The Red Devils, Belgium, have had an explosion of talent since the 2014 World Cup, with De Bruyne, Eden Hazard, Kompany, Vertonghen, Alderweireld, Witsel, Fellaini, Courtois and others, all world-class players in the front, middle and back lines, which made the team a complete one. After reaching the quarterfinals in 2014, Belgium made a comeback in the 2018 World Cup. This time, they had the mature Lukaku, the young Tielemans and the sharp Meunier joining the team, and this Belgium team, with newcomers and veterans together, finally reached the third place in the World Cup, and took the best result in the history of Belgium in the World Cup. This time in the 2022 World Cup, Belgium is facing the transition of the old and the new, the old captain Kompany has been
demobilize
With several of the big guns over 30, some back in their native Belgian leagues or ready to leave the giants, this World Cup will likely be their last, and for many their last before they leave their prime.
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Belgium's forward line is basically the same as it was four years ago, and will feature Romelu Lukaku as the center forward with captain Eden Hazard playing on the left, a basic structure that remains unchanged, although Eden Hazard's role in the
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He has hardly played and his form has slipped a lot, but he is still solid in possession on the Belgian side of the field and the whole Belgian team will be attacking with him at the center, he is now more of an organizational core on the left side of the field than a powerful breakout player.
There's also younger striker Michy Batshuayi, who was on the bench for years under Lukaku's prowess but has been able to earn a starting spot in recent matches, with the right side now often handed over to midfield general De Bruyne, who has played in the
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Often given the opportunity to press forward and attack to great effect, he was also more involved in the attack in Belgium, along with power-breaking winger Yannick Carrasco and veteran Dries Mertens, who are both regulars to rotate into the frontcourt as well.
The two backs in the midfield are now mostly fixed to Axel Witsel and Youri Tielemans, with one defender and one attacker. Witsel has a wide range of running in the backfield, while Tielemans is good at pressing the ball forward and shooting from long range.
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Onana of Everton, Amadou Onana, who reaches a height of 192 at
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Playing very tough, is a very fierce defensive back, and Aston Villa's Leander Dendoncker, positional sense of good Dendoncker can use the running position to effectively restrain the opponent's attack, and he can even often retreat into the back line into the center back, the above two are very tall, Witsel's height is also 186, Belgium can be completely from a balanced back combination of attack and defense to convert into a long man formation to play intensive defense. Belgium can switch from an offensive and defensive balance type back waist combination to a long man formation to play intensive defense, this flexible and obvious characteristics of the four midfielders is Belgium's biggest niche now.
