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Spain vs Belgium live: Squads ready: Big guns return to Belgium, Ruiz starts for Spain

The official team sheets are available in Los Angeles and there are some massive themes for both sides.

Spain: Coach Luis de la Fuente made just one change to the side that dispatched Portugal. Fabián Ruiz joined the central trio, replacing Pedri.

Belgium: Huge reinforcements for the Red Devils. Maestro Kevin De Bruyne returns as team captain after sitting out the USA match, replacing Amadou Onan (who unfortunately suffered an ACL injury). Pace ace Jérémy Doku also gets the nod for winger Dodi Lukebakio.

Confirmed starting XI:

SPAIN (4-2-3-1): Unai Simón; Pedro Porro, Pau Cubarsí, Aymeric Laporte, Marc Cucurella; Rodri, Fabian Ruiz; Lamine Yamal, Dani Olmo, Alex Baena; Michael Oyarzabal.

BELGIUM (4-2-3-1): Thibaut Courtois; Timothy Castagne, Joel Ngoy, Brandon Mechele, Maxim De Cuyper; Youri Tielemans, Nicolas Raskin; Leandro Trossard, Kevin De Bruyne, Jérémy Doku; Karel Kotelnik.

Referee: Michael Oliver (England)