Wales manager Chris Coleman has accepted the tag of Brussels underdogs but insists his side expect to get some reward against star-studded Belgium in their Euro 2016 qualifier this weekend.
Belgium have climbed into the top four of the FIFA world rankings, boast world-class talent in the shape of Chelsea pair Eden Hazard and Thibaut Courtois and have a playing squad operating throughout the top European leagues.
The Red Devils, who were quarter-finalists at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, are expected to win Group B comfortably but it is Wales who top the section at the moment after picking up seven points from their opening three games and that start has provided Coleman with confidence that they can upset Belgium at the King Baudouin Stadium on Sunday evening.
"We need to get something from every game, to win our home games and to go to places like Belgium and get something," Coleman said.
"We know Belgium are the favourites but we put pressure on ourselves to get something there if we're going to do anything in the group.
"But I think it's a great pressure to have and the type of pressure you want.
"After four or five games in previous campaigns we've been out of the running. Then we come strong at the end of the campaign and everybody says we need to do this at the start of the next one.
"We have this time. We've come out of the blocks, we've got a fighting spirit. We've got quality.
"We're top of the group and we're going to the team expected to win it."
Coleman made a Brussels spying mission on Wednesday night to watch Belgium beat Iceland 3-1 in a friendly international.
Nicolas Lombaerts, Divock Origi and Romelu Lukaku scored for the attack-minded Belgians but Coleman was encouraged by the number of chances Iceland created against hosts without their influential captain Vincent Kompany.
The Manchester City skipper will also miss the Wales game with a calf injury and Belgium will probably pair Lombaerts and Southampton's Toby Alderweireld at the heart of the defence with Barcelona's Thomas Vermaelen also out with a thigh injury.
"Kompany is a quality defender, probably one of the best central defenders on the planet," Coleman said.
"He's a top captain also and would be a loss for anybody, but they've got bodies in there to make a change and be strong enough to give anybody a game.
"I haven't learned anything new from watching them because we know we're up against a very good team offensively.
"It's very challenging as they could have scored seven or eight goals, but they also could have conceded four or five.
"They're where they are in the rankings for a reason. They are a top team but there's no fear from us."
Coleman has suffered from mass withdrawals in the past but this time only the injured Jonathan Williams and the suspended Andy King are absent and key midfield pair Aaron Ramsey and Joe Allen are back after missing last month's qualifiers against Bosnia-Herzegovina and Cyprus.
The Wales manager also has Gareth Bale at his disposal, the Real Madrid star back after missing game-time in Spain recently with a buttock injury.
"People talk about Bale and Hazard, they say Wales are a one-man team and if Hazard doesn't perform Belgium don't perform.
"I think Belgium have got quality in every position but they're not invincible.
"Can they stop Baley? If they have a good day and Baley has a bad day. But if Baley has a good day. good luck!
"People will talk about Baley but our mentality now is we don't just accept losing. It's not acceptable.
"We've worked hard at being harder, meaner, more streetwise and we've still got a way to go.
"But compared to two years ago there's a steeliness about us and as a team we know how to win."
Source: PA
