Inter Milan striker Romelu Lukaku will miss at least the first two matches of the Belgian national team at the World Cup in Qatar, AFP reports.

Romelu Lukaku misses Belgium’s first matches at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar

Injured at the start of the season, Lukaku recently suffered a relapse and was absent from Belgium’s first public training session in Qatar on Sunday.

Belgium are in Group F with Canada (Nov. 23 match), Morocco (Nov. 27) and Croatia (Dec. 1, a match where Lukaku could be back on the pitch).

The composition of the Belgian national team at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar

Goalkeepers: Thibaut Courtois (Real), Simon Mignolet (Bruges), Kuen Castells (Wolfsburg);

Defenders: Jan Vertonghen (RSC Anderleecht), Toby Alderweireld (Royal Antwerp), Leander Dendoncker (Aston Villa), Zeno Debast (Anderlecht), Arthur Theate (Rennes), Wout Faes (Leicester City);

Midfielders: Hans Vanaken (FC Brugge), Axel Witsel (Atletico Madrid), Youri Tielemans (Leicester City), Amadou Onana (Everton), Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City), Yannick Carrasco (Atletico Madrid), Thorgan Hazard (Borussia Dortmund), Timothy Kastan (Leicester City), Thomas Meunier (Borussia Dortmund);

attackers: Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan), Michy Batshuayi (Fenerbahce), Loi Openda (Lance), Charles de Quetelet (Milan), Eden Hazard (Real), Jeremy Doku (Rennes), Dries Mertens (Galatasaray), Leandro Trossard (Brighton). ).

Brian Heinen, Alexis Salemakers, Dodi Lukebacchio and Jason Denayer remain on standby until the start of the tournament in case of injury to a player in the squad

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