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Belgium skipper Eden Hazard said his country need to win the World Cup in Qatar to justify the ‘golden generation’ tag they have carried for the past 10 years as they look to deliver the country’s first major trophy.
The 31-year-old Real Madrid forward has captained Belgium since 2015 and will participate in his third World Cup, hoping to go further than their third place at Russia 2018.
“I have to set the bar high. I’m going to try to do better than in 2018. It’ll be tough because that was already pretty good,” Hazard told the Fifa website.
“I’m fortunate to be the captain of a great team and a big footballing nation, and so we owe it to ourselves to have high expectations.”
A generation of top players representing some of Europe’s biggest clubs like Hazard, his Real teammate and goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, Manchester Citys ‘Kevin de Bruyne and Inter Milan’s Romelu Lukaku – on loan from Chelsea – have given hope to a nation of almost 12 million people that they can win a major trophy at last.