It is two hours from Belgium to Cologne in western Germany.
Many Belgians will return home tonight with a smile on their faces.
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Domenico Tedesco added after the match: “I’m very relieved to have won the game, it’s very important to score the three points and of course we missed some chances. It would have been wonderful if we had tied the game earlier. “
Asked about his team’s wastefulness, he added: “Yes, it’s a shame (that we had so many chances to score). I think it was imaginable to score three, four or five goals tonight. It’s wonderful to create those kinds of opportunities. ” and we will have to say patient.
“I’ve known Kevin (De Bruyne) for about a year. He was not available for us in qualifying. You can feel how positive it is and it’s vital that we have guys on the field with that mentality. .
“I think we knew how they were going to play their 4-1-4-1. We knew how they would defend. We had to play with those players to counter that. We have had to suffer at times, but this is the case. “.
Belgium coach Domenico Tedesco said after the match: “We played with the same design as Slovakia.
“(Youri) Tielemans did a job, like everyone else. We are satisfied to have taken those 3 questions and now we will see for the next game.
“We pressed high, we tried to win the ball back in the most sensitive area of the field. Romania likes games, it’s not easy to oppose them, but our mentality was good. “
Job done.
Iordanescu from Romania added: “In terms of challenges, it is the highest level. We had a smart start to the tournament, now let’s see how we will handle the difficulties. We want solidarity and unity.
“We will analyze it a lot with the team. We had a lot of duels in this match, unlike the first game. We had our chances. We’ll try to be bigger and try to improve for the third game. I have general confidence in our team.
“We will do what we can to react (against Slovakia). All the players who came off the bench today are attacking players, but it is not enough.
“We had to try not to concede too much, but this team has been unbeaten for a long time. We had to fight for every ball. We lost some duels but we have the quality to overcome it. “
Romanian coach Edward Iordanescu said after the match: “You saw a team with a lot of quality: they have speed, explosion, power.
“It’s a complete team. They are contenders for the title. We never give up, we fight very hard. In the second half we were better. With a bit of luck, maybe we were able to score a point. We had chances to equalize. “
He continued: “We conceded two goals. The first one was a bit unfortunate and at half-time I told the boys that we had to be calmer.
“The pace between the pits didn’t help our cause and we couldn’t play the way we wanted. “
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So cute.
That’s amazing! Belgian fans don’t need to go home.
They stayed to inspire the warm-up of the substitutes.
Thus, the 4 of the same organization are tied in matters after two weeks of play. It is the first time this has happened in the history of the European Championship.
After this victory, the Belgians have never lost their first two games at the European Championship.
A reaction after the disappointing 1-0 defeat against Slovakia.
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Unsurprisingly, Kevin De Bruyne was named UEFA Man of the Match.
UEFA’s Technical Observer Panel said: “He scored the goal for Belgium, who won their first points.
“Once again, he’s the key player on his team. “
There are no fights here.
As much as he criticises Kevin De Bruyne for complaining about the referee, that shows how much he can earn.
And it was today, the emotional and technical heartbeat of the team.
Five attempts, 3 on target, one goal, an incredible performance.
Here, Oliver Kay and Michael Cox of The Athletic analyse the key moments of the match.
Check them out below.
GOING FURTHER
Belgium 2 Romania 0: Lukaku disallowed again, goal after 73 seconds and the team tighter – The Briefing
For the third time in two games, Lukaku scored a goal.
It seemed that De Bruyne’s pass was the best and that the race was at its best. However, once again, the VAR did its homework and the goal was not met. It seemed very close, but it was declared offside.
The Belgian top scorer has to console himself with the fact that he gets into the right positions, makes the goalkeeper paint and even digs up the back of the net (at least at first).
In reality, your luck will change faster than later, because at this point it would be tempting to wonder if you will simply be cursed.
It doesn’t have to be easy for Ianis Hagi, who lives up to his father’s famous surname, Gheorghe, who is considered the most productive Romanian footballer of all time.
The gap between Gheorghe’s last game at Euro 2000 in the quarter-finals and Ianis’ involvement in Romania’s 3-0 win over Ukraine in their opening game of this tournament?
8760 days. By the way, it’s 210, 240 hours. A long time.
Thanks to Duncan Alexander of The Athletic for this statistic!
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It shouldn’t have been easy for Koen Casteels to step into the shoes (and gloves) of the absent Thibaut Courtois, his Genk teammate at the start of his career.
Casteels has been with the overseas team for more than a decade, but has had to settle for being the second banana with one of the world’s greatest goalkeepers ahead of him in the pecking order.
With Courtois injured, his assistant is under great pressure, however, he made very good saves in both halves and will gain confidence with this display ahead of the key clash against Ukraine on Wednesday.
It is difficult for Kevin De Bruyne to cope with the complaint after the surprise defeat to Slovakia in the opening match.
The Manchester City legend is one of football’s true greats and will turn 33 next week, but he shows no signs of slowing down.
At times against Romania, the Belgium captain was unplayable and proved that the early tournament criticism was simply absurd.
There is not a single team, club or country, that would not be satisfied with having De Bruyne in their starting XI and his beautiful pass for Lukaku’s disallowed goal.
And it was his goal that settled things at a time when it looked like Romania could get a draw.
That’s right! It’s the ball game!
Belgium won and kept a Group E alive.
A competition. Brilliant entertainment.
90 4′ Belgium 2-0 Romania
We are in the fourth minute of added time.
It seems to me that it is already too late for Romania to return.
Even if you know!