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I think the temperature/humid conditions are tortuous from what I can see in certain matches - a lotta decent players looking 'leggy' after an hour. Hence some managers will try to rest players if they can. It also looks like Belgium have minor knocks to Lukaku, Hazard, Meertens and de Bruyne. Again the choice is to favour recovery for later participation in more important matches or risk the possibility of a worse injury for a result that is not that important at this stage of the tournament but still field a fairly strong side. Agreed Kompany's defensive presence missed but I'm sure Martinez has become accustomed to that situation as Kompany has been out injured for long periods during his footie career - he'll have adjusted to that loss long before now.