BELGIUM
2014
BELGIUM 2014 WORLD CUP QUARTERFINALIST
Standing: Courtois, Lukaku, Witsel, Fellaini, Van Buyten and Kompany.
Bended: Alderweireld, De Bruyne, Hazard, Vermaelen and Mertens.
2014
BELGIUM 2014 WORLD CUP QUARTERFINALIST
Standing: Courtois, Lukaku, Witsel, Fellaini, Van Buyten and Kompany.
Bended: Alderweireld, De Bruyne, Hazard, Vermaelen and Mertens.
MANAGER: Marc WILMOTS
GOALKEEPERS:
1 Thibaut COURTOIS
12 Simon MIGNOLET
13 Sammy BOSSUT
DEFENDERS:
2 Toby ALDERWEIRELD
3 Thomas VERMAELEN
4 Vincent KOMPANY
5 Jan VERTONGHEN
15 Daniel VAN BUYTEN
18 Nicolas LOMBAERTS
21 Anthony VANDEN BORRE
23 Laurent CIMAN
MIDFIELDERS:
6 Axel WITSEL
7 Kevin DE BRUYNE
8 Marouane FELLAINI
10 Eden HAZARD
16 Steven DEFOUR
19 Mousa DEMBÉLÉ
20 Adnan JANUZAJ
22 Nacer CHADLI
FORWARDS:
9 Romelu LUKAKU
11 Kevin MIRALLAS
14 Dries MERTENS
17 Divock ORIGI
*The final squad was announced on 2 June 2014, on the next day however, Sammy Bossut was selected to replace the original selected Koen Casteels as the latter hadn't recovered from a tibia injury
4-5-1/4-1-4-1 FORMATION:
Argentina Vs Belgium - World Cup Quarterfinals (05/07/2014)
GK COURTOIS
CB KOMPANY
CB VAN BUYTEN
RB ALDERWEIRELD
LB VERTONGHEN
DMF WITSEL
CMF/AMF FELLAINI
CMF/AMF DE BRUYNE
RMF MIRALLAS
LMF/AMF HAZARD
CF ORIGI
Substitutions: Lukaku for Origi (59 mn), Mertens for Mirallas (59 mn) and Chadli for Hazard (75 mn)
Notes: Had Belgium defeated Argentina, the defender Alderweireld would've missed the semifinals since he was booked for the second time on the tournament during this game
Mertens played as LMF/left AMF, relocating Hazard as central AMF while De Bruyne was relocated as RMF, this also relocated Fellaini as left CMF, but with high tendency to join Lukaku upfront
Chadli seemingly played with in the same position as Hazard
Captain: Vincent Kompany
Short Free Kick: Kevin De Bruyne
Long Free Kick: Jan Vertonghen/Vincent Kompany/Dries Mertens/Axel Witsel/Thibaut Courtois
Free Kick 2: -
Left Corner: Kevin De Bruyne
Right Corner: Kevin De Bruyne/Dries Mertens
Penalty: Kevin De Bruyne
Players to go up on free kicks and corners: Daniel Van Buyten, Vincent Kompany, Marouane Fellaini, Toby Alderweireld, Jan Vertonghen
Team Strategy
★Centre Attack
★Right Side Attack
★Left Side Attack
★Change Sides: Fellaini/De Bruyne | Mirallas/Hazard | Mertens
★CB Overlap: Daniel Van Buyten - In the last 10 minutes of the 2nd half
★Long Passing
★Counter Attack
★All Out Attack - After Argentina scored
HOME, AWAY, THIRD & GOALKEEPER KITS:
