{"id":406587,"date":"2023-02-08T04:08:11","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T09:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=406587"},"modified":"2023-02-08T04:08:11","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T09:08:11","slug":"italian-tedesco-replaces-martinez-as-belgium-coach","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/italian-tedesco-replaces-martinez-as-belgium-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Tedesco replaces Martinez as Belgium coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-53 p Component-p-0-2-44\">Italian Domenico Tedesco has been appointed as head coach of Belgium, replacing Roberto Martinez, the Belgian federation announced on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Domenico Tedesco is the new head coach of our Devils. Good luck, coach! \ud83e\udd1d\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddea <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DEVILTIME?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#DEVILTIME<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KeHHPbVpB3\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/KeHHPbVpB3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Belgian Red Devils (@BelRedDevils) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BelRedDevils\/status\/1623233923353387008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-53 p Component-p-0-2-44\">The 37-year-old, who previously coached German clubs Schalke 04 and Leipzig as well as Russia&#8217;s Spartak Moscow, signed a contract until after the next year&#8217;s European championship, which will be held in Germany.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-53 p Component-p-0-2-44\">Martinez, who guided Belgium to the third place at the 2018 World Cup, was in charge of the red Devils for six years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-53 p Component-p-0-2-44\">He stepped down after the team failed to progress to the knockout stage of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-53 p Component-p-0-2-44\">Martinez\u2019s departure coincided with the likely breakup of Belgium\u2019s so-called \u201cGolden Generation,\u201d an era featuring world-class offensive players such as Kevin De Bruyne, Eden Hazard, Romelu Lukaku and Dries Mertens.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-53 p Component-p-0-2-44\">Tesdesco\u2019s main goal will be to rebuild the squad ahead of the European championship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-53 p Component-p-0-2-44\">Belgium&#8217;s first game under the Italian will be the Euro 2024 qualifier against Sweden on March 24.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Italian Domenico Tedesco has been appointed as head coach of Belgium, replacing Roberto Martinez, the Belgian federation announced on Wednesday. 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