Do you speak Belgium? English bonds Martinez's 'boring' squad


Soccer Football - World Cup - Belgium Training - Belgium Training Camp, Moscow, Russia - June 14, 2018 Belgium coach Roberto Martinez with their players during training REUTERS/Albert Gea

MOSCOW (Reuters) - With three national languages and a Spanish coach who talks in none of them, their World Cup camp might be a feuding Tower of Babel but Roberto Martinez has forged a harmony he is proud to say makes Belgium "boring".

A common language of global English unites a star-studded squad in which only one man still plays in the domestic Belgian league, China-based midfielder Axel Witsel told reporters on Friday ahead of Saturday's Group G match against Tunisia.

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