Belgium defender rates Real Madrid’s Gareth Bale higher than Eden Hazard
Jordan Lukaku rates Real Madrid‘s Gareth Bale higher than his Belgium teammate Eden Hazard.
Belgium qualified for the quarter finals of the Euro, following their impressive 4-0 victory over Hungry in the round of 16, and now will Wales on Friday.
And Jordan Lukaku has highlighted Bale and Arron Ramsey as the main threat from Wales.
Belgium defender rates Real Madrid’s Gareth Bale higher than Eden Hazard
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“Bale is for me perhaps slightly higher than Hazard. He’s been playing longer at that level,” he said.
“At key moments at club level Bale is the man and he stands there, while Hazard is still not consistent.
“The staff will devise a plan to neutralise Bale and Aaron Ramsey because they are the strongest players Wales have. So we will find a way to counter them but it will not be one player, it will be the whole team.”
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“It’s a difficult team. They are very good defensively, they play with three defenders behind,” he said.
“They give you the feeling you can score a goal but in the end they score a goal and have stopped you. If you don’t play really well against them, you have a lot of problems. They also have a lot of quality up front.”
While, Belgium boss Marc Wilmots says his team have defend as a unit to deal with Bale.
We know Wales very well,” he said, as quoted by Euro 2016’s official website. “They have made a great evolution and have two top players in their team: [Aaron] Ramsey and Bale.
“We lost one time in the qualification by an individual mistake. But then we also had plenty of chances ourselves.
“Bale is playing in a free role and is a bit everywhere, on the wing, and in the central attack. But I will not put one marker on him, we will collectively deal with him.”