Barely their plane (in which they were applauded), he arose … an hour late on the Tarmac of Brussels-National Airport than Emma Meesseman and his comrades as well as coach Mike Thibault and the staff were invited to take the road to the Palais de Laeken where King Philippe was waiting for them.
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“It was more than sport, it is Belgium as I like to see it”told them the sovereign during a small reception.
Then direction the Grand-Place where the Belgian Cats were received for the second time in their history, two years after their historic coronation of 2023. At 9 p.m., after a Brabançonne resumed in chorus by the numerous supporters who came to celebrate them, the players appeared one after the other on the balcony of the Town Hall of Brussels.
Where Emma Meesseman (“MVP ! MVP !”), preceded by the song “We are the champions”explained that she did not get used to these prices which keep accumulating in her trophy cabinet.
“Everything I win with the national team comes first!” she launched, before addressing fans: “You do not imagine how important you are for us. You give us incredible energy! “
And the team to sing with its American coach: “We love you, Belgium. We do !”
After this moment of communion and last media obligations, make way for the holidays for the cats!
