Quiz! Can you name the Belgium line-up from the 2014 World Cup match against South Korea?

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The Golden Generation is well and truly over for the Red Devils – let's venture back eight years to when it was just about to begin

Jan Vertonghen of Belgium scores his team's first goal during the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Group H match between South Korea and Belgium at Arena de Sao Paulo on June 26, 2014 in Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Three minutes on the clock, 14 players to guess.

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Golden generations, eh? We know all about them in England.

And now, the Belgians do, too. It seems as if producing a cracking collection of footballers is not merely enough to qualify for one. There are other tangibles. 

A true golden generation has to be overloaded in specific positions and utterly imbalanced in others. They have to generally be the focal points from different clubs. And most importantly, they have to fail spectacularly. 

That's what connects ourselves and the Belgians on this one. Let's hope Steve McLaren doesn't step forward to manage them in this testing time…

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Mark White
Mark White
Content Editor

Mark White has been at on FourFourTwo since joining in January 2020, first as a staff writer before becoming content editor in 2023. An encyclopedia of football shirts and boots knowledge – both past and present – Mark has also represented FFT at both FA Cup and League Cup finals (though didn't receive a winners' medal on either occasion) and has written pieces for the mag ranging on subjects from Bobby Robson's season at Barcelona to Robinho's career. He has written cover features for the mag on Mikel Arteta and Martin Odegaard, and is assisted by his cat, Rosie, who has interned for the brand since lockdown.

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