Hazard keeps smiling: called up by Belgium

Eden Hazard (29 years old) has received this Friday other good news, giving continuity to the positive feelings that he is experiencing since the reappearance in the Champions League after his last injury. Without pain in the ankle twice operated and without muscular discomfort in the area of ​​the mishap at the end of September, the Madridista has been included by Roberto Martínez in the Belgian squad for the November break, with a friendly and two decisive days of the League of Nations. Also his teammate Thibaut Courtois.

This start of the season has been very moved for Hazard in his selection. He went to the call of Bob Martínez in September to finally not play minutes, which angered Real Madrid, which at first even tried to make him stay doing the preseason in Valdebebas. In October, a muscle problem in his right leg took him off the list hours after entering it. Now, In the midst of the launch process (20 minutes against Monchengladbach and 60 and 64, respectively, as a starter against Huesca and Inter), he joins the Belgian Red Devils.

The challenge is exciting, as the stakes are high. With a new headquarters, the Oud-Heverlee Leuven stadium, in Leuven, since King Baudouin is not available due to the curfew decreed in Brussels due to the advance of the pandemic, on Wednesday the 11th awaits the friendly with Switzerland and on Sunday the 15th and Wednesday the 18th, the League of Nations appointments with England and Denmark. Belgium, after surviving the numerous and sensitive losses (Hazard himself, Courtois, De Bruyne, Alderweireld …) and healing the defeat at Wembley with the English setback at home against Denmark, leads the group with nine points, two more than Brits and Danes. Moreover, it is worth noting the returns of Vermaelen or Thorgan Hazard and the low of Origi; Lukakuit is also doubt.

CALL OF 32 PLAYERS FROM BELGIUM FOR THE NOVEMBER GAMES

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), Thomas Vermaelen (Vissel Kobe) and Jan Vertonghen ( Benfica).

Vermaelen enters (the Japanese authorities now allow it despite the coronavirus); Vanheusden (Standard Liege; knee injury) falls.

Laneways: Nacer Chadli (Monaco), Thorgan Hazard (Borussia Dortmund), Joris Kayembe (Royal Charleroi), Thomas Meunier (Borussia Dortmund) and Alexis Saelemaekers (Milan; he will alternate with the U2-1).

Enter Thorgan Hazard (recovered from injury); Yannick Carrasco (Atlético de Madrid) and Timothy Castagne (Leicester) fell, injured.

Midfielders: Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City), Dennis Praet (Leicester), Youri Tielemans (Leicester), Hans Vanaken (Bruges) and Axel Witsel (Borussia Dortmund).

Wingers and midfielders: Charles De Ketelaere (Bruges), Jérémy Doku (Anderlecht), Eden Hazard (Real Madrid), Dodi Lukebakio (Hertha from Berlin), Dries Mertens (Naples), Leandro Trossard (Brighton) and Yari Verschaeren (Anderlecht).

Enter De Ketelaere (debutant) and Eden Hazard (recovered from injury); Divock Origi (Liverpool; technical decision) falls.

Forwards: Michy Batshuayi (Crystal Palace), Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace) and Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan).