In the second round of the group stage of the European Cup on June 23, Beijing time, Belgium, ranked third in the world in Group E, faced Romania, ranked 47th. Tielemans blitzed, Kevin De Bruyne scored, Lukaku assisted, Belgium won their first game and fought Ukraine for top spot in the group.
In the second minute of the game, Doku broke through with the ball, Lukaku leaned on the back of the defense in the penalty area to provide an assist, and the follow-up Tielemans directly kicked a long-range shot through the goal, Belgium established a dream start, which was also their first goal of this European Championship. The two sides switched tempo quickly, with Romania's long ball coming on the offensive and Burke's header saved.
Lukaku resisted the defender in the middle but turned too slowly and hit the goal was blocked, De Bruyne held the ball and advanced a diagonal pass to find Luke Baggio, and the volley was saved by the goalkeeper, and there were many chances, but the efficiency was really low. The intensity of the confrontation between the two teams is very intense, and the active scramble leads to huge consumption of players, and no one dares to underestimate the opponent with only a one-goal difference.
Belgium was also shocked in a cold sweat when he came back in the second half, Mihuiler quickly counterattacked and hit a single volley, the team was still able to take the initiative, De Bruyne's high-quality shot was almost grazed by the far post, and in the 65th minute, Lukaku stepped forward to receive the ball on the penalty area and scored a volley on the line of the penalty area, but unfortunately it was offside again, he was really unlucky, and three goals in this European Cup have been blown.
Romania also had a lot of chances, but the ability of the forward line to make a final blow was poor, and Dennis Mann's one-handed shot was blocked by the goalkeeper. Finally, De Bruyne scored in the 79th minute, which allowed them to basically seal the victory, and Belgium won 2-0 against Romania for their first victory at full-time. In this way, the situation in Group E is particularly fierce, all four teams are 1 win, 1 loss and 3 points, this group is undoubtedly the super group of death in this European Cup, if the final round of the two duels are drawn, then it will be all 4 points of the magic situation.