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The Chance of a Generation

Whoever can beat Brazil may face the finals with optimism. This is a traditional belief of the World Cup. Through an especially arduous quarterfinal match, Belgium has managed to do exactly this. As such, will Belgium’s golden generation go to the finals and be crowned this year’s World Cup champions?

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Belgium\'s forward Eden Hazard (left) attends a training session at the Guchkovo Stadium in Dedovsk, outside Moscow, on July 9, 2018, on the eve of their Russia 2018 World Cup semi-final football match against France.

Whoever can beat Brazil may face the finals with optimism. This is a traditional belief of the World Cup. Through an especially arduous quarterfinal match, Belgium has managed to do exactly this. As such, will Belgium’s golden generation go to the finals and be crowned this year’s World Cup champions?

In the 1986 World Cup, Belgium reached the semifinals with its previous golden generation, comprising Jan Ceulemans, Enzo Scifo and Rene Vandereycken. At the time, Ceulemans and his teammates were forced to accept defeat at the hands of Argentina with its legendary soccer star Diego Maradona. It was only 32 years later, in the 2018 World Cup, that Belgium reached the semifinals once more. This time, it has another golden generation with Kevin de Bruyne, Romelu Lukaku and Eden Hazard. Will Belgium’s current golden generation defeat France and make it through to the finals?

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