Belgium plays Romania in the Euro 2024 Group E and will be hoping to gain three points since if it loses, it’s chances of going through to the knockout stages will get very thin.
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Take a look at the major talking points from the match:
Vertonghen writes his name in history
Jan Vertonghen, at the age of 37 years, 59 days is Belgium’s 3rd oldest player in major tournaments behind Pierre Braine in 1938 (37y 222d) and Wilfried Van Moer in 1982 (37y 119d).
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Tielemans scores an early stunner!
Youri Tielemans gave Belgium the lead in just 73 seconds. Lukaku set Youri up for a finish as he drove the ball from the edge of the box into the bottom left corner.
This is the third fastest goal in Euro history:
- 0.23 – Nedim Bajrami (Italy vs Albania on June 16 2024)
- 01:05 – Dmitri Kirichenko (Russia vs Greece on 20 June 2004)
- 01:12 – Youri Tielemans ( Belgium vs Romania on June 23 2024)
