{"id":418551,"date":"2026-06-27T04:48:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T04:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/?p=418551"},"modified":"2026-06-27T04:48:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T04:48:41","slug":"belgium-ring-changes-as-lukaku-benched-new-zealand-make-two-switches-for-group-g-world-cup-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/2026\/06\/27\/belgium-ring-changes-as-lukaku-benched-new-zealand-make-two-switches-for-group-g-world-cup-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"Belgium ring changes as Lukaku benched; New Zealand make two switches for Group G World Cup clash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">VANCOUVER, June 26 : Belgium coach Rudi Garcia made wholesale changes for Friday&#8217;s crucial Group G World Cup clash against New Zealand, with five alterations to the side that drew 0-0 with Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Striker Romelu Lukaku, still searching for his first goal of the tournament, has been dropped to the bench.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Winger Jeremy Doku returns to the starting lineup after recovering from illness and a brief absence following the birth of his son.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Garcia has also left out Thomas Meunier, Nicolas Raskin and Alexis Saelemaekers from the starting lineup, while Nathan Ngoy is suspended following his red card against Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 New Zealand coach Darren Bazeley has made two changes after the 3-1 defeat by Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Michael Boxall and Callum McCowatt have been dropped as Bazeley reshuffled his side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lineups:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New Zealand &#8211; Max Crocombe; Tim Payne, Tyler Bindon, Liberato Cacace, Finn Surman; Joe Bell, Marko Stamenic, Sarpreet Singh, Elijah Just, Ryan Thomas; Chris Wood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Belgium &#8211; Thibaut Courtois; Arthur Theate, Brandon Mechele, Maxim De Cuyper, Timothy Castagne; Kevin De Bruyne, Youri Tielemans, Hans Vanaken; Leandro Trossard, Jeremy Doku, Charles De Ketelaere.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VANCOUVER, June 26 : Belgium coach Rudi Garcia made wholesale changes for Friday&#8217;s crucial Group G World Cup clash against New Zealand, with five alterations to the side that drew 0-0 with Iran. \u2022 Striker Romelu Lukaku, still searching for his first goal of the tournament, has been dropped to the bench. \u2022 Winger Jeremy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12903],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-418551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-12903"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418551"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":418552,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418551\/revisions\/418552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}