Belgium coach Marc Wilmots admitted his players had to up their tempo in their training on Thursday (9th June), stating "we need more intensity, more coaching and focus", adding "we need to wake up everybody" ahead of their Euro 2016 Group E opener with Italy on Monday (13th June).

Belgium are settling into their training routine in Bourdeaux.

But not everyone has been completely happy with how things have been going over the last couple of days.

The team were put through their paces early on Thursday by head coach Marc Wilmots, who admitted to the press that he wasn't happy with the team's instensity in their previous training session.

SOUNDBITE: (French) Marc Wilmots, Belgian head coach

(Q: Did you ask the players to be more aggressive today?)

"No, we always train like that except that I didn't like the last training session we did here in Bordeaux yesterday afternoon. So I told them we are entering the tournament and we need more intensity, more coaching and focus because that could be the reasons we have some problems during the game. At some points yesterday players were not in it and thinking it was just going to happen by itself - but it is not the case. So we need to wake up everybody. I saw a lot of awake people today and there are still one or two players who need to show a bit more because there are no secrets in a tournament like this."

Belgium are expected to be contenders for the European Championship crown.

But they face a tricky opening fixture against the always-powerful Italians.