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Italian Soccer Serie A
Sat 22 Jun 2024 ‧ UEFA European Championship – Group Stage – Group E
Belgium 2 – 0 Romania 
2′ Youri Tielemans
79′ Kevin De Bruyne
Belgium won the UEFA EURO 2024 Group Stage Group E Matchday 2 game on Saturday 22 June 2024 at the Cologne Stadium in Cologne, Germany. It is a very important victory for Belgium . The team coached by Domenico Tedesco showed superior quality and spirit compared to the first match against Slovakia. Group E now sees all 4 teams with 3 points! The third match of the group will be fundamental to know who will qualify for the round of 16. The last scheduled matches of this group will be Slovakia-Romania and Ukraine-Belgium on Wednesday 26 June.
🇧🇪 Serie A Playes with Belgium’s EURO 2024 squad
Head Coach: 🇮🇹 Domenico Tedesco
- Forward Charles De Ketelaere (Atalanta) listed among substitutes
- Forward Romelu Lukaku (Roma) played all 90 minutes
🇷🇴 Serie A and Serie B Players with Romania’s EURO 2024 squad
Head Coach: 🇷🇴 Edward Iordănescu
- Defender Ionuț Nedelcearu (Palermo) listed among substitutes
- Midfielder Marius Marin (Pisa) played until the 68th minute, got a yellow card in the 65th minute, and was replaced by Darius Olaru.
- Midfielder Răzvan Marin (Empoli) played all 90minutes
- Forward Dennis Man (Parma) played all 90minutes
- Forward Valentin Mihăilă (Parma) played until the 68th minute and was replaced by Ianis Hagi.
- Forward George Puşcaş (Bari) listed among substitutes
Belgium opened the score with a fast goal in the 2nd minute. Youri Tielemans defeated Romania goalkeeper with a right footed shot to the center. The assist is by Romelu Lukaku.
In the 79th minute, Belgium increased the score. Captain Kevin De Bruyne scored with aright footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Photo via x.com/BelRedDevils
✅ Stats before the game: Belgium and Romania will meet for the first time in one of the major international tournaments (World Cup/European Championship). This will be the first meeting between the two teams since the friendly in Bucharest in November 2012 – 2-1 for Romania in that case. The balance sheet between Belgium and Romania is so far in perfect balance with five wins each and two draws. In the most recent period, Belgium have won just one of five matches against these opponents (D1 L3) – 2-1 in a friendly in Liège in November 2011. Belgium could lose its first two matches of a European Championship for the first time. The last time this generally happened in a major tournament dates back to 1930, in the first edition of the World Cup. After the 3-0 victory in the first round, Romania could win two matches in the same major tournament (World Cup + EURO) for the third time, after 1994 (3 wins) and 1998 (2 wins), in both cases in the World Cup. After a run of 13 wins in 14 games (L1) in the group stage at major tournaments (World Cup + EURO), Belgium have since gone three games in a row at this stage (D1, L2): this has not happened from the four consecutive matches played between EURO 2000 and the 2002 World Cup (2N, 2L). In the first round against Ukraine (3-0), Romania achieved its largest victory ever in a major tournament (World Cup + EURO); against Ukraine, moreover, it was the second time that Romania scored at least three goals in a European Championship, out of six total editions in which it took part (at EURO 2000 it scored four goals in one match).
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Photo via x.com/EURO2024
Photo via x.com/EURO2024
Photo via x.com/EURO2024
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UEFA EURO 2024
Group E, Matchday 2
Belgium 2 – 0 Romania
Saturday 22 June 2024
Cologne Stadium
Cologne, Germany
21:00
⚽️ Goals: 2′ Youri Tielemans (B), 79′ Kevin De Bruyne (B)
🟨 Booked:
✅ Official Lineups – Formations – Tabellino:
Lineup BELGIUM (4-3-3): Casteels; Castagne, Faes, Vertonghen, Theate; Tielemans, Onana, De Bruyne; Lukebakio, Lukaku, Doku.
Coach: Tedesco
Lineup ROMANIA (4-3-3): Nita; Ratiu, Dragusin, Burca, Bancu; M. Marin, R. Marin, Stanciu; Man, Dragus, Mihaila.
Coach: Iordanescu
