Team news – Lukaku starts for Belgium, Iran make three changespublished at 19:33 BST
19:33 BST
Belgium v Iran (20:00 BST)
Belgium manager Rudi Garcia has rewarded Romelu Lukaku’s performance in the 1-1 draw with Egypt by handing the striker his first start at this summer’s World Cup. The Napoli forward, 33, was involved in his side’s equaliser just seconds after coming on in the second half of Monday’s game.
Garcia has made four changes to the team that started the Group G opener, with Maxim de Cuyper, Alexis Saelemaekers, Nicolas Raskin and Lukaku replacing Charles de Ketelaere, Amadou Onana, Timothy Castagne and the ill Jeremy Doku.
Belgium: Courtois, De Cuyper, Mechele, Ngoy, Meunier, Tielemans, Raskin, Trossard, De Bruyne, Saelemaekers, Lukaku
Subs: Penders, Lammens, Theate, Seys, Winter, Castagne, Onana, Witsel, De Ketelaere, Moreira, Vanaken, Lukebakio, Fernandez-Pardo
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Iran manager Amir Ghalenoei has made three changes to the team that faced New Zealand, with Saleh Hardani, Ehsan Hajisafi and Hossein Kanani replacing Arya Yousefi, Shahriyar Moghanloo and Milad Mohammadi.
Iran: Beiranvand, Nemati, Khalilzadeh, Kanani, Hajisafi, Hardani, Mohebbi, Ezatolahi, Ghoddos, Rezaeian, Taremi
Subs: Hosseini, Niazmand, Yousefi, Eiri, Mohammadi, Razaghinia, Eckert, Torabi, Ghorbani, Cheshmi, Alipour, Jahanbakhsh, Hosseinzadeh, Ghayedi, Moghanlou
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