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Will the Belgian national team finally meet expectations and deliver a trophy in Qatar?
The team that held the ranking of world number for the better part of the last five years before being toppled by Brazil, have one more chance to fulfill the promises of their mouth watering squad in what could be the final world cup in good shape for many of their stars.
They did as well as third place in the 2018 installment of the competition and would be hoping to have a better showing than the last European championships
Belgium breezed past the qualifiers as is customary for this current crop of players of theirs, unbeaten in fact, winning six and drawing two.
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Belgium have participated in thirteen world cup tournaments and came closest in 2018 where they were knocked out by an Umtiti header in the semi finals.
Belgium finished first in a group that had England, before knocking out stubborn Japan and title contenders Brazil. They had to settle for Bronze medal after beating England for the second time in the competition
Belgium best players
Kevin de bruyne is the undisputed star man for Belgium going into the world cup, a title he shared with Eden Hazard whose profile has since waned due to injury and poor form
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The Belgian playmaker would be looking to put his teams’ forwards in the best position to score goals while picking up a few himself from his incredible shooting ability from range.
Romelu Lukaku fit again, happy again would want to silence doubters after his poor stint in west London.
The Belgian record goal scorer would be looking to extend his record as his country’s number one marksman of all times.
Belgium World Cup 2022 squad
Goalkeeper: Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid)
Goalkeeper: Simon Mignolet (Club Brugge)
Goalkeeper: Koen Casteels (Wolfsburg)
Defender: Jan Vertonghen (Anderlecht
Defender: Toby Alderweireld (Royal Antwerp)
Defender: Wout Faes (Leicester)
Defender: Arthur Theate (Rennes)
Defender: Zeno Debast (Anderlecht)
Defender: Thomas Meunier (Borussia Dortmund)
Defender: Timothy Castagne (Leicester)
Midfielder: Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)
Midfielder: Youri Tielemans (Leicester)
Midfielder: Amadou Onana (Everton)
Midfielder: Axel Witsel (Atletico Madrid)
Midfielder: Hans Vanaken (Club Brugge)
Midfielder: Leander Dendoncker (Aston Villa)
Midfielder: Yannick Carrasco (Atletico Madrid)
Midfielder: Thorgan Hazard (Borussia Dortmund)
Forward: Eden Hazard (Real Madrid)
Forward: Charles De Ketelaere (AC Milan)
Forward: Leandro Trossard (Brighton)
Forward: Dries Mertens (Galatasaray)
Forward: Jeremy Doku (Rennes)
Forward: Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan)
Forward: Michy Batshuayi (Fenerbahce)
Forward: Lois Openda (Lens)
Belgium’s manager
Roberto Martinez leads his troop into another world cup and for the sake of the Belgian Red Devils, one would hope he has learnt from the mistakes of the European championships and we see a much more expansive Belgian side like we did in 2018.
The Spaniard has resisted many suitors to continue as the manager of Belgium, from Spanish giants Barcelona to mid table premier league teams like Everton.
Belgium World Cup 2022 fixtures
Belgium play a preparatory friendly against Egypt on Friday, November 18th, 04:00 PM
Belgium vs Canada
Wednesday, November 23, 08:00 PM (GMT+1)
Belgium vs Morocco
Sunday, November 27, 02:00 PM (GMT+1)
Croatia vs Belgium
Thursday, December 1, 08:00 PM (GMT+1)
Bet9ja odds for Belgium winning the world cup
Belgium have the seventh highest chance of winning the World Cup according to the bookmakers.
Belgium to win the world cup is at 13.50 odds on Bet9ja
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