{"id":28124,"date":"2026-07-10T19:54:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T19:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/28124\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T19:54:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T19:54:22","slug":"belgium-captain-youri-tielemans-scratched-for-quarterfinal-against-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/28124\/","title":{"rendered":"Belgium captain Youri Tielemans scratched for quarterfinal against Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) \u2014 Belgium midfielder Youri Tielemans was scratched Friday from the starting lineup in the World Cup<\/a> quarterfinals against Spain after getting injured during pregame warmups.<\/p>\n

Hans Vanaken replaced Tielemans in the starting lineup in another blow to the Red Devils\u2019 depth.<\/p>\n

Tielemans is Belgium\u2019s captain and a key component of the team\u2019s efforts on offense and defense. The Aston Villa midfielder scored two goals in Belgium\u2019s 3-2 comeback victory<\/a> over Senegal in the round of 32.<\/p>\n

Vanaken came on as a substitute and scored a goal in Belgium\u2019s 4-1 thrashing of the U.S.<\/a> on Monday. He replaced Amadou Onana, who has been ruled out for the rest of the World Cup with a torn knee ligament.<\/p>\n

Belgium has also played the World Cup without defender Zeno Debast, who has a leg injury and has been held out of action by his club, Sporting Lisbon.<\/p>\n

Kevin De Bruyne returned to Belgium\u2019s lineup against Spain after sitting out of the win over the Americans to rest.<\/p>\n

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See more of AP\u2019s World Cup coverage here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) \u2014 Belgium midfielder Youri Tielemans was scratched Friday from the starting lineup in the World…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28125,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[5463,5459,3932,7,4988,13827,3933,5416,2196,3216,3934,116,15507,1176,5404,5414],"class_list":["post-28124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-belgium","tag-amadou-mvom-onana","tag-aston-villa-fc","tag-athlete-injuries","tag-belgium","tag-belgium-national-soccer-team","tag-california","tag-fifa-world-cup","tag-hans-vanaken","tag-kevin-de-bruyne","tag-manchester-united-fc","tag-soccer","tag-spain","tag-spain-national-soccer-team","tag-sports","tag-youri-tielemans","tag-zeno-debast"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@be\/116897439131637007","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28124\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}