To say that the biggest upset of this European Cup so far must be Belgium's loss to Slovakia in the first round. The second round can only be a last-ditch battle for Belgium. In the second round, Belgium and Romania met. Tielemans blitzed in the opening 75 seconds. Lukaku provided an assist and then was disallowed a goal; De Bruyne locked in In the victory, Belgium came back from the dead 2:0 to avoid the embarrassment of being eliminated early.
Romania defeated Ukraine with 3 goals in the first round. With 3 points and a sufficient goal difference advantage, Romania's qualifying situation is relatively optimistic. Faced with this game that he couldn't afford to lose, coach Tedesco naturally sent out his main force. Doku, Luke Baggio, and Lukaku joined the striker; De Bruyne served as the attacking midfielder and captain, and Thielemann Castagne, Vertonghen, Fess, and Tite formed the back line, with Castells guarding the goal.
Only 73 seconds into the game, Doku got rid of a cross pass. Lukaku relied on his physical advantage to rely on the defense in the penalty area to knock back. Tielemans volleyed into the net, 1:0! Belgium's blitz was successful. This was the second fastest goal since the start of this European Cup, second only to Albania's opening goal against Italy. This was also the fastest goal since Belgium participated in the competition. With Romania losing at the start, Spain and France became the only teams left in this European Cup to keep a clean sheet.
In the 4th minute, Marius Marin made a pass from the left. Dragusin jumped high in front of the goal and headed the ball. Castells flew up and made a divine save. Romania almost equalized the score. In the 15th minute, Doku held the ball from the left and crossed the penalty area. Lukaku directly knocked away the defensive Bourque with his back, then turned around and shot a low shot that was blocked from the baseline; 2 minutes later, De Bruyne drove all the way to the right. On the way, Luke Baggio dribbled horizontally and shot from an angle, and Nitze flew to seal the ball out of the baseline.
In the 32nd minute, Doku continued to break through the Romanian defense from the left and shot hard. Nitze blocked the angle and saved the ball. In the first half, Belgium not only had 70% of the ball, but also created 10 shots. Finally, they scored It has the strength that it deserves to be ranked No. 3 in the world.
In the second half, they changed sides and fought again. This time, Romania almost succeeded with a blitz. In the 47th minute, Mikhail stole the ball in the middle circle and drove straight in, but due to the interference of Onana, his shot flew towards the stands; in the 53rd and In the 55th minute, De Bruyne's two consecutive shots were resolved by Nitze; then Trossard, who had a sluggish performance in the previous game, replaced Luke Baggio; in the 62nd minute, Doku continued to make a fuss on the left, and he continued to make a fuss on the left. Pushing forward to get rid of it, he passed two people in the penalty area and then hit the side net with his left foot.
In the 63rd minute, De Bruyne sent a through ball from the center circle. Lukaku pushed forward and scored with a single shot. When Kaku and his teammates celebrated wildly, Var declared the goal invalid after inspection; Lukaku scored Kuku's three goals in two games were disallowed. It was really bad luck. Otherwise, he would have been the top scorer. Fans also joked that in ancient times, there was Dayu who passed through the house three times without entering, but now there are three Kaku. The goal is invalid.
Since his teammates did not seize the opportunity, De Bruyne simply acted as the terminator himself. In the 80th minute, goalkeeper Castells passed the ball from the backcourt to the frontcourt, and De Bruyne stepped in behind. After surviving Dragusin's close defense, he fell to the ground and shot into the net, 2:0! 's first goalkeeper assist of this year officially appeared, and Belgium finally got some reassurance. In the 84th minute, Alibek relied on Faith to shoot, and Castagne completed the ultimate rescue at the goal line. Romania also missed the opportunity to recover a goal.
In the end, Belgium won 2:0. In this way, Group E presented an extremely chaotic situation; all 4 teams accumulated 3 points with 1 win and 1 loss; the final round was a matter of life and death for the 4 teams. Whoever wins will qualify. At the same time, the goal difference between the four teams is within 2 goals. A goal may affect the situation of qualifying.
