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Belgium v Slovakia team news: De Cuyper a sub

17 June 2024 247 comments
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Matchday 1 of Euro 2024 Fantasy continues in Frankfurt, as Belgium start their campaign against Slovakia.

Romelu Lukaku was the top goalscorer in qualifying and he is unsurprisingly part of head coach Domenico Tedesco’s starting XI.

Wout Faes, Kevin De Bruyne, Leandro Trossard and Jeremy Doku also feature for the Red Devils, but Maxim De Cuyper has to settle for a place on the bench.

Instead, Yannick Carrasco starts at left-back, with Koen Casteels preferred to Matz Sels in goal, as expected.

As for Slovakia, the 2%-owned Adam Obert is their most-selected player, but he’s only named among the substitutes.

Martin Dubravka, Milan Skriniar and David Hancko are some of the familiar faces in action, however.

Kick-off is at 17:00 BST.

TEAM NEWS

Belgium XI (4-2-3-1): Casteels; Castagne, Faes, Debast, Carrasco; Mangala, Onana; Doku, De Bruyne, Trossard; Lukaku

Subs: Sels, Kaminski, Vertonghen, Witsel, Theate, De Cuyper, Vranckx, Tielemans, Vermeeren, Bakayoko, De Ketelaere, Lukebakio, Openda

Slovakia XI (4-3-3): Dubravka; Pekarik, Vavro, Skriniar, Hancko; Lobotka, Kucka, Duda; Schranz, Haraslin, Bozenik

Subs: Ravas, Rodak, Obert, Gyomber, De Marco, Kosa, Benes, Rigo, Suslov, Bero, Hrosovsky, Tupta, Duris, Sauer, Strelec

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  1. azz007
    • 7 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Joke this two var disallowed

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    1. St Pauli Walnuts
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      I've got tenner on Lukaku golden boot. Bugger.

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  2. Thanos
    • 4 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    So who all went Kaku cap over Mbappe?

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    1. The Tinkerman
      • 10 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Me

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      1. Thanos
        • 4 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        That’s gonna sting

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  3. PartyTime
    • 4 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Lukaku(C) PEN imminent

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  4. gibson1314
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    I've been unable to do subs, every time I go on it says calculating points now I've missed 10 pts from Stanciu off my bench.

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    1. Thanos
      • 4 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Damn, that’s a lot given how this MD1 is going

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    2. azz007
      • 7 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Need to do before start of the matchaday 2pm

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    3. jacob1989
      • 4 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Do it around 3 hrs after last game and before 1st kick off in a day

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    4. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Has to be done before the first game of the day kicks off

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    5. gibson1314
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      I stayed up late was locked and really busy this morning so forgot raging

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  5. F4L
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    dubvraka motm?

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  6. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 12 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    VAR must have been invented by the most joyless engineer in history

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    1. Kevin and Perry go
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Einsteins not so clever brother Tim.

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  7. F4L
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    how do Belgium always manage to maintain such a high world ranking, they're no better than Italy etc at that level

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    1. jacob1989
      • 4 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Italy way better

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  8. Thanos
    • 4 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Faes on 5 points now!

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    1. F4L
      • 11 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      yesss

      hope that 9th ball recovery holds

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      1. F4L
        • 11 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        *10 now so 9 locked

        5 is haul for sure for a defender

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        1. Thanos
          • 4 Years
          1 year, 10 months ago

          MEGA haul 😀

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          1. F4L
            • 11 Years
            1 year, 10 months ago

            lowkey disappointed he didnt get 12 haha, so many times he just hacked the ball away straight back to a Slovakian player.

            but will definitely take the 5 points!

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    2. Sterling Archer
      • 9 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Legend

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  9. PartyTime
    • 4 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Belgium making gamblers sad

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  10. Thanos
    • 4 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Belgium stunned

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    1. jacob1989
      • 4 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      I think they'll lose to romania too. Or a draw maybe

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      1. Thanos
        • 4 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        They are not looking at all. Shaky at the back. Kaku uncertain and KDB don’t seem to have legs for 90 minutes.

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  11. The Tinkerman
    • 10 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Heavily backed Ukraine and Belgium and C Lukaku… FFS

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    1. Thanos
      • 4 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Everyone did mate

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      1. MikeyMitz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        I bet on Slovakia. Belgium stinks

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  12. nerd_is_the_werd
    • 6 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Gundogan (c) backpass for Fullkrug.
    No assist

    Dimarco (c) assist for Barella.
    No assist

    Lukaku (c) scores from 3 yards out.
    Offside

    Openda "handball"??, Lukaku (c) denied.
    No goal.

    I refrained from using the "R" word before, but not this time.
    ROBBED!

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    1. Touré De Force
      • 15 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Dry your eyes mate

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    2. x.jim.x
      • 11 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      No one cared the first time

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    3. F4L
      • 11 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      things can only get better...

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  13. Berkshire Hafaway-Line
    • 5 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    This is really good prep-work for the crushing disappointment of FPL 24/25

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    1. jacob1989
      • 4 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Fpl was good for me. Finished just outside 5k.. Euros have been a nightmare

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  14. Roshen
    • 4 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Faes enjoyers 5-0 De Cuyper kneejerks

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  15. The Red Devil
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Dubravka with another unexpected haul

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  16. Pino
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Im glad I didnt change (C) from Wirtz.

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    1. Weasel Boy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Same

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    2. PartyTime
      • 4 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      It has to be Ronaldo(C).

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    3. Jenas
      • 7 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Until Mbappe makes you sad

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  17. Weasel Boy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Think it's time to WC.

    I have 3 Belgium players in my team. 🙁

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    1. Thanos
      • 4 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Same, but using LL

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    2. jacob1989
      • 4 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Same here. Wc or limitless the question

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  18. putana
    • 7 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Captain Penaldo tomorrow. I will be there

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  19. Roshen
    • 4 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Theo starts, Mbappe starts

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  20. fantasist
    • 15 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Keep Wirtz captain for 20pts or switch to Ronaldo?

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    1. Roshen
      • 4 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      keep for sure

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    2. Freshy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Do you expect Ronny to do better than 10 points vs Czechia?
      I dooooo

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      1. fantasist
        • 15 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Expectation is yes but Lukaku owners might say otherwise

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    3. Total Slotball
      • 10 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Everyone suggested Twist after match day 1 saying opposite now haha

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    4. PartyTime
      • 4 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      It depends on if you’re a Messi or Ronaldo fan

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    5. Weasel Boy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Stick.

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    6. The Tinkerman
      • 10 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      I twisted from him with Kane, Kaku/Mbappe, and Bruno to go and wish I didn’t now…

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  21. Freshy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Its official folks
    Slovakia has replaced Belgium as the #3 team in the world.

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  22. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 12 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Now that we have the technology: why not go through every previous tournament frame by frame and let the VAR-room decide, with millimetre precision, who has been winning the trophies?

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    1. jacob1989
      • 4 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      France shouldn't have qualified for a wc. The handball by Henry.

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      1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
        • 12 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Hooray! What a fun game football is

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  23. Thanos
    • 4 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Saliba starts

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    1. Freshy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Did he even get a minute in the last WC
      I dont think he did

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      1. Thanos
        • 4 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Not that I can rem either

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    2. fantasist
      • 15 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      One of the best CBs right now, it would be a crime to bench him

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  24. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Mbappe starting is a concern having gone Kane and Kaku over him. Brace minimum I reckon

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    1. putana
      • 7 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      nah. Maybe one return

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  25. Gizzachance
    • 11 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Lukaku an Kane, 4 pts between them !

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  26. Total Slotball
    • 10 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Thank god I captained Mbappe over Lukaku today. Now let’s score some goals Kylian

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  27. They are eating the dogs
    • 3 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Doku's assist decided the game.

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    1. Thanos
      • 4 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Yep, was a great assist though

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      1. They are eating the dogs
        • 3 Years
        1 year, 10 months ago

        Sign him up!

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  28. Jack Frost
    • 15 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Well back to Cricket, where minnows always get crushed. (I have no idea, having watched a total of four days of T20 cricket in my life)

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    1. jacob1989
      • 4 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Watch from Wednesday onwards. Super 8. Today last day for minnows

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  29. Snoop Udogie Dogg
    • 5 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Lol BBC with the Brandenberg Gate and ITV with the local shopping centre?

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  30. Roshen
    • 4 Years
    1 year, 10 months ago

    Would you captain Bruno or Hakan?

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    1. jacob1989
      • 4 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Surely bruno

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    2. CoracAld2831
      • 5 Years
      1 year, 10 months ago

      Probably Bruno, but Calhanoglu could be good.

      5PM UK deadline so plenty of time until then.

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