European Cup can be said to be a series of upsets. After Ukraine defeated Romania with 3 goals, Belgium, the favorite to qualify in the same group, also had the advantage and overturned and lost 0:1; number one striker Lukaku once again became the He was criticized for missing a single shot, wasting 3 opportunities, and having 2 goals disallowed, which made his name included in the shameful record of the European Cup. He single-handedly contributed to the most exciting individual performance since the start of the European Cup.
Thanks to the emergence of talents in the past 10 years, Belgium has been regarded as one of the favorites to win the championship in recent competitions; although Kompany and Hazard retired one after another, Courtois had conflicts with Tedesco and missed the opportunity. The roster is big, but the European Red Devils with De Bruyne, Lukaku, Doku, and Trossard are still quite strong. Moreover, being placed in a group with Romania, Ukraine and Slovakia, Belgium was almost considered the favorite to qualify before the start of the game.
However, in the first group match, Belgium suffered an immediate upset; facing Slovakia, which was only ranked 48th in strength, Belgium's goal was penetrated in less than 7 minutes; and Lukaku also started his performance moment, as early as After the opening, Doku rushed forward and launched a counterattack. De Bruyne's shot was blocked, and Lukaku's follow-up shot failed. In the 42nd minute, Carrasco made a long pass from the left to launch an offensive, and Lukaku turned offside to form a single shot. A push shot directly hit Dubravka.
Although Lukaku was no longer abstract when he came back in the second half, his luck was too bad; in the 55th minute, Lukaku received a through pass from Trossard and volleyed a shot from the near corner but was saved by the goalkeeper; 2 minutes later, the corner kick attack Among them, Lukaku fell to the ground in response to Onana's ferry and scored a goal, but it was disallowed because of offside. In the 86th minute, Oponda, who came on as a substitute, made a pass from the bottom, and Lukaku hit the net with his kick. He was thought to have scored a tie for Belgium, but because of Oponda's handball foul, Lukaku was disallowed.
At the end of the game, Lukaku was whistled for 2 goals, wasted 3 opportunities, only won 3 confrontations, failed to complete the dribble, and only scored 6 points after the game, the lowest in the game! Many fans believe that he is the main culprit for Belgium's loss. After this game, Lukaku also reached a disgraceful record. According to statistics, Lukaku also became the first player in the history of the European Cup to have his goals canceled by var twice in the same game; at the same time, counting The goal against Finland in the final round of the last European Cup group stage was disallowed, and Lukaku became the player with the most goals canceled by var in the history of the European Cup.
Lukaku's performance is probably a headache for Chelsea; Lukaku was loaned to Roma this past season. Although he surrendered 21 goals and 4 assists, Roma was unable to buy out Lukaku; Little Warcraft could only It's a return to Stamford Bridge. Chelsea originally priced him at 40 million euros, but with such performance, it is estimated that few teams are willing to spend this money.
