Belgium’s golden generation have catapulted them to a first European Championships in 16 years, but can Marc Wilmots help inspire such a talented crop of players to their first ever triumph at a major tournament?
Belgium will hope to cash in on their golden generation of stars at Euro 2016 as they bid for their first ever major tournament triumph in France this summer.
Ranked as one of the favourites to win, despite the fact that this is their first involvement at a European Championships since 2000, the Red Devils boast one of the most supremely talented squads, even considering injuries, of the 24 teams involved.
Behind only Argentina in the FIFA World Rankings, Marc Wilmots’ squad are the best Belgium has boasted for over 30 years, when they finished as runners-up to West Germany in Euro 1980 before coming fourth in the 1986 World Cup.
Since coming second that year, they have competed in just two of the eight editions of the tournament and have only managed to reach the group stages on both of those occasions.
