Belgium has others to thank for its new-found prowess
by Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times
Jul 12, 2018
2 minutes
MOSCOW - Kevin de Bruyne said a big factor in Belgium's recent rise to global prominence in soccer is the fact this generation was the first to send its players in great numbers to top-flight foreign leagues to play and learn.
On the 1986 Belgium team, the first to play in a World Cup semifinal, 20 of the 22 players competed for club teams in the
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