Two neighboring countries from the west of Europe face each other at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels. Belgium will host the Netherlands for the first round of the UEFA Nations League's top division. The hosts come from a 3-0 victory over Burkina Faso, which they faced in a friendly game back in March. Meanwhile, the guests arrive at the meeting from a friendly 1-1 duel vs. Germany, also playing in March this year. Ahead of us is an interesting clash of two phenomenal squads, who are standard trophy contenders in both Europe and the World. Both nations qualified for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, finishing first-placed in the qualifiers group stage.

For this tournament, Belgium's head coach Roberto Martinez went with his usual squad, the best and the most experienced Belgians that are playing in the top leagues. However, the Netherlands' manager Louis van Gaal surprised everyone with a different squad than before, and will try some new changes in his team for the upcoming matches vs. Belgium, Wales, and Poland.

Jason Denayer and Thibaut Courtois will not be able to start for Belgium due to an injury, but there are substitutions who deserved their spot in the starting eleven, meaning this will not be a problem for the Red Devils. The Netherlands goes into the meeting without any absentees, except for the players who have not been called up for the national team.

Belgium is famous for performing great in these big matches, and the first game against their neighbors since 2018 will be phenomenal to watch. The last time the Netherlands defeated Belgium was back in 1997, winless against this country for twenty-five years. Belgium is on an eight-game unbeaten streak against the "Oranje", and I expect a similar performance here, meaning the hosts will find the three points. Good luck!

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来自西欧的两个邻国在布鲁塞尔博杜安国王体育场面对面。比利时将在欧足联顶级联赛的第一轮比赛中主场迎战荷兰。东道主3-0战胜布基纳法索，他们在3月份的一场友谊赛中面对布基纳法索。与此同时，出席会议的嘉宾还参加了今年3月与德国队的1比1友谊赛。在我们面前的是两支非凡的球队的有趣交锋，他们是欧洲和世界杯赛的标准争夺者。两国在2022年卡塔尔世界杯预选赛小组赛中都以第一名的成绩晋级。

在本届联赛中，比利时主教练罗伯托·马丁内斯派出了他一贯的阵容，他们都是在顶级联赛中踢球的最好、最有经验的比利时人。然而，荷兰队主帅范加尔的阵容与以往不同，让所有人都感到惊讶，他将在即将到来的对阵比利时、威尔士和波兰的比赛中尝试一些新的变化。

杰森-德纳耶和蒂博-库尔图瓦将因伤不能代表比利时首发出场，但有一些替补队员配得上他们的首发位置，这意味着这对红魔来说不是问题。荷兰队参加会议时，除了没有被国家队征召的球员外，没有任何人缺席。

比利时在这些重大比赛中表现出色，这是自2018年以来对阵邻国的第一场比赛，将是非凡的观看。上一次荷兰队击败比利时要追溯到1997年，在25年的时间里，荷兰队一直没有战胜比利时。比利时在对阵“橘子”的比赛中保持了8场不败，我预计在这里也会有类似的表现，这意味着东道主将会拿到3分。好运！