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Olympic Games Countdown For Belgium: 3 Days!

By: julien | August 4th, 2008 | No Comments »


Yesterday, Belgium’s olympic squad arrived in Shenyang, China. There they will finish practicing and preparing for their first Olympic Games match against Brazil. The match is this Thursday leaving the young devils three days to prepare. Yves De Winter didn’t practice yesterday since he had the flu. Kevin Mirallas supposedly practiced despite of his knee injury from the South Korea friendly. Today, the Belgians practice from 18 H to 20 H (Chinese time) at the Tiexi Sports Centre. The first 15 minutes of practice will be open to the media. In the upcoming days, I will have a Milk Cup recap and details of the South Korea friendly.


Tags: Beijing 2008, De Winter, Friendly, Milk Cup, Milk Cup 2008, Mirallas, Olympic Games, Selection, South Korea, Team News

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Mirallas Will Play In South Korea Friendly

By: julien | July 28th, 2008 | No Comments »


Belgium olympic coach, Jean-François de Sart, is convinced that Kevin Mirallas will be fit enough to play against South Korea this Saturday. The young Belgians will play their U-20 squad in Seoul. Stijn De Smet is completely healed from his injury. He practiced with the team yesterday whereas Mirallas practiced on his ... [read]


Belgium Olympic Squad Arrives In Yantai, China

By: julien | July 27th, 2008 | 1 Comment »


The Belgium olympic squad arrived in Yantai, China today. There the Young Devils will prepare for the upcoming Olympic Games. Two injured players went with the team including Kevin Mirallas and Stijn De Smet. Mirallas’ trip with the young Belgians was doubtful for awhile due to his quadriceps injury. Giuseppe Rossini was ... [read]


Belgium Lose To Rival Netherlands

By: julien | July 25th, 2008 | 2 Comments »


Our olympic squad lost respectfully yesterday to the Netherlands, our neighbor and longstanding rival. The match was played at Cristal Arena in front of 6,859 spectators. It was Belgium’s last preparation match for the olympics. We lost by a score of 0-1 against the U-21 Euro champions. Roy Makaay scored in the ... [read]


Hamburger SV Frees Kompany For The Olympics

By: julien | July 23rd, 2008 | 2 Comments »


Bundesliga’s Hamburger SV has finally let Belgian international Vincent Kompany play for the Olympics. The 22 year old defender is selected for tonight’s friendly against the Netherlands. Then, Kompany returns to Hamburg. He will stay with his club through the Hamburger/Real Madrid match, which is on August 2nd. After the match, he ... [read]


Tchité and Onyewu Become Belgian Citizens

By: julien | July 16th, 2008 | 1 Comment »


Mohamed Tchité and Oguchi Onyewu are now naturalized Belgians. Belgium’s Moniteur released the details. Both players have played for Standard de Liège and neither have any real connection to Belgium aside from playing in the Jupiler League. Tchité was born in Burundi from Congolese parents. Onyewu was born in the United ... [read]


Belgium Up Against A Tough Olympic Brazil Squad

By: julien | July 15th, 2008 | 1 Comment »


On August 7th, Belgium kicks off against Brazil in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The match will be played in Shenyang with a kickoff time of 17h00. Brazil manager Dunga selected Ronaldinho, Robinho, and Thiago Neves as the three players over 23 years old. The already talented Brazilians just got scarier. They ... [read]


Hamburger SV Won’t Let Kompany Play In The Olympics

By: julien | July 14th, 2008 | No Comments »


The country vs. club battle continues in football. Hamburger SV won’t let Belgium’s Vincent Kompany play in the Olympics. Their sporting director said:
“We have discussed the situation with Vincent and we mutually decided that the best thing for him is to practice with Hamburger.”
The Belgium FA had this rebuttle:
“We sent a ... [read]


2008 Milk Cup Preview

By: julien | July 10th, 2008 | 2 Comments »


Since 1983 the Milk Cup has been held annually in Northern Ireland. It is a youth football tournament that has national and club sides. There are three different sections: Elite, Premier, and Junior. The Elite section features just U-19 national teams. Premier and Junior feature club sides but are different ages (U-17 ... [read]


Mbo Mpenza Selected For Olympic Games

By: julien | July 9th, 2008 | 1 Comment »


Belgian youth coach Jean-François de Sart has announced one of his 38 player preselections for the Olympics. Each nation must select 18 players and 4 replacements for the tournament. Surprisingly, Mbo Mpenza was on that list. de Sart had this to say about him:
“We know that each will be very strong on ... [read]



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