The Belgian national team has terminated its cooperation with Domenico Tedesco.
Domenico Tedesco has been fired from the post of head coach of the Belgian national team, which is the opponent of the Ukrainian national team in the playoffs for the right to play in the elite division of the League of Nations.
This was reported on the official website of the Royal Belgian Football Association.
Tedesco took charge of the Belgium national team in February 2023. Under his leadership, the team played 24 matches, winning 12. Under his leadership, the Belgians reached the 1/8 finals of Euro 2024 and took third place in their group of Division A of the Nations League, which is why they got into the playoff matches.
According to a number of media reports, Erik ten Haan, Mark van Bommel, Thierry Henry and Rudi Garcia are candidates for the post of new head coach of the Belgium national team.
The matches between Ukraine and Belgium for a place in the elite of the Nations League will be held on March 20 and 23, 2025. The first meeting will be nominally home for the Ukrainians.
The winner of the two-match confrontation between the national teams of Ukraine and Belgium will receive a place in League A, and the losing team will play the next round of the tournament in League B.
Recall that the Ukrainian national team took second place in its quartet of Division B with 8 points and advanced to the playoffs for the right to move up a class. The Czech Republic (11 points) won this group, which immediately rose to the elite division of the League of Nations. Georgia (7 points) took third place and will play Armenia in the playoffs for maintaining its place in Division B. Albania (7 points) took the last position and was relegated to Division C.
