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Wilmots' woes worsen as Belgium loses Lombaerts, Boyata

Belgium coach Marc Wilmots is battling a mounting crisis as Nicolas Lombaerts and Dedryck Boyata joined his long list of injured defenders.

Belgium has lost center backs Nicolas Lombaerts and Dedryck Boyata from its Euro 2016 campaign, as the pair has joined captain Vincent Kompany on the sidelines in a mounting defensive injury crisis.

A hamstring issue has sidelined Zenit St. Petersburg defender Lombaerts, while Celtic's Boyata will not recover in time from the unspecified problem he picked up in training on Monday.

Belgium was already without a first-choice defender in the form of national team skipper Vincent Kompany.