I would have liked to have seen Laszlo Benes start for Slovakia today. Benes despite being a midfielder, was among the leading scorers in the 2 Bundesliga last season and he also had the 2nd most assists in the league. He is an impressive midfielder, but the Slovakia manager has benched him and named the experienced trio of Lobotka, Kucka and Duda in midfield. Skriniar and Vavro form the experienced central defensive partnership, while another veteran Pekarik plays at right-back and Feyenoord's Hancko plays at left-back.
The experienced Dubravka of Newcastle United is selected ahead of Fulham's Rodak as goalkeeper for Slovakia. While in attack, Boavista's youngster Bozenik plays as the central striker, flanked by the more experienced Schranz and Haraslin in the attacking wide areas.
Belgium have Onana and Mangala as their ball winning midfielders, while de Bruyne is the playmaker, with Doku playing on the right wing and Trossard on the left wing. While up front Lukaku plays as the centre forward. I have to say, I can see Trossard giving the 37 year old Pekarik plenty of problems if he gets one on one with him. Pekarik is still a good player, but he doesn't have the pace that he used to have anymore.
Casteels is a reliable goalie for Belgium, while Debast and Faes form a solid defensive partnership in front of him. Fullbacks Castagne and Carrasco will bomb forward to help the attack at any opportunity. Belgium look like a strong team, it will be interesting to see how they perform today.