Belgium has offered its call for the three games of the October window on Wednesday. Roberto Martínez has called for duels with Ivory Coast (on Thursday the 8th in Brussels), England (on Sunday the 11th at Wembley) and Iceland (on Wednesday the 14th in Reykjavik), these last two of the League of Nations, to 33 players. Among them, as expected, were the madridistas Courtois and Hazard. However, Eden will fall out of the relationship, which will become 32, due to his injury, announced by surprise this Wednesday by Madrid.
Before knowing this mishap, Martinez had explained that the attacker will only go if he made his first debut with his team. “The news has been very positive in these two weeks. We hope that he can conclude this kind of preseason final in these two games with his club (Valladolid and Levante, this Wednesday and Sunday). If he can play, he will come; if not, he will stay working with Madrid “, the technician had exposed. “We work very closely with Madrid. If Eden is on the grass, it will come. It does not matter if it is in one game or in both. In the previous break we felt that I could play at the end, but it is something that you see every day. It improved a lot, but we were not going to put it at 99% “, he had added later, in statements that are wet paper for the loss for three or four weeks of his captain.
Both Hazard and Courtois had made Madrid headlines, albeit in a different tone, being with their national team earlier this month. The goalkeeper prioritized the preseason in Valdebebas and, as he had previously agreed with Martínez, who for that reason cited four goals, he returned to Spain when his teammates flew to Copenhagen to face Denmark. Eden, on the other hand, Despite the fact that he appreciated from not even moving to Tubize until returning after the first meeting, he remained with your country's team. That was not liked at the Bernabéu, since, although his selector was affirming during the concentration that he would have minutes (they designed a specific plan together with the club's specialists), he finally did not play. At Madrid they wanted me to prepare for this season under Zidane.
Now Eden was very close to enjoying minutes in white again, not in vain had he entered the list for the visit of Valladolid this Wednesday (9:30 p.m., Movistar LaLiga) and the talk was that he would reappear if the party allowed it. Belgium, however, needs to focus on its trial by fire, the duel with England, his main rival in a League of Nations in which the Belgian Red Devils have six points out of six possible; Southgate's number four.
BELGIUM CALL FOR OCTOBER PARTIES
Goalkeepers: Koen Casteels (Wolfsburg), Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid), Simon Mignolet (Bruges) and Hendrik van Crombrugge (Anderlecht).
Defenses: Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham), Sebastiaan Bornauw (Cologne), Dedryck Boyata (Hertha Berlin), Jason Denayer (Olympique Lyon), Leander Dendoncker (Wolverhampton), Brandon Mechele (Bruges), Zinho Vanheusden (Standard Liege) and Jan Vertonghen (Benfica).
Enter Bornauw and Vanheusden, who will alternate with the U-21; Elias Cobbaut (Anderlecht) falls.
Laneways: Yannick Carrasco (Atlético de Madrid), Timothy Castagne (Leicester), Nacer Chadli (Monaco), Joris Kayembe (Royal Charleroi), Thomas Meunier (Borussia Dortmund) and Alexis Saelemaekers (Milan).
Enter Kayembe (debutant) and Saelemaekers (will alternate with the U-21); Thorgan Hazard (Borussia Dortmund) falls
Midfielders: Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City), Dennis Praet (Leicester), Youri Tielemans (Leicester), Hans Vanaken (Bruges) and Axel Witsel (Borussia Dortmund).
Wingers and midfielders: Jérémy Doku (Anderlecht), Dodi Lukebakio (Hertha from Berlin), Dries Mertens (Naples), Divock Origi (Liverpool), Leandro Trossard (Brighton) and Yari Verschaeren (Anderlecht).
Enter Lukebakio, Debut; Hazard falls.
Forwards: Michy Batshuayi (Crystal Palace), Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace) and Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan).
Enter Benteke; Dimata (Anderlecht) falls.