{"id":9735,"date":"2026-03-31T20:35:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T20:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/9735\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T20:35:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T20:35:10","slug":"mexico-vs-belgium-projected-lineups-for-the-2026-international-friendly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/9735\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexico vs Belgium: Projected lineups for the 2026 international friendly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This Tuesday marks the end of the March FIFA window, with Mexico and <a href=\"https:\/\/worldsoccertalk.com\/tag\/belgium\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Belgium\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Belgium<\/a> headlining one of the most intriguing friendly matchups of the slate. With their spots already secured for the 2026 World Cup, both national teams are looking to build top form ahead of that challenge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fubo.tv\/welcome\/leagues\/23914624?irmp=330866&amp;irad=596299&amp;sharedid=USA_Soccer_Mens-International-Soccer-Friendlies_Mexico-vs-Belgium\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"[Watch Mexico vs Belgium online in the US on Fubo]\">[Watch Mexico vs Belgium online in the US on Fubo]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/worldsoccertalk.com\/tag\/mexico\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Mexico\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mexico<\/a> face added pressure as one of the host nations of next summer\u2019s FIFA tournament, and are especially focused on delivering strong performances to avoid disappointing their fans. Their most recent outing met expectations, as <a href=\"https:\/\/worldsoccertalk.com\/news\/mexico-vs-portugal-live-updates-minute-by-minute-coverage-of-2026-international-friendly-at-estadio-azteca\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"they played to a 0-0 draw against Portugal at the Estadio Azteca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">they played to a 0-0 draw against Portugal at the Estadio Azteca<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After passing that test against one of the world\u2019s top national teams, Javier Aguirre\u2019s side now look to take another step forward on Tuesday and push for a win against another strong European opponent, albeit one with fewer stars than Portugal.<\/p>\n<p>Belgium are currently ranked No. 9 in the FIFA rankings and aim to be contenders at the next World Cup, just as they were at Russia 2018. Their latest performance supports that ambition: <a href=\"https:\/\/worldsoccertalk.com\/news\/usmnt-vs-belgium-live-updates-minute-by-minute-coverage-of-2026-international-friendly\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"a 5-2 win over USMNT\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a 5-2 win over USMNT<\/a> in which they delivered a dominant and efficient attacking display.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/aguirre-1920x1080.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-621328\"\/>Mexico head coach Javier Aguirre. Projected Mexico lineup <\/p>\n<p>Mexico\u2019s performance against Portugal just three days ago appears to have satisfied Javier Aguirre, meaning several players from that match are expected to retain their spots in the starting XI on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Mexico\u2019s projected XI to face Belgium is: Raul Rangel; Jesus Gallardo, Cesar Montes, Johan Vasquez, Richard Ledezma; Erik Lira, Alvaro Fidalgo, Orbelin Pineda; Julian Quinones, Raul Jimenez, Roberto Alvarado.<\/p>\n<p> Projected Belgium lineup <\/p>\n<p>While Javier Aguirre had reason to be pleased with his team\u2019s previous performance, Rudi Garcia can be even more encouraged. Following the emphatic win over USMNT, the French coach is expected to keep much of his starting XI unchanged.<\/p>\n<p>Belgium\u2019s projected lineup is: Senne Lammens; Thomas Meunier, Zeno Debast, Brandon Mechele, Maxime De Cuyper; Nicolas Raskin, Amadou Onana; Jeremy Doku, Kevin De Bruyne, Alexis Saelemaekers, Charles De Ketelaere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This Tuesday marks the end of the March FIFA window, with Mexico and Belgium headlining one of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9736,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[7,2732],"class_list":{"0":"post-9735","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-belgium","8":"tag-belgium","9":"tag-mexico"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@be\/116325706812680528","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9735","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=9735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}