Belgium was forced to bounce back from the first day’s defeat and lose Romania to reach the final day depends on themselves to access the round of 16. Nothing is said and done. Goals from Tielemans (2′) and De Bruyne (80′) gave them an indisputable victory.
Aware of the importance of the fight, the choice of Tedesco, which shook the tree compared to the first day, took a little time to avoid the result. He did it in the second minute after some threats of Doca perfect download of Lukaku in front and a perfect definition of Tielemans with a low side shot. One of the changes in the eleven regarding the defeat against Slovakia took little time to prove the coach right.
In the first half Romania He couldn’t find the key to hurt Belgium, because every time he tried to press high or leave space behind his defenders, the Belgians’ quick movement was very detrimental to them.
Second half with Kevin de Bruyne in charge
In the second half, Romania pushed forward on their lines in search of an equalizer and it was really close. Dennis Manwho started from the right, tried it with a long shot and also in unmarking between the left center back and the full back which caused a lot of danger and left him alone twice against Casteels, who held good and guessed his intentions at the same time.
Because there is more space between the lines, the figure of Kevin de Bruyne, first with two shots, one that forces Nita to intervene and another that hits the post with a screw shot. Then there was a death pass to Doku that missed by centimeters and denied his club and national teammate a target. Finally, in the 80th minute, he found the winning goal when he took advantage of a long throw-in from Casteels that was mishandled by a defender and left him alone against Nita, who he beat with a touch on his finger.
Lukaku’s scoring mistake
Romelu Lukaku He was active for 90 minutes and was a nuisance for the Romanian defense, who could not stop him at any time. He assisted the first goal, won them all from the top and scored another goal. But as was the case against Slovakia, it was disallowed for a millimeter offside.
After two days played in Group E, all teams have 3 points and therefore reach the final day depending on themselves to access the round of 16 in the first two places. Romania and Belgium need a draw to secure a ticket, while Ukraine and Slovakia must win their matches to avoid looking at other results or settling for third.
[+] Check out the summary with all the goals:
match lineup
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twenty-one
3
24
4
5
14
8
10
7
22
1
2
Eleven
6
3
fifteen
twenty
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19
twenty-one
13
Cologne Stadium
Florin Nita1
Andrei Ratiu2
89′
76′
Nicusor BancuEleven
58′
Marius Marin6
64′
67′
Radu Dragusin3
Andrei Burcafifteen
3. 4′
55′
Dennis Mantwenty
1′
71′
Razvan Marin18
62′
Denis Dragus19
80′
79′
Nicolae Stanciutwenty-one
71′
Valentin Mihaila13
67′
Replacements
Horatio Moldovan12
Stefan Tarnovanu16
76′
Adrian Rus4
Ionut Nedelcearu5
Vasile Mogos22
71′
Bogdan Racovitan24
Alexandru Cicâldau8
55′
Ianis Hagi10
67′
71′
Darius Olaru14
67′
Florinel Coman17
Deian Sorescu23
89′
Adrian Sut26
Denis Alibec7
80′
George Puskas9
Daniel Birligea25
coach
Domenico Tedesco
Edward Iordanescu
Source: La Verdad
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