World Cup 2022: Belgium were 'afraid to lose' against Morocco, says Roberto Martinez

Belgium are not out of the World Cup yet, but Sunday's defeat by Morocco raised more questions about their aging team. The boss admitted that they have a lot of issues.

Two of their famed 'golden generation' are only bit-part players in Qatar, while another is struggling for form, and seems to have written off their chances of lifting the trophy.

Hazard was only able to play an hour before being replaced to avoid entering the'red zone' of risk of injury.

After a long-standing thigh injury, Romelu Lukaku is only ready for a few minutes of playing time.

There are more serious issues in the team's mind than in the treatment room.

The victory over Croatia on Thursday will get them into the last 16 but they are not ready to win.

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'I don't see that enjoyment on the ball'

Four years after scoring 14 goals in six games to reach the World Cup semi-finals, Belgium have managed only one goal in their first two games here.

The African side's success was noisily celebrated by thousands of their jubilant supporters in the stands, as the RedDevils were bereft of ideas and allowed their opponent to grow in confidence.

Angry fans rioted on the streets of Brussels after the result was announced.

The lack of creativity was due to a lack of belief.

He doesn't think it's a lack of quality. The link-up was missing in the final third when we played a lot better on the ball than we did against Canada.

We played with a fear of losing and that's why we couldn't find the spare man.

In the last six years, we have found opportunities to score and that is hard to comprehend. We failed to find the back of the net and that cost us the game.

The players work so hard for each other off the ball that I don't think they enjoy it. It's necessary for us to be ourselves.

We don't have anything to lose against Croatia.

Something to win is what it is. The talent is there and the quality in front of goal is one of the strengths of our team, so it would be a real start for us.

'We haven't been the best Belgium yet'

There is a chance that De Bruyne will have to play a part in the revival of Belgium. His comments that his side are too old to win the World Cup and their best chance of winning in the last year will not help the squad.

The quotes did not affect what happened at the stadium according to the man.

"That's the first time I've heard that, so I think no-one else knew it either," he said.

When you ask a player a question, he is allowed to give his opinion, but I think we all know what we're talking about. We have known each other for six years and I don't believe comments like that will help or hurt us.

The language of the team against Morocco was focused and healthy.

I think it's fair to say that we were not at our best against Morocco.

We never lost our competitive edge, but on the ball we haven't been ourselves.

The team is playing with a lot of responsibility. We need to rediscover our freedom.

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