(Group E EURO 2024) The Belgian team had a good performance against Romania on the day De Bruyne and Lukaku made their mark.
In the second minute, Belgium made Romania hateful. Lukaku had a quality wall situation, then gave the ball back to Tielemans to finish into the opponent’s net.
With the opening goal, Belgium felt like a burden had been lifted. They pressed the opponent continuously. Lukaku was given many opportunities, but in this match he really had no chance to score. Lukaku both missed and was denied a goal in the 63rd minute because of offside.
Looking at Romania, they have some quite clear opportunities. However, no face of this team made a difference against Belgium.
While the attack had not yet made a difference, the Romanian defense made a mistake in the 80th minute. No one could catch De Bruyne in the situation where this player received the ball from a long pass from goalkeeper Casteels. De Bruyne then took advantage of the opportunity to score to increase the score to 2-0 for Belgium.
During the remaining time of the match, Belgium created more opportunities. But they didn’t score more goals. In the end, Belgium won 2-0 against Romania to rise to 2nd place in Group E.
Final score: Belgium 2-0 Romania (H1: 1-0)
Scored:
Belgium: Tielemans (2′), De Bruyne (80′)
Starting lineup:
Belgium: Casteels, Castagne, Vertonghen, Faes, Theate, Tielemans, Onana, Doku, De Bruyne, Lukebakio, Lukaku.
Romania: Nita, Ratiu, Dragusin, Burca, Bancu, Marius Marin, Dennis Man, Razvan Marin, Stanciu, Mihaila, Dragus.