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Belgian winger Kevin Mirallas has warned his team-mates to expect a physical encounter when they open their World Cup Group H campaign against Algeria in Belo Horizonte on Tuesday.

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SOUNDBITE: (French) Kevin Mirallas, Belgium:

"Yes everything has gone well, now the competition begins. Our first opponent will be Algeria - I have played with a lot of Algerians so I know how the match will go! (I played with) Djamel Abdoun, Rafik Djebbour. So I really now how Algeria will start this match. We know that we will certainly wait for a lot of kicks, but it isn't serious - it is like that at the World Cup."

Question - A lot of kicks, how is that?

"Because it is a tough game - we know a bit about how the Algerians play, especially the defenders. Bougherra, all that, they are very physical defenders, very strong. But we will see, it is truly a match that we really want to play, really want to win - but it will be a very difficult match."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Jan Vertonghen, Belgium:

"We don't want Algeria to be the surprise especially not against us but we are very aware of their qualities. They have a good team - they qualified in a strong group and we certainly don't underestimate them and we have to be 100 per cent to beat them."