The teams are starting to compose in view of the most awaited appointment and, for this reason, the Belgium coach Roberto Martinez has released the list of the 26 squads of Belgium to the 2020 European Championships .
As we have already said in the related article, Belgium is certainly among the three strongest teams of the tournament, for some even the main favorite. The star of the Red Devils is certainly Kevin De Bruyne who, before the 2020 European Championships , has an equally important appointment on May 29 with his club team. We refer, of course, to the 2021 Champions League final which has recently been moved to the do Dragao stadium in Porto.. We are talking about perhaps the best Manchester City player, who is the favorite team to win the cup with big ears, and his national team; therefore the coach Martinez will certainly rely heavily on his technical qualities.
He also finds himself in good company, because he has players who play in the most important European clubs alongside him. We are speaking, in fact, of players of the caliber of Edwin Hazard and Courtois, striker and goalkeeper of Real Madrid or the “Italians” Mertens and Lukaku.
The latter are two of the best strikers in Serie A; Lukaku , in fact, even after winning the Scudetto with Interand continued to score, totaling 23 league goals and is for now the Serie A runner-up (the last game is still missing). Mertens this year has inflated the network only nine many but has played very little due to several injuries and the absolute value of him is not in dispute.
There are also old acquaintances from our league who passed to Leicester and they are Praet and Castagne , who have recently won the 2021 FA Cup against Chelsea .. The former played for Sampdoria and is a relatively young and technically good ambidextrous midfielder; capable of effectively filling various roles in the midfield, and passed to the English in the summer of 2019. The second was one of the architects of the exponential growth of Gasperini’s Atalanta ; right lateral in the ranks of the Bergamo players, now he is an excellent right-back in Leicester and is good with his feet. Last summer he crossed the Channel for 25 million euros.
Convocated Belgium European 2020 –
GOALKEEPERS List: Thibaut Courtois, Simon Mignolet, Matz Sels;
DEFENDERS: Toby Alderweireld, Jason Denayer, Thomas Vermaelen, Jan Vertonghen, Dedryck Boyata;
Midfielders:Timothy Castagne, Nacer Chadli, Thorgan Hazard, Thomas Meunier, Kevin De Bruyne, Leander Dendoncker, Dennis Praet, Youri Tielemans, Hans Vanaken, Alex Witsel, Yannick Carrasco;
FORWARDS: Jeremy Doku, Eden Hazard, Dries Mertens, Leandro Trossard, Michy Batshuayi, Christian Benteke, Romelu Lukaku.
Belgium Euro2020 Convened – Reserves in Early Warning
ThomasKaminski, Alexis Saelemaekers, Sambi Lokonga, Bryan Heynen, Thomas Foket, Adnan Januzaj, Brandon Mechele, Jordan Lukaku, Zinho Vanheusden, Yari Verschaeren, Charles De Ketelaere.
Among the 10 players on early warning, ready to take over in case of injuries among the squads, we see Saelemaekers of Milan and Jordan Lukaku , of Lazio, on loan to Antwerp, brother of Romelu Lukaku .
As mentioned, we expect a team lined up with a 3-4-2-1, mainly devoted to attack and pressure; given the high quality of the players in all areas of the pitch, we expect high percentages of ball possession.
