World Cup Russia 2018: Roberto Martinez: "A comeback like that is incredible"

The coach of Belgium, the Spanish Roberto Martinez, extolled the good level offered by Japan, which he congratulated with insistence and highlighted his players, absolute protagonists of the comeback against Japan in the round of 16.

"It was not a game of tactics, but of players, we lost 2-0 and we had to find solutions, something to react to, that's the only thing you can do from the bench, but beyond that there are the players. the union to look for something with desperation ", said Roberto Martínez.

The coach gave a blow to the game with the changes. He took Moureanne Fellaini and Nacir Chadli on the pitch. Both marked and turned the situation around. "If we go over the history, it's hard to find a 0-2 comeback in a World Cup, this has been achieved by these players, with personality and concentration, with faith and desire, they have never been lost," he insisted. it's incredible, "added Roberto Martínez.

"We have started the second half badly, we have given favorable situations to Japan and they have taken advantage of them because they have conditions for it, and the players have had to react and do a great job to turn the situation around," he said.

"Japan has been strong on counterattack, fast, has controlled Romelu Lukaku very well, with a great approach, we have to congratulate him, with Fellaini and Chadler coming in, the team has improved, we have found Hazard and we had many times thereafter, it is not a game of tactics but of mistakes and success, of many things, especially the player's faith," he said.

On the rival of Belgium in the quarterfinals, Brazil, Martinez said: "He has great individual quality, he has gone over and he has had a great performance but we will start focusing on them from now on. the opportunity to play against a team like Brazil with the semi-final challenge, it's a dream we hope to enjoy".