The last dance. This is how the best generation of Belgian football arrives in Qatar. With an aging squad, Belgium returns to the World Cup after its third place in 2018. This Wednesday (11/23), led by Kevin De Bruyne, the Belgians make their World Cup debut against Canada.
And the match could not be more dangerous for Belgium. After a great campaign in the CONCAFAF qualifiers, the Canadians arrive at the World Cup as a big surprise in the competition.
With names like Alphonso Davies (Bayern Munich) and Jonathan David (Lille-FRA), Canada has everything to surprise, in a group with strong teams like Belgium and Croatia. Belgians and Canadians will officially face each other for the first time in history.
Canadians return to the World Cup after 36 years. In 1986, Canada competed in its first World Cup and did not advance to the next stage.
Star from outside
On the Belgian side, coach Roberto Martínez will be without one of his main stars: center forward Lukaku did not recover in time from a thigh injury and is only expected to play in the Belgians’ third match in the World Cup.
Thus, the coach will have Kevin De Bruyne and Eden Hazard at the helm of the attack to face the Canadians. In the goals, security is the responsibility of Thibaut Courtois, star of Real Madrid.
Belgium and Canada face each other at 4 p.m., with real-time broadcast on Metropolises.
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