I don't agree that stars in the Belgium team are too old. De Bruyne is 31, Curtois is 30, Lukaku 29... All of them are around 30 years of age and that is the time when a football player should still play at their best. Especially for the star players like the ones I mentioned. OK, Mertens is a bit old with 35 but he is one of rare players that old in the team.
Belgium has a golden generation but they did not achieve anything from them. This World Cup and Euro 2024 might be last big tournaments for this golden generation. If Belgium can not win this World Cup or the next Euro, they will likely see the end of this generation without any big title.
It is a bit odd to see a very terrible performance of Hazard after his transfer from Chelsea to Real Madrid. He is about 20% of this best in Chelsea a few years ago. Belgium now is more relying on De Bruyne but Hazard is no longer important for them.
Belgium have a good team that were capable of winning an international trophy for the country, i feel if they were to win something it would have happened either in the 2014 or 2018 world cup, or the Euro tournaments that have been played between that time, because that was when their star players were at their best, since they didn't win it then, they can't win it now
They are like England in the past with Gerrad, Lampard, Joe Cole, Rooney, Owen, Beckham, Ferdinand, Campell. Those players did not bring England to any title and they usually ended big tournaments very soon.
most of their best players are not as good as they were around 8 years ago, like Hazard for example, kevin de bruyne is still a great player, but i think he was better around 4 years ago. Belgium still have a good team, but i feel they are incapable of winning the 2022 world cup.
De Bruyne now is very dangerous with finishing, not only with his key passes and free kicks. His upgrade in the past season when he was motivated to shot more, shows that he can take advantage of open space and opportunity to shot and get goals.