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Know your Euro 2020 Groups: Group B – Could this be Belgium’s year?

By Neelabhra Roy

Belgium's Kevin De Bruyne and head coach Roberto Martinez (Photo by VIRGINIE LEFOUR/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images)
Belgium's Kevin De Bruyne and head coach Roberto Martinez (Photo by VIRGINIE LEFOUR/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images) /
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Belgium's Kevin De Bruyne
Belgium’s Kevin De Bruyne (Photo by VIRGINIE LEFOUR/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images) /

GROUP B – BELGIUM

One of the tournament’s heavy favorites, Belgium had a magnificent qualifying campaign to reach their 6th Euro. The Red Devils won all of their ten matches, scoring 40 goals while conceding just three.

Belgium’s best performances at the Euros came in 1980 when they reached the final only to be beaten 2-1 by West Germany courtesy of a Horst Hrubesch brace.

BELGIUM TEAM INFO

  • Manager – Roberto Martinez
  • Captain – Eden Hazard
  • Key Players – Romelu Lukaku, Kevin de Bruyne, Eden Hazard
  • FIFA Ranking – Ranked 1st
  • Prediction – Winners
  • First match of the tournament – vs Russia on June 12

Belgium’s squad for the tournament

Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid), Simon Mignolet (Club Brugge), Matz Sels (Strasbourg)

Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham Hotspur), Thomas Vermaelen  (Vissel Kobe), Dedryck Boyata (Hertha Berlin), Jan Vertonghen (Benfica),  Thomas Meunier (Borussia Dortmund), Jason Denayer (Lyon), Timothy Castagne (Leicester City)

Axel Witsel (Borussia Dortmund), Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City), Youri Tielemans (Leicester City), Eden Hazard (Real Madrid), Yannick Carrasco (Atletico Madrid), Thorgan Hazard (Borussia Dortmund), Hans Vanaken (Club Brugge), Leander Dendoncker (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Nacer Chadli (Istanbul Basaksehir), Denis Praet (Leicester City),

Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan), Dries Mertens (Napoli), Michy Batshuayi (Crystal Palace), Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), Jeremy Doku (Rennes), Leandro Trossard (Brighton and Hove Albion)

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