The Belgian National Team, known for its talented players on the pitch, is clearly up with the times when it comes to matters off the pitch as well.
Ahead of the start of the European Under-21 Championship in Italy and San Marino, the Belgian Football Federation came up with a pretty inventive way of introducing their 23-man squad: turn them into South Park characters.
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Putting the players in the classroom and then out on the soccer field, each player gets introduced one by one and hops into frame as a character on the hit American cartoon show.
🎬 This is our squad for the #U21EURO in Italy! 😀#COMEONBELGIUM 🇧🇪 pic.twitter.com/i0ZyUol13Q
— Royal Belgian FA (@RoyalBelgianFA) June 4, 2019
Considering that Belgium has been placed in a group with Italy, Spain and Poland, this could be their one highlight of the tournament. But oh, what a highlight it was.
