Senne Lammens: Man United star’s nightmare World Cup debut

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The Peoples Person

11 July 2026

Manchester United have had numerous players involved in

World Cup

action over the past month.

Matheus Cunha, Amad and Lisandro Martinez all scored their

first ever World Cup goals

Kobbie Mainoo and Marcus Rashford could both be in action for England tonight against Norway, and Lisandro Martinez will almost certainly start for Argentina against Switzerland.

Lammens

had spent the entire tournament on the bench as the legendary Thibaut Courtois kept goal for the Belgian team.

Unfortunately, during Belgium’s 1-2 defeat to Spain in the

quarter-final, the Real Madrid keeper had to go off injured in the second half.

Lammens came on to make his

debut and just his third appearance for the Belgian team.

He began his performance confidently enough, but disaster struck in the 88th minute with the scores tied at 1-1.

A shot by Pau Cubarsi was spilt by Lammens, and he could not react quickly enough as Arsenal’s Mikel Merino was on hand to fire in the winner.

He made a total of

two saves

, including a decent hold on a fierce Marc Cucurella shot, but unfortunately, he will only remember his error which led to the winning goal.

His pass percentage was just 54% as he was asked to play the ball long at most opportunities so Belgium could escape the intense Spanish press.

Commenting on Lammens’ error, the usual number one, Courtois, was full of support for his compatriot and teammate.

claimed

, “I gave him a big hug. He’s a great goalkeeper. You only get stronger from this.”

The club’s official X site also threw their backing behind their keeper and stated, “head up, Senne. We’re all with you.”

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