Single-core thigh! 34-year-old De Bruyne scored 6 goals in 6 rounds,"without a forward"Belgium is undefeated and close to qualifying for the World Cup

October 14th: In the early morning of this morning in the European World Cup preliminaries, Belgium defeated Wales 4-2 and won the key battle. It is currently undefeated in 6 rounds and ranks first in the group. De Bruyne scored twice from the penalty spot in this game. He scored 6 goals in 6 games in this World Cup preliminaries. The number of goals scored is second only to Haaland and Depay.

After the last World Cup, Belgium’s golden generation gradually withdrew from the national team. Lukaku was seriously injured at the beginning of this season and missed the remaining games of the World Cup preliminaries. De Bruyne faced the situation of leading the team with a single core.

In the international matches after September, De Bruyne contributed 5 goals and 1 assist in 4 World Cup qualifying games, and Belgium achieved a record of 3 wins and 1 draw. De Bruyne has currently scored 6 goals in this World Cup preliminaries, second only to Haaland and Depay on the scorer list.

In the standings, Belgium has the last two rounds left and is currently 1 point ahead of North Macedonia, which has one more game. However, Belgium's last two opponents are Kazakhstan and Liechtenstein, which are weaker in this group. In the first round, Belgium defeated these two opponents 6-0.