Goals from Kevin De Bruyne and Youri Tielemans helped Belgium to a 2-0 victory against Romania at Euro 2024
. Saturday night was alright for a fightback, and in front of a raucous crowd they turned the mood of their campaign entirely on its head., and insisting “losing has changed nothing in our mind”, Domenico Tedesco made four changes, refreshing every area of the field. It took all of 73 seconds to register the difference as Youri Tielemans, in for Orel Mangala, finished off a sweeping Belgium move to open the scoring.
It was beautiful, graceful, football with a little bit of oomph for good measure, and Belgium continued in that vein for the rest of the first half. Yes, within a couple of minutes Radu Dragusin had forced Koen Casteels into a great save with a header from a corner, but Belgium were producing wave after wave of danger. Romania, who had been soDominant during this period were Belgium’s two wide men: Doku and Dodi Lukebakio.
The second half if anything was more exciting than the first, with Romania finally making their own contribution to the game. They could have equalised three minutes after the restart through their most potent attacking threat, Valentin Mihaila, but after outpacing Amadou Onana on the counter he blazed his shot over.Then came Belgium again with another series of lightning-fast moves, usually with Doku at their heart. The pressure was unyielding but a goal would not come.
Then, finally, at long, long last, Belgium put the game to bed, albeit in the most agricultural of circumstances. A goal kick from Casteels went over absolutely everyone bar De Bruyne. He was alert on the last line of the Romania defence to get a toe on to the ball and under an advancing Nita. The Belgian captain tore off to the stands and slid on his knees, and the fans went into uproar.
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