Red Devils almost certain of European Championship after missing out on despairing Estonia, Lukaku strikes twice | Euro 2024 qualifiers

Scoring in your 150th match for the Red Devils, could it get any better? Just 3 minutes later, Jan Vertonghen gave his anniversary match an added flare with a header from a corner kick. A great moment for the international record and the beginning of a dream for the Red Devils.

Birthday boy Domenico Tedesco could not have wished for a better reaction after his mistake against Azerbaijan. He dropped Tielemans and Bakayoko from the team in favor of Mangala and Doku and those changes turned out to be a target. Doku in particular made it very difficult for the Estonian defence.

Before the first 20 minutes were over the score was 2-0. Trossard began to dribble on the edge of the sixteen and pushed the ball well into the intersection. There wasn’t much in the way, but it didn’t make the goal any less beautiful.

Belgian dominance was total, and weak Estonia was surrounded. So it was a shock when suddenly, thanks to a big push, Anier beat Weiss and decided on the crossbar.

It was nothing more than a cosmetic defect. The Red Devils remained master and master. Shortly before half-time, the score almost became 3-0, but Hein had an excellent reaction to Doku’s shot.

Lukaku failed to score against Azerbaijan for the first time in 16 European Championship and World Cup qualifiers and did not want that to happen for the second time in a row. Käit gave him a nice gift with an unexpected loss of the ball, but Hein was alert and prevented the new AS Roma striker from making it 3-0.

After more than five minutes, Lukaku scored his goal. Mangala released the ball perfectly, putting the ball out of reach of Hayne with a cross shot. Estonia is now completely on the ropes.

No sooner had the Belgian fans finished celebrating than they were allowed to cheer for Lukaku again. Two minutes after his first goal, he scored his second goal of the evening. With his back to the goal, he passed the ball past Hayne in turn: 4-0.

Immediately after his double, Lukaku received a round of applause and passed the baton to Obinda. After a pass from Doku, he quickly had an excellent opportunity to make it 5-0, but decided to take on Heine directly at the goalkeeper.

The result of the loss in the end came thanks to another substitute. After a wonderful pass from Doku, De Kittilairei put Pascuzzi very well into the wind and from an acute angle Heen also shot. The culmination of the match was a very convincing performance by the Belgians.