Il Belgium cancels the shock debut against Slovakia and beats Romania 2-0 in a more balanced group than ever: four teams with 3 points in the standings, everything will be decided on the third day. In Cologne they decide Tielemans e De Bruyne, the man who takes charge of the team in times of difficulty and closes the match with the 2-0 which relaunches Belgium’s European Championship. Lukaku scores but is offside and provides an assist.
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The match
Tedesco changes, he focuses on Lukebakio in place of Trossard and on the defensive returns of Vertonghen and Theate, and the difference is immediately noticeable: after 2 minutes Tielemans recovers the ball in midfield, Doku finds Lukaku in the middle of the area with his back to the goal, the center forward touches behind for the onrushing Tielemans who gives his team the lead with a right-footed cross.
Romania reacts with a header from Dragusin, deflected for a corner by Casteels, but Belgium still has two sensational opportunities to consolidate the lead: the first with Lukaku blocked at the moment of the shot from an excellent position in the penalty area, and then with a shot from Lukebakio on the turn, but Niță is not surprised. Romania struggled to measure up to their opponents from midfield upwards, in particular they gave space to De Bruyne and Doku who became dangerous, and it was Doku who found the goal from a corner, but Niță was a certainty.
Romania struggles to contain the weight and quality of the opposing attackers, Doku finds the goal from a corner, but Niță is a security. De Bruyne almost made it 2-0 with a high-level curling shot, and Lukaku had his third goal of his European Championship canceled out: millimeter offside on a perfect throw by De Bruyne. Belgium doesn’t close it and Romania is left waiting, Man has the equalizer but Casteels is a block, and in the end the Belgian goalkeeper finds the assist directly from a clearance for the 2-0 scored by De Bruyne which relaunched the European Championship for Tedesco’s Belgium.
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