Belgium call up Hazard and Courtois, De Bruyne injured!

Belgium call up Hazard and Courtois, De Bruyne injured!

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Belgium call up Hazard and Courtois, De Bruyne injured! AFP

Belgium coach, Roberto Martinez, called up Real Sociedad winger Adnan Januzaj, striker Eden Hazard and keeper Thibault Courtois, both from Real Madrid, for the national team's games against San Marino (10th October) and Kazakhstan (13th October). De Bruyne will not be available.

Midfielder Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) and defender Vincent Kompany (Anderlecht) will not be part of the list of the 28 footballers called up for the Belgium national team, after they are both out injured.

But Courtois does appear in the list, he was replaced at half time in the Champions League this week due to stomach problems, Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan) and Thomas Meunier (PSG) have also picked up knocks.

"On Monday we will see if they can stay and train with us" Martinez declared in a press conference. Belgium are top of their group (Group I) with 18 points out of a possible 18, followed by Russia (15), Kazakhstan (7), Cyprus (7), Scotland (6) and San Marino (0).

A victory in one of the two games would be enough to see the team assure qualification for the Euro 2020.

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Complete call-up list:

Goalkeepers: Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid/ESP), Simon Mignolet (Liverpool/ING), Matz Sels (Strasbourg/FRA) y Hendrik Van Crombrugge (Eupen/BEL)

Defenders: Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham/ING), Dedryck Boyata (Hertha BSC/ALE), Leander Dendoncker (Wolverhampton/ING), Brandon Mechele (Brujas/BEL), Thomas Vermaelen (Vissel Kobe/JAP), Jan Vertonghen (Tottenham/ING)

Midfielders: Yannick Carrasco (Dalian Yifang/CHN), Timothy Castagne (Atalanta/ITA), Nacer Chadli (Mónaco/FRA), Thorgan Hazard (Borussia Dortmund/ALE), Thomas Meunier (PSG/FRA), Dennis Praet (Sampdoria/ITA), Youri Tielemans (Leicester/ING), Hans Vanaken (Brugge/BEL), Axel Witsel (Borussia Dortmund/ALE), Eden Hazard (Chelsea/ING), Adnan Januzaj (Real Sociedad/ESP), Maxime Lestienne (Brugge), Dries Mertens (Nápoli /ITA) y Yari Verschaeren (Anderlecht/BEL)

Strikers: Romelu Lukaku (Manchester United/ING), Michy Batshuayi (Crystal Palace/ING), Divock Origi (Liverpool/ING) y Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace/ING).