Belgium to face Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal in World Cup warm-up match

England’s World Cup group rivals Belgium will test themselves against European champions Portugal before heading to Russia 2018.

Roberto Martinez’s side will have three friendlies in early June, the Belgian football federation announced on Wednesday.

They will tackle Portugal on June 2, which could mean facing Cristiano Ronaldo, before playing Egypt on June 6. They then take on Costa Rica five days later, with venues to be announced at a later date. Belgium will depart on June 13 for their tournament campaign.

Martinez said on the federation website: “These are are solid teams who will test us in the same way as our World Cup opponents.

“With Portugal, we will be facing the European champions. Egypt will be an interesting test with respect to our second match at the World Cup against Tunisia.

“And the final match against Costa Rica, a Central American nation, will be totally with the emphasis on our opening match against Panama, another Central American country, on June 18 in Sochi.”

England are Belgium’s third Group G opponents, with their match scheduled for June 28 in Kaliningrad.

Belgium sit fifth in the FIFA rankings and are the Group G top seeds.