5 countries who will be footballing superpowers in the next decade

Croatia football team
Croatia have surprised many at Euro 2016

3) Belgium

Belgium football team
Belgium are one of the dark horses for Euro 2016

Belgium have to be here of course. Their best ever finish at the FIFA world cup is 4th place in 1986 and a runner-up finish at the 1980 European Championships is until now their finest footballing achievement. You sense all that could change very quickly with the array of world class talent they have now.

It isn’t only about the current stars like Eden Hazard or Kevin De Bruyne and so many more. The fact that the next generation is already here in the form of Divock Origi, Youri Tielemans and Dennis Praet also says a lot about the abundance of talent they have.

So many of their current starters of the current team can still be around for another three of four major tournaments and you’d heavily fancy the Belgians to make one of those opportunities count and send their fans in a kind of delirium they’ve never experienced before.

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