No extraordinary changes for Belgium after weighty Dutch loss
Belgium mentor Roberto Martinez won't execute extreme changes to his side for Wednesday's Nations League game against Poland, even after his side were given a 4-1 pounding by the Netherlands last Friday.
It was the main home loss in very nearly six years for the Belgians, positioned second by Fifa and one of the liked groups for the World Cup not long from now.
"There will be a few little changes yet I don't maintain that individuals should think these are changes in view of the outcomes," Martinez told a news gathering just before the League A Group Four match against Poland in Brussels.
"This isn't true, the progressions were arranged ahead of time founded on how players completed their club season and how long they played. The progressions won't be a result of an outcome of what occurred against Holland."
Being effectively beaten by their neighbors had been a sobering encounter for the Belgians and Martinez gave the crew two days off after the misfortune to process the loss prior to getting back to preparing on Monday.
"Everybody has been harming throughout recent days, the outcome isn't what we needed. We are genuinely disheartened, as frustrated as the fans. We need to further develop straight away, not for the World Cup but rather for Poland," he said.
Martinez affirmed that lead striker Romelu Lukaku passes on their next two games - against Poland and Wales away in Cardiff on Saturday - due to a lower leg injury and would likely likewise miss the return game against Poland in Warsaw on 14 June.
"Medicinally he is as yet an uncertainty. We had blended sentiments when he returned from the emergency clinic on the grounds that the output showed the injury wasn't quite so awful as we had expected," he added. "Yet, obviously he will be out for the following two games but since we have one more game in Poland we need to continue working with him."Ok