Belgium played as coach Marc Wilmots demanded - like favourites, like a big nation - with the Chelsea star at the forefront in crushing Hungary 4-0 in Toulouse.
COMMENT
Hungarian football fans know a thing or two about Golden Generations.
And while the likes of Ferenc Puskas and the rest of the Magnificent Magyars belong to a different time, consigned to a chapter in a football encyclopedia, the term continues to be bandied around every time a country turns up at a major tournament with a crop of promising players.
For some it's a millstone - ask any England or Portugal fan of the past 20 years - but for some it becomes a welcome pressure, an added responsibility on which they thrive.