JAKARTA - The Belgian national team has again received bad news regarding Romelu Lukaku's condition at the 2022 World Cup. The injury suffered by the star made him have to pull over for a long time.
Lukaku was initially predicted to miss the opening match of the Belgium national team against Canada, Thursday, November 24. However, the latest news states the Inter Milan player must be sidelined until the second match, according to a report from Sporting News on Monday, November 21.
In fact, Lukaku could miss the final group stage match. This made coach Roberto Martinez's decision to insist on bringing Lukaku to Qatar now come under fire.
From the start, the coach's decision to bring Lukaku to the team had raised doubts. The reason is that at the end of last October Lukaku suffered a muscle injury.
Previously, this 29-year-old player also suffered a hamstring injury which caused him to miss the last 16 games with Inter.
Despite being faced with this fact, Martinez remains optimistic about bringing Lukaku. The Belgian national team's medical team also continues to be optimized for the sake of the recovery of the star, but in fact the situation is getting worse.
The Belgian national team now has to accept the consequences of not benefiting from bringing the former Manchester United player. In fact, Martinez has a row of strikers who are no less qualified to carry.
There is Divock Origi who is slowly looking for his best form with AC Milan. In addition, there is still Dodi Lukebabi, a young player who is now in Hertha BSC uniform.
Another name is Dante Vanzeir. The 24-year-old striker has scored six goals with Union SG in the Belgian League.
Amazingly, five of them were scored by Vanzeir in the last four matches of the Belgian League ahead of the 2022 World Cup break.
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