Belgium top stars Eden Hazard and Kelvin Debryne has made it hard for Italy to put a tactical line up as their recovery from injury is not fully known.
Italy will play Belgium in their quarter final match against Belgium tonight at 21:00hrs whilst Spain take on Switzerland at 18:00hrs.
Both players were injured during Belgium last 16 match against Portugal on Sunday, with De Bruyne picking up an ankle issue and Hazard complaining of a hamstring problem.
Meanwhile, the pair have been unable to take part in full training since, but Belgium are hoping they can still play some role during Friday’s huge last-eight clash in Munich.
Nevertheless Belgium manager Roberto Martínez says the condition of the duo was not yet positive but vowed that their presence in the team was important against Italy.
“As you know, they didn’t join the group this morning, they couldn’t train with the group just yet, but probably that is something that we expected. It has been another 24 hours, another 24 hours that they have been positive towards their recovery.
“I think fixtures such as these are nice to be involved in because top players play in them.
“We are performing well and I think for a spectator, for a neutral, it would be great to see them (Belgium) at full strength. So, we hope everyone can be fit and firing,” said Martinez.
The uncertainty around De Bruyne and Hazard has also caused issues for Italy, who are unsure whether to prepare a tactical approach based around the duo starting.
Italy have won every game at Euro 2020 so far and boss Roberto Mancini hopes Belgium’s key playmakers do start Friday’s heavyweight showdown.
