The first big surprise of the Euro 2024 It has come to fruition with the defeat of Belgium, a team that had a bitter debut in the competition after losing by the slightest difference to Slovakia.
The Red Devils never found the fortune to come from behind and overcome the goal they conceded. Although they had clear goal options to score, errors in the definition erased their dream of adding points.
Slovakia, for its part, achieved a historic result based on a lot of determination and defensive order, although in most of the match they were surpassed by the Belgian team.
Belgium made a mistake at the start. They gave the ball away and the mistake resulted in Ivan Schraz’s goal seven minutes into the game.
With the advantage in their favor, Slovakia worked hard to remove the danger from their goal, being aware of the danger of their rival and the great individualities of their opponent.
Luck was not on the side of the Red Devils either, a team that had two goals disallowed against Var; both to Romelu Lukaku.
The first, due to a misplacement by the center forward and the second, in the final minutes of the game, due to a handball in the previous play that had to be reviewed in video arbitration.
Romelu Lukaku and the two disallowed goals
Belgium, in added time, tried to arrive with much greater strength and lucidity, and although they had an interesting approach in the form of Kevin de Bruyne, the captain’s shot got stuck in the hands of the rival goalkeeper.
Now, Belgium is forced to win its next match, where it will face Romania, a team that, in its debut in the Euro Cup, achieved its second victory in history in this tournament after beating Ukraine.
