Belgium coach Marc Wilmots called on his team to take their chances
after Sunday's goalless draw at home to Wales in Euro 2016 qualifying.
Centre-back
Nicolas Lombaerts struck the post in the first half, while substitute
Christian Benteke had a header cleared off the line by Gareth Bale at
the death as Belgium were forced to share the spoils in their Group B
encounter in Brussels.
Belgium - unbeaten after three matches - are four points adrift of
group leaders Israel and three behind Wales in the race for the top two
spots following Sunday's stalemate.
But Wilmots remained buoyant about Belgium's performance and their chances of qualification post-game.
"We did our best tonight – we shouldn't be upset," said Wilmots.
"We didn't quite do it tonight, but we can do it next time; five
points out of nine it is not a catastrophe. Every team will get points.
"We played to win and we pushed them back. We tried everything, but
to improve we have to take our chances. We hit a post and [Nacer] Chadli
had a big chance.
"Belgium deserved to win – we had five or six chances but lacked the
final touch. We will keep on working to get into the top two positions
in the group.
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