This should be a clash for the ages.
Wales and Belgium meet in Lille at 3 p.m. ET on Friday in their EURO 2016 quarterfinal, as the winner will face Portugal in the semifinals.
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Gareth Bale and Eden Hazard should run the show but there are a host of other stars on either team who can be match winners.
These two teams are no strangers either, as they’ve played against each other in both the qualifying for EURO 2016 and the 2014 World Cup.
Wales beat Belgium 1-0 in Cardiff in EURO 2016 qualifying and drew with them 0-0 in Brussels and Chris Coleman’s side are fired up to continue their remarkable run. Wales has only previously been in one major tournament as a nation and they reached the quarterfinals of the 1958 World Cup in Sweden before losing to eventual winners Brazil.
Belgium was ranked No. 1 in the world up until recently but Marc Wilmots’ star-studded squad will have to overcome some hefty defensive issues as Jan Vertonghen suffered a tournament-ending injury, plus Thomas Vermaelen is suspended for this clash.
Over 150,000 Belgians are expected in Lille, a city which sits just 6.8 miles away from Belgium’s border with France. It will be a carnival atmosphere no matter what happens.
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