In the semi-finals of the 2018 World Cup, Belgium failed to complete the comeback.

Their 1-0 defeat to France brought their World Cup campaign in Russia to an end.

The team, with an average age of 27.6 years, has already equalled the best performance by a national team at a World Cup and can expect Qatar to go even further in four years' time.

Belgian football has a great history and they were one of the nations to participate in the first World Cup.

From 1986 to 2002, they qualified for the World Cup finals for six consecutive years, scoring with Germany, Italy, Argentina, Brazil and other giants.

After 2002, Belgian football hit a low point, and between 2004 and 2012, Belgium was excluded from the finals of three European Championships and two World Cups.

10 years of hardship, so that Belgium emerged a large number of stars of hope, in 2012, Hazard, Kompany, de Browne, Lukaku and other young generation.

In the 2014 World Cup, the young Belgium team reached the last eight again, eventually falling to the foot of Argentina in the quarter-finals.

It is predictable that the Belgian team at that time has shown a good strength.

After 2014, Belgium with a strong attack force to become a football team in Europe and the world, in November 2015 released the FIFA rankings, Belgium ranked first, creating the history of the national team.

In this World Cup, the Belgian team still received attention from all walks of life, they scored 9 goals in three games in the group stage, and their excellent performance made them confident enough to launch an impact like the world champion.

In the 1/8 final, the superior Belgium were the first two goals scored by Japan, but they needed less than half a time to tie the score, with the winner completed just before the final whistle.

From two goals down to complete the comeback, this is the World Cup knockout history has not seen many classics, Belgium's maturity, tenacity and confidence in this game.

In the quarter final, they eliminated Brazil 2-1 in the unfavored situation, and their unexpected formation and skillful attacking movement made the Samba Army who were aiming to win the title.

In the semi-finals, Belgium met a French team whose average age was 1.6 years younger than their own.

Two teams full of talent and passion gave the fans a good duel, and finally thanks to Umtiti's header, France had the last laugh, while Belgium had to accept the result.

In this game, the French coach Deschamps' defensive arrangement can be described as the ultimate, Hazard has never been comfortable with the ball, and Belgium's front field has been fragmented by the French defenders, even if Hazard and de Browne have the chance to take the ball, but other players are like straggies, it is difficult to provide them with support.

Belgium lost, lost to the more experienced French team, but the young should not be afraid of failure, looking forward to the European Red Devils comeback, may then, they will face this younger than their own French team, that is the real test for them.