Soccer Football - Euro 2020 - Belgium Training - Proximus Basecamp, Tubize, Belgium - June 9, 2021 Belgium's Eden Hazard with teammates during training REUTERS/Johanna Geron
ST PETERSBURG (Reuters) - Romping through the European Championship qualifiers, Belgium looked every bit the top-ranked team in world football and strong contenders for their first major tournament title.
But some 18 months on, while they still top the FIFA rankings, expectations for the finals have been cooled by a series of injuries to key members of the team.
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