this great <em>verdediging<\/em>. But then, after an amazing <em>pas\u00a0<\/em>(pass), the Brazilians made their first <em>doelpunt\u00a0<\/em>(goal). A nerve-wrecking last 20 minutes followed, but the Belgians kept up the <em>voorsprong<\/em>. A thrill of a game!<\/p>\n<p>On\u00a0<em>dinsdag\u00a0<\/em>(tuesday), they will face\u00a0<em>Frankrijk\u00a0<\/em>(France) in the\u00a0<em>half-finale\u00a0<\/em>(semi-finals). I am curious what will happen in that game!<\/p>\n<h2><em><strong>De Rode Duivels<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_5693\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/JqcJmy\" aria-label=\"Belgianfootball 1024x576\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5693\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5693\"  alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/07\/belgianfootball-1024x576.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/07\/belgianfootball-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/07\/belgianfootball-350x197.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/07\/belgianfootball-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/07\/belgianfootball.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5693\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Belgian <em>supporters<\/em> (fans) after a victory against Tunisia during the Euro Cup 2016 (Image by Miguel Discart at Flickr.com under license CC BY SA 2.0)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0<em>bijnaam\u00a0<\/em>(nick name)\u00a0<em>De Rode Duivels<\/em>, or &#8211; as Belgium also has French and German as primary languages &#8211; <em>Les Diables Rouges\u00a0<\/em>or\u00a0<em>Die Roten Teufel\u00a0<\/em>&#8211; was given by Pierre Walckiers, manager of the club\u00a0<em>Leopold FC\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>hoofdredacteur\u00a0<\/em>(editor in chief) of\u00a0the\u00a0<em>blad\u00a0<\/em>(magazine)\u00a0<em>La Vie Sportive<\/em>. He wrote this in a piece a day after the\u00a0<em>interland\u00a0<\/em>(international game) where the\u00a0<em>Duivels\u00a0<\/em>played against the Dutch on April 30, 1906. It was also the first time that the Belgian\u00a0<em>elftal\u00a0<\/em>(football team) played in\u00a0<em>rood\u00a0<\/em>(red).<\/p>\n<p>In that game, the Dutch\u00a0<em>elftal\u00a0<\/em>had a\u00a0<em>voorsprong\u00a0<\/em>(lead) of 2-1, but in the last 15 minutes of the game, the Belgian\u00a0<em>elftal\u00a0<\/em>turned the game around. They made two more goals, and won the game with 3-2. According to Walckiers, they\u00a0<em>hebben gestreden als rode duivels\u00a0<\/em>(had fought like red devils).<\/p>\n<p>And that they are devils, the Belgians showed before in the match against Japan, where they had a 3-2 comeback after having had two goals against them.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Belgium v Japan | 2018 FIFA World Cup | Match Highlights\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fJeJuc27ggE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And over the years, the Belgians did not get worse. Currently,\u00a0<em>de Rode Duivels\u00a0<\/em>have been undefeated for 24 games. 19\u00a0<em>overwinningen\u00a0<\/em>(wins) and\u00a05\u00a0<em>gelijkspel\u00a0<\/em>(ties)! In august 2016, the team got a new coach, Robert Martinez, and a\u00a0new trainer, the legendary Frenchman Thierry Henry. And look at them! They did it again!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Will\u00a0<em>de Rode Duivels\u00a0<\/em>become the\u00a0<em>wereldkampioen<\/em>, for the first time for the country? Are you rooting for the Belgians? Or do you think a team will get in their way? What do you think? Let me know in the comments below!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"197\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/07\/belgianfootball-350x197.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/07\/belgianfootball-350x197.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/07\/belgianfootball-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/07\/belgianfootball-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/07\/belgianfootball.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>While the Dutch team did not qualify for the World Cup in 2018, but the Belgians did, just like in 2016.\u00a0And just a few minutes ago, the\u00a0Rode Duivels\u00a0(the Red Devils)\u00a0won from the world-class Brazilians! So what is this team? How can this small team play such good football? Let&#8217;s have a look! 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