Golden generation? Belgium already eye next wave


FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - World Cup - Belgium Training - Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad, Russia - June 27, 2018 Belgium's players during training REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Belgian football's hopes are high that a generation of hard work in rebuilding from the grass roots will bear fruit at this World Cup, but coaches are already looking beyond and at how to outfox bigger rivals next time.

They have seen Germany this year continue a run of champions going from boom to bust as winning teams age -- Spain, Italy and France also all crashed after winning a previous World Cup; and the Belgian FA, and national coach Roberto Martinez, want younger talent lined up even before their elders have delivered.

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