“Together with my assistants, I watched a lot of competitions in Belgium,” said Garcia on Friday afternoon when announcing his first selection as national coach of Belgium. “Of course we already knew Vanaken and Mechele, but there are also a lot of young players we still had to get to know. We went for the best players from the JPL, but there are many options and of course we cannot select everyone.”
He also congratulated Club Brugge in particular: “Without that red card they would have had more chance. But if you dare play against Villa with ten, you must have a personality.”