Canada and Croatia, the leader of the CONCACAF qualifiers, were affected

The group draw for the Qatar World Cup presented Belgium, president of Group F, an affordable list of competitors, in which Kevin De Bruyne, Eden Hazard, Romelu Lukaku and Thibaut Courtois will have to face Croatia, Morocco and Canada. , the final leader of the CONCACAF qualification.

If they qualify for the Round of 16, Belgium could meet Spain or Germany, and are supposed to meet Portugal or Brazil in the quarter-finals and in the semi-finals with France, the current champions.

Spaniard Roberto Martinez, coach of the “Red Devils” since 2016 and now defending Thierry Henry, will take the helm in what is considered the last great opportunity for the “golden generation” of Belgian football, which celebrates years without advancing with it. Title: De Bruyne (30), Hazard (31), Courtois (29) and Lukaku (28).

Belgium, which has just given Brazil the top spot in the FIFA rankings they have held since 2018, the year they won third place in the World Cup Russia, are on paper the strongest contender in the group, followed by Croatia, which reached the last World Cup final but has become erratic since then .

The third place shows, in advance, a battle that will be decided directly between Canada and Morocco, on paper, the weakest of this group, but with players who have already appeared in world football.

See also: Germany, the ghoul no one wants, in Group E with Spain

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