Inter, Lukaku in Qatar 2022: towards the call-up for the World Cup

Hope is still there. After the exam made yesterday, Romelu Lukaku is still in the running to participate in the World Championship in Qatar. Attention: in the race, certainly not to be 100% there. The therapies made with the Belgian national team have led the striker to make progress, but he has not yet set foot on the pitch to run. Yesterday he added a little exercise bike to the physiotherapy but clearly at a slow pace. The next few days will make it clear what will happen, but barring a sensational surprise tomorrow at 12 when the coach Martínez will spread the list of 26 called up (many are those who can be registered after the increase in the number from 23 to 26 accomplices climatic conditions not simple), the name of Big Rom will be in the list. However, even this will not be a guarantee for Inter’s number 90.

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The truth will likely come after the MRI that the center forward will support around Sunday. In fact, on Tuesday Belgium will fly to Kuwait where they will play training and friendlies (against Iraq and Egypt) before the debut in Qatar 2022, set for Wednesday 23 against Canada. If Romelu makes it clear that there is room for a recovery by 1 December, the day of the third match of the group against Croatia, he will leave with his teammates. By regulation, the list can be changed up to 24 hours before the debut match (in the case of Belgium on Tuesday 22nd) and therefore the Interista could be part of the expedition together with a possible reserve, a “twenty-seventh”, but the picture , according to the medical staff of the Red Devils, it will already be clear enough on Sunday or Monday. That’s why Lukaku’s presence tomorrow among 26 will not be … insurance. Rather it will be interesting to listen to the version of coach Martinez who does not want to do without him, but who does not even intend to take him to Qatar without the well-founded conviction of being able to field him at the most in the third match.