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How Belgium marched to world number one
On episode two of Football Architects, we’re focusing on the rise that took a stagnant Belgium to number one in FIFA’s world rankings.
We’ll hear about how they established a footballing DNA, and created a team of legendary players such as Eden Hazard, Kevin De Bruyne, and many more.
Every episode will also have a written piece on the website, which we will link below.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6445749/2025/07/10/football-architects-inside-belgium-rise-world-number-one/
Host: Michael Bailey
With: Jacob Whitehead and Liam Tharme
Producer: Mike Stavrou
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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On episode two of Football Architects, we’re focusing on the rise that took a stagnant Belgium to number one in FIFA’s world rankings.
We’ll hear about how they established a footballing DNA, and created a team of legendary players such as Eden Hazard, Kevin De Bruyne, and many more.
Every episode will also have a written piece on the website, which we will link below.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6445749/2025/07/10/football-architects-inside-belgium-rise-world-number-one/
Host: Michael Bailey
With: Jacob Whitehead and Liam Tharme
Producer: Mike Stavrou
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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