Belgium will face Slovakia in their first Euro match on Monday.
Will Martin Dubravka be the first to concede a goal from the Red Devils during this Euro? What is certain is that we will have to take the Slovak goalkeeper in default to get off to a good start in the competition.
At 35, the Newcastle goalkeeper has 156 matches in the Premier League. For several seasons he has therefore met some executives of the Belgian team.
Starting with a certain Kevin De Bruyne : “He’s a genius. You never know what he’s going to do on the pitch. For me, he’s certainly one of the best players in the world. He sees football differently. He manages to make passes that no one else sees. Few footballers have the same skills as him,” he declared, in comments relayed by the Slovak federation.
Slovakia has high expectations from the match against the Red Devils
Dubravka risks also being contacted by Romelu Lukaku but doesn’t want to fixate on Big Rom: “We have to ignore the fact that it’s Lukaku. I’m not going to prepare to face him in particular. I’m going to prepare for each Belgian player in the same way “They have a team full of stars, who have incredible individual qualities.”
These words are laudatory but do not show too much respect: “We shouldn’t be afraid of the Belgians. It’s a different type of competition. I have already played against many Belgian stars in the past Our advantage over them will certainly be the collective. However, only the progress of the match will determine whether we are in good shape.
