<p>With a star-studded squad that makes a mockery of the old joke 'who can name a famous Belgian?', young and talented Belgium should breeze past Algeria in the Group H opener on Tuesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Maligned as a non-entity in the past their nation may have been, but now the soccer team trips off everyone's tongues: Thibault Courtois in goal, Vincent Kompany marshalling the back, Eden Hazard and Romelu Lukaku terrorizing defences.<br /><br />Easy qualification, and a pool of thrilling young talent that is the envy of Europe, have made Belgium the bookmakers' pre-tournament fifth favourites behind heavyweights Brazil, Argentina, Spain and Germany. <br /><br />Yet it is their first World Cup since 2002, meaning the team lack experience on the big stage. And they have some frailties, such as erratic finishing and a lack of flying full backs.<br /><br />Algeria come into the tournament looking underrated - who knew they were the highest-ranked African team? - and are probably happy all the pre-match hype is on their rivals. <br /><br />The first target for the "Desert Foxes" is to improve on their humiliation at the South Africa 2010 finals when they failed to score a goal and came bottom of their group. <br /><br />Looking stronger than 2010, Algeria have constructed their side around French-born players drawn from the massive migrant population in Europe. Many of them switched allegiance after playing for France at junior level.<br /><br />Hopes for goals rest on Islam Slimani, the 25-year-old attacker who was Algeria's footballer of the year in 2013 and became a folk hero among Sporting Lisbon fans after scoring the winner against Porto in March.<br /><br />Teams: Belgium: 1-Thibaut Courtois (GK), 2-Toby Alderweireld, 3- Thomas Vermaelen, 4-Vincent Kompany, 5-Jan Vertonghen, 6-Axel Witsel, 7-Kevin de Bruyne, 8-Maroune Fellaini, 9-Romelu Lukaku, 10-Eden Hazard, 11-Kevin Mirallas, 12-Simon Mignolet (GK), 13-Sammy Bossut (GK), 14-Dries Mertens, 15-Daniel van Buyten, 16-Steven Defour, 17-Divock Origi, 18-Nicolas Lombaerts, 19-Moussa Dembele, 20-Adnan Januzaj, 21-Anthony vanden Borre, 22-Nacer Chadli, 23-Laurent Ciman.<br />Algeria: 1-Cedric Si Mohammed (GK), 2-Madjid Bouguerra, 3-Faouzi Ghoulam, 4-Esseid Belkalem, 5-Rafik Halliche, 6-Djamel Mesbah, 7-Hassan Yebda, 8-Medhi Lacen, 9-Nabil Ghilas, 10-Sofiane Feghouli, 11-Yacine Brahmi, 12-Carl Medjani, 13-Islam Slimani, 14-Nabi Bentaleb, 15-El Arabi Soudani, 16-Mohammed Zemmamouche (GK), 17-Liassine Cadamuro, 18-Abdelmoumene Djabou, 19-Saphir Taider, 20-Aissa Mandi, 21-Riyad Mahrez, 22-Mehdi Mostefa, 23-Rais Mbolhi (GK).</p>
<p>With a star-studded squad that makes a mockery of the old joke 'who can name a famous Belgian?', young and talented Belgium should breeze past Algeria in the Group H opener on Tuesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Maligned as a non-entity in the past their nation may have been, but now the soccer team trips off everyone's tongues: Thibault Courtois in goal, Vincent Kompany marshalling the back, Eden Hazard and Romelu Lukaku terrorizing defences.<br /><br />Easy qualification, and a pool of thrilling young talent that is the envy of Europe, have made Belgium the bookmakers' pre-tournament fifth favourites behind heavyweights Brazil, Argentina, Spain and Germany. <br /><br />Yet it is their first World Cup since 2002, meaning the team lack experience on the big stage. And they have some frailties, such as erratic finishing and a lack of flying full backs.<br /><br />Algeria come into the tournament looking underrated - who knew they were the highest-ranked African team? - and are probably happy all the pre-match hype is on their rivals. <br /><br />The first target for the "Desert Foxes" is to improve on their humiliation at the South Africa 2010 finals when they failed to score a goal and came bottom of their group. <br /><br />Looking stronger than 2010, Algeria have constructed their side around French-born players drawn from the massive migrant population in Europe. Many of them switched allegiance after playing for France at junior level.<br /><br />Hopes for goals rest on Islam Slimani, the 25-year-old attacker who was Algeria's footballer of the year in 2013 and became a folk hero among Sporting Lisbon fans after scoring the winner against Porto in March.<br /><br />Teams: Belgium: 1-Thibaut Courtois (GK), 2-Toby Alderweireld, 3- Thomas Vermaelen, 4-Vincent Kompany, 5-Jan Vertonghen, 6-Axel Witsel, 7-Kevin de Bruyne, 8-Maroune Fellaini, 9-Romelu Lukaku, 10-Eden Hazard, 11-Kevin Mirallas, 12-Simon Mignolet (GK), 13-Sammy Bossut (GK), 14-Dries Mertens, 15-Daniel van Buyten, 16-Steven Defour, 17-Divock Origi, 18-Nicolas Lombaerts, 19-Moussa Dembele, 20-Adnan Januzaj, 21-Anthony vanden Borre, 22-Nacer Chadli, 23-Laurent Ciman.<br />Algeria: 1-Cedric Si Mohammed (GK), 2-Madjid Bouguerra, 3-Faouzi Ghoulam, 4-Esseid Belkalem, 5-Rafik Halliche, 6-Djamel Mesbah, 7-Hassan Yebda, 8-Medhi Lacen, 9-Nabil Ghilas, 10-Sofiane Feghouli, 11-Yacine Brahmi, 12-Carl Medjani, 13-Islam Slimani, 14-Nabi Bentaleb, 15-El Arabi Soudani, 16-Mohammed Zemmamouche (GK), 17-Liassine Cadamuro, 18-Abdelmoumene Djabou, 19-Saphir Taider, 20-Aissa Mandi, 21-Riyad Mahrez, 22-Mehdi Mostefa, 23-Rais Mbolhi (GK).</p>