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Belgium captain Kevin De Bruyne has insisted they had a good plan to beat France in their Euro 2024 round of 16 clash on Monday.<\/p>\n

Jan Vertonghen\u2019s late own goal meant the Red Devils crashed out of the competition, as they lost 1-0.<\/p>\n

The Belgians defended resiliently against Les Bleus until the 85th minute, when Randal Kolo Muani\u2019s shot took a deflection from Vertonghen and went in.<\/p>\n

Manager Domenico Tedesco switched to a 4-4-2 formation for the game and De Bruyne has leapt to his defence.<\/p>\n

Speaking to reporters after the game, De Bruyne said: \u201cWe had a plan, we executed it well. With the quality of France, we knew we wouldn\u2019t have possession. We had moments to be dangerous. It\u2019s a shame to concede the goal like that, but that\u2019s football.<\/p>\n

\u201cA mistake in our game plan? When you give France a lot of space, it\u2019s very difficult to defend Griezmann, Mbappe or Thuram one-on-one. That\u2019s why we decided to drop back a bit. We didn\u2019t concede many chances. It was a good plan until five minutes from the end.\u201d<\/p>\n

Euro 2024: We had good plan to beat France \u2013 De Bruyne reacts to Belgium\u2019s defeat<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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