FRANKFURT (GERMANY) (ITALPRESS) – Slovakia surprisingly beats Belgium 1-0 on their debut at Euro 2024 and reaches Romania on three points in Group E, who beat Ukraine 3-0 in the early afternoon. At the Frankfurt Arena it was a goal from Schranz that made Francesco Calzona celebrate in the Italian derby with Domenico Tedesco, but it was also Romelu Lukaku’s initial error (who had two goals disallowed) that was decisive for the final outcome. In the 2nd minute, after a touch from De Bruyne in the area, the attacker has the ball to make it 1-0 but kicks it towards Dubravka’s body from a few steps away. A serious mistake, because on the opposite front, at the first chance, Slovakia doesn’t forgive. In the 7th minute Doku misses a horizontal clearance and starts the action to make it 1-0: Kucka shoots from the edge of the area and Casteels blocks, but the goalkeeper can do nothing about Schranz’s winning rebound. There were many individual errors and the opportunity for Belgium to equalize was served by Dubravka in the 21st minute. The goalkeeper gives the ball to Trossard, but the Arsenal playmaker aims too high and misses the open goal. One ring each at the end of the first half. In the 40th minute Haraslin challenges Casteels with a great right-footed volley, while two minutes later Lukaku wastes another great chance one-on-one with the opposing goalkeeper. In the 56th minute the Roma striker finally finds the goal in the split, but this time it is VAR who denies him the goal due to the offside position on Onana’s header. Bakayoko is Tedesco’s first move from the bench and he comes close to making it 1-1, but a save from Hancko protects the result. Another disallowed goal was added to Lukaku’s cursed evening. The violent left-footed shot for the equalizer is beautiful, but the VAR restores the 1-0 thanks to a handball from the newly introduced Openda at the start of the action. The result does not change. Lukaku and Belgium will return to the field on Saturday against Romania, while Slovakia will have to face Ukraine the day before.– Photo Ipa Agency –(ITALPRESS).
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