New Belgium heroes emerge for Roberto Martinez

Belgium's manager Roberto Martinez. (Julio Munoz/Pool via AP)

Belgium have possibly the most glittering squad at Euro 2020, but on a night when they lost Kevin de Bruyne and then Eden Hazard to injury, it was a tale of a younger brother finally emerging from the shadows of his sibling which provided a human story to savour.

It can’t be easy following in the footsteps of a global football icon, especially when you play in the same national team, but Thorgan Hazard, who at 28 is two years younger than Real Madrid’s Eden, is developing an excellent career of his own — and this was his moment.