Belgium’s Kevin De Bruyne gives Roberto Martínez dilemma for France test

• Belgium midfielder can play in deep role or further forward
• Marouane Fellaini likely to keep place with Carrasco coming in

Kevin De Bruyne was not about to shout the odds in public with Roberto Martínez – not on the eve of Belgium’s World Cup semi-final against France. But everybody knew what he wanted.

The Manchester City midfielder has occupied different roles at the tournament and it feels as though there have been no grey areas in how they should be judged. In the opening two group games against Tunisia and Panama, plus most of the last-16 meeting with Japan, Martínez played him as one of his two deep-lying central midfielders in a 3-4-2-1 formation. De Bruyne looked smooth on the ball, as always, but did he get into positions to hurt the opposition?

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