Belgium: bad news before facing France

28.09.26 14:45 UEFA Nations League A

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France and Belgium will meet again in the Nations League tomorrow. On the eve of the match, the Red Devils will be without two key players.

Belgium are preparing to host France this Monday without two of their players. This comes on the occasion of the second matchday of the Nations League. At a pre-match press conference, the Red Devils’ new head coach, Mark van Bommel, announced that Leandro Trossard and Mike Penders would be unavailable.

The former Strasbourg goalkeeper suffered a quadriceps injury, while the Beşiktaş winger has a traumatic bone oedema in his heel. His presence at training this morning had come as a surprise, but the former Arsenal player eventually headed back to the dressing room before his teammates.

Belgium beat Italy 0-2 on Friday in Mark van Bommel’s first match in charge. Mika Godts and Dodi Lukebakio scored the two goals.

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