Eden
Hazard may have scored a late winner against Cyprus to move Belgium closer
to Euro 2016, but coach Marc Wilmots still laid into the Chelsea star and
his team for their limp efforts.
He also singled out Liverpool striker Christian Benteke for criticism,
although he was relieved with a Group B result that steered his team to the
brink of qualification for next year's finals in France.
Wilmots said: "Hazard was the worst. I thought about substituting him, but
in the last 10 minutes he always has the ability to do that. At the World
Cup, this was the case. I obviously expect more from him, but he will grow
as the season progresses.
"We won two games in a row but this is the poorest team performance I have
seen and we will try to rectify the issue."
Asked why Benteke was substituted at half-time, the Belgium coach said the
striker had put in a "half-performance" and he needed to make a change as
soon as possible.
Wilmots felt his team had created the better chances despite the poor
performance and he did find some positive words for Benteke's Liverpool
team-mate Divock Origi who came on to replace the former Aston Villa man.
"Both sides missed chances. But we believed until the end that we would
score and managed to got the result we needed," he added.
'The contribution of Origi and (Dries) Mertens in the second half was
important, because I wanted quick combinations. As a result, in the last
half hour we were often dangerous."
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