While the French team and the other three selections of the Final Four of the League of Nations (Portugal, Spain and Germany) will start their 2026 World Cup qualifiers next September, other teams are already in great danger. Half of the European qualifications groups started last March and continued in recent days. Italy sank from the start against Norway of Erling Haaland (3-0), while Belgium only took one point against the North Macedonia (1-1).
Crucified in Skopje in the 86th minute of the game, on a huge cross -resumption of Ezgan Alioski, the Red Devils, now led by Rudi Garcia, are already in an extremely perilous situation. In this group J with five teams, Belgium is penultimate in the ranking with a point in front of a Liechtenstein at zero. Wales is in the lead with seven points and the Macedonians have five units, both after three games.
The Belgians have largely the means to go up the slope and finish at the top of the group to qualify directly for the World Cup 26. Their new French coach brought Thibaut Courtois (injured, he left his place to Matz Sels last Friday) and kept Kevin de Bruyne as an essential playmaker of the starting eleven. Except that Romelu Lukaku and his teammates continue with the reception of the group's first, Wales this Monday (8:45 p.m., live on the L'Equipe channel).
Match between Belgium and Wales?
Belgium has no assurance of dominating Cardiff dragons. The Gareth Bale page is definitely shot and Craig Bellamy, the former Liverpool striker and Man City now Welsh coach, is counting on a generation of age -old players and well installed in the Premier League or in Championship, such as Neco Williams, Joe Rodon, Ethan Ampadu, Harry Wilson or Brennan Johnson.
In the presentation of the match of whoscoredthe site specializing in statistics, the prediction of the party gives a 1-1 zero result! If the Belgians are making a new underperformance, they would end up with two small points in this hen of the playoffs, with Welsh eight units and Macedonians also in the event of success in Kazakhstan this Monday. Rudi Garcia's training will have to wait until September to chain victories against Liechtenstein and Kazakhstan.
