An eye-catching volley from Dries Mertens ended Panama’s resistance two minutes after the restart, and Manchester United striker Lukaku followed with two tidy finishes of his own to make the scoreline more convincing
Browsing: Belgium
Hazard was substituted with a dead leg in the 70th minute of Belgium’s 4-1 win in Brussels on Monday but Martinez expects the player to be fit for the start of their campaign in Russia.
Dries Mertens equalised for Belgium after Bryan Ruiz opened the scoring before striker Lukaku took his international tally to 36 in 69 matches with a volley and header either side of half-time.
Hazard will lead a powerful Belgium side at the World Cup boasting players from some of Europe’s top sides, including Thibaut Courtois, Kevin De Bruyne and Romelu Lukaku.
The statement on FIFA’s website on Thursday said the recent flurry of pre-FIFA World Cup friendlies left its mark on the latest rankings.
Company’s retention is in case the Manchester City skipper is not fit for their opening match in Russia.
Panama will play Belgium, England and Tunisia in Group G of the tournament next month, with the opening game against the Red Devils on June 18.
The Red Devils had an extremely impressive qualifying campaign for the World Cup in Russia, winning all but one of their group games where they were held to a draw against Greece.
The talismanic forward, regarded as key to Tunisia’s hopes of upsetting Belgium and England in Russia, was said to have been ruled out of the tournament after rupturing cruciate knee ligaments in a Qatari league game on Saturday.
It showed Belgium has the worst cases of driving under the influence of alcohol than all the other countries surveyed.
The England manager said: “We’re going into a World Cup where we will play African and Central American opposition, so we get that with the games against Nigeria and Costa Rica, but it’s not just about the games we’ve got in the group but hopefully beyond that as well.
He lost his first game to Korea’s Lee Sangsu and defeated Kanak Jha of the U.S. in the preliminaries on Friday to book a clash with Rio Olympics bronze medalist Jun Mizutani, Saturday.
The Belgium international urged fans “to move on” from repeating the chant, which anti-discrimination group Kick It Out suggested was “offensive and discriminatory” due to its racial undertones.
Broadcaster VTM said on Monday that Lotus had withdrawn products such as Madeleine cakes and frangipane waffles from supermarket shelves in Belgium as a precautionary measure.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that they comprised: 32 males and two females, and were brought back in a chartered Airblue Panorama aircraft.
The Belgian national coach, Roberto Martinez, announced this on Friday
The Chris Coleman-tutored men put up one of the most shocking results in Euro 2016 by neutralising the fire power of Belgium to reach its first semi-finals in 58 years
As expected, Belgium took early control of the match, and Kevin De Bruyne quickly found his stride as he orchestrated the majority of his team’s attacks
Dennis Van Vaerenbergh opened the scoring for the Belgians before a Ricardo Marin penalty levelled matters moments later, with Dante Vanzeir’s wonderful chip cancelled out by Francisco Venegas’s late leveller
Nigeria head to Vina Del Mar on Sunday for an all-African final against continental champions, Mali, while Mexico will face off against Belgium in the match for third place earlier the same day