A Belgian Story – The Road to World Cup 2006: Part 2 | @verbist_philip

Happy weekend! Philip is here to resume his Belgian journey with Beveren but can the national side take a step towards World Cup 98?

Hallo!

In my first ever blog I took control of my hometown club Beveren. After 1/3rd of the season we find ourselves in an unexpected 4th position.

Before we pick up the action again, we have the first legs of the 98 WC qualifying games. Belgium gets a 0-1 victory over Scotland; this should not go wrong!

Our first game this update is against RWDM who find themselves in last position. This also should not go wrong. And it doesn’t.

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A Belgian Story – The Road to World Cup 2006: Part 1 | @verbist_philip

Hallo allemaal!

I am very happy Dave @cm9798 added me as a guest blogger. The next couple of weeks I will try to entertain you all with one of my new saves. I am Belgian, so my blog must be about Belgium.

With players like Kevin De Bruyne, Eden Hazard and Jan Vertongen, nobody likes playing the current Belgian national team. The 2018 WC in Russia was the most successful in Belgian history, beating England 2-0 in a battle for 3rd place. Belgium wasn’t always such a great team though. Despite qualifying for 6 consecutive world cups between 1982 and 2002 (with a 4th place during the 1986 WC in Mexico), they missed the world cup in 2006 & 2010.

This got me thinking. Can I change history using the cm9798 game and not only qualify for the 2006 world cup, but also lead them to the best performance in their history?

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