Belgium, fourth in the final edition after losing in the semifinals against champion France and the battle for third place against Italy, began its journey to the third Nations League with a highlight: the classic against the Netherlands.
Two eternal rivals face off for the 128th time and, although the ‘oranje’ have won 55 to 41, the ‘red devils’ have gone into 8 games, since 1997, without losing their respective neighbors.
Roberto Martínez, the Belgian coach, has figures, led by Kevin de Bruyne, and only Thibaut Courtois will lose due to pubalgia that lasted several months but that did not hinder him from becoming the architect of the Champions League he won last year. Saturday. of Real Madrid against Liverpool.
Eden Hazard will not play the entire match
His partner Eden Hazard aims to start although, according to Roberto Martínez, he is not ready to play 90 minutes. Romelu Lukaku did not train on Wednesday after a clash with goalkeeper Simon Mignolet, but he did train yesterday.
Louis van Gaal also has the best players, such as Barça’s Frenkie de Jong and Memphis Depay, and Virgil van Dijk on defense. The Dutch coach, who did not call up Georginio Wijanldum because he played so little at PSG, admitted that he was taking the match more as a preparatory rehearsal for the 2022 Qatar World Cup.
Likely lineups
King Baudouin of Brussels, 8:45 p.m.
Belgium: Mignolet; Alderweireld, Boyata, Vertonghen; Meunier, Witsel, Tielemans, Thorgan Hazard; De Bruyne, Lukaku and Eden Hazard
Coach: Roberto Martinez
Netherlands: Cillessen; Dumfries, De Vrij, Van Dijk, Blind; Koopmeiners, Frenkie de Jong, Klaassen; Bergwijn, Berghuis and Depay
Instructor: Louis van Gaal
Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain)
Source: La Verdad
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