BEL will be without Kevin De Bruyne for its opening group game against RUS at Euro2020.
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Kevin De Bruyne will not play for Belgium in Saturday’s opening group game against Russia at the European Championship because he is still following an individual training program after an operation on his fractured nose and eye socket.
"The next two days will be really important, just to get him back to really being able to move freely and start getting the exercise needed before he can come to the group," Martinez said of De Bruyne, who was recently voted as the Premier League’s player of the season for the second straight year. Belgium’s second game in Group B is against Denmark in Copenhagen on Thursday, when Martinez expects De Bruyne to play a part.