The line-ups have been announced as Belgium take-on Romania in Group E at Euro 2024.
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Team News
The Red Devils have made four changes to the side that lost embarrassingly to Slovakia, with Arthur Theate, Jan Vertonghen, Youri Tielemans and Dodi Lukebakio all coming into the side.
It is the same 4-2-3-1 formation deployed by manager Domenico Tedesco, but he will be hoping the change in personnel will give his side a much-needed boost.
Captain Kevin De Bruyne will need to have a better game if he is to guide his nation up the rankings while Romelu Lukaku will have to find the target more often as well.
Saturday’s starting 11. 📰 #SelectedByPwC #BELROU #WirSchaffenDas pic.twitter.com/CocNnnMJ4P
— Belgian Red Devils (@BelRedDevils) June 22, 2024
Unsurprisingly, Romania have not opted to tweak too many things.
There is one change from head coach Edward Iordanescu, with Florinel Coman being replaced by Parma’s Valentin Mihaila.
That means the colossal Radu Dragusin of Tottenham will be in at centre-back again and goalscorers Nicolae Stanciu, Razvan Marin and Denis Dragus all retain their places in attack.
Belgium rotate their starting XI following their surprise opening game loss to Slovakia. 🔁
Just one change to the Romania line up. 🇷🇴
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— BBC 5 Live Sport (@5liveSport) June 22, 2024
The State of the Group
This really is a must-win game for Belgium if they are going to advance to the knockout stages.
Their 1-0 loss to Slovakia in their opening game is officially the biggest upset in European Championship history, with the two nations separated by 45 places in the world rankings.
A Romania win would not guarantee their place beyond the group stages, but it would go a long way.
Their superior goal difference means should they end the night on six points, it would take them losing to Slovakia in their final match and the teams below them to score a ridiculous amount of goals to overtake them.
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