The Romanian national team succumbed to Belgium at EURO 2024, with a score of 0-2 in a match played in Koln, in front of over 30,000 superb Romanian supporters present in Germany, in our second match at this European Championship.
It was a match in which we did not embarrass ourselves in front of the 2018 World Cup bronze medalists, the current 3rd place team in the FIFA rankings, led by De Bruyne, Doku, and company. The Belgian press also noted this, praising the team coached by Edi Iordănescu: „Belgium is alive again! With a convincing victory against Romania, Belgium has increased its chances of qualifying for this final tournament. Youri Tielemans quickly opened the scoring, and missed opportunities and another goal canceled by the video refereeing made us tremble until the end. Fortunately, captain De Bruyne took revenge and doubled the advantage.
Despite the early goal and the many chances, the match remained exciting for a good period of time. The Romanians were strong and resilient. The first problems occurred immediately after Tielemans' goal, evidence of an extremely unpredictable team.
Belgium dominated the entire first half, although the opportunities were slow to appear. Belgium was warned again at the start of the first half, with chances for Man and Mihăilă. The same Man had an important chance in the 68th minute, but Casteels showed his worth. Finally, De Bruyne made it 2-0 and sealed the match. We can expect a thriller in the match against Ukraine. All teams in Group E have the same number of points before the final round," notes the Belgian press, through Sporza newspaper.
Romania is still the leader of Group E, with a goal difference of 3-2 and has a vital match on Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. against Slovakia, the match that can take us to the knockout stage of EURO 2024, even with a draw. The match will be LIVE on SpotMedia.ro.
D.A.