Roberto Martinez
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Podcast Appearances
Morning, Roberto.
It's great to see you.
Pleasure.
It's always that yearly visit, but I don't know why Cammy didn't invite me last year.
He didn't get the call-up last year.
Cammy, what's that about?
Well, it is.
I think this generation is phenomenal.
Not just from a talent point of view, that I think anyone can maybe put good talent in a dressing room.
It's the attitude.
We've got the majority of the players playing abroad and they almost celebrate coming back to Belgium.
They commit themselves.
International football can be very demanding, as you know, Alex.
in the middle of a difficult season with your club, then you need to travel, you need to play two games in the difference of four days, and just to go into Kazakhstan playing against... And you've got the pressure of the whole nation.
And this generation, they've been incredible, just to inspire others, to be able to see young players now in Belgium following their steps, and then, as you say, just to be able in a dressing room with this talented generation is a joy.
There's this so-called golden generation, which I think is a label that doesn't help anyone.
Before the World Cup, that was the label that these players had.
And in Belgium, it was always the generation of 86.
If you remember in Mexico, Belgium finished fourth.
And it was always that pressure to these players to do better.