Romelu Lukaku misses flera jättelägen
Romelu Lukaku burned down one site after another.
And Belgium didn’t get a hole in Croatia.
Thus, the Belgian national team is eliminated from the World Cup.
Croatia will have an early chance to take the lead in the match. After just over a quarter of an hour, the referee signaled the penalty kick – but then the VAR was called.
By the smallest possible margin, Andrej Kramaric was offside, so the penalty was removed. The teams went into halftime with 0-0 up on the scoreboard. A result that would take Croatia even further.
Lukaku burned giants
In the 60th minute, Belgium came very close to breaking the deadlock. The ball ended with a shot by Romelu Lukaku in the penalty area, who hit and hit the post.
In the closing stages of the match, Lukaku had several great scoring chances, but the striker failed to get the ball into the net.
The match finally ended goalless and thus made Croatia ready for the round of 16 – at the same time that Belgium was forced out of the World Cup.
The golden generation
It’s a near-failure result, for a country long described as having a golden generation with players like Kevin De Bruyne, Eden Hazard and the aforementioned Lukaku up front.
According to information from L’Equipe, the atmosphere in the Belgian national team was not good at all. The newspaper had reported on the chaos in the squad, and that a crisis meeting was held on Monday.
In the same group, Morocco was able to grab first place after defeating Canada in the last match. Canadian goalkeeper Milan Borgan scored a massive goal in the match, which ended 2-1.
Morocco will face the runners-up of Group E in the round of 16, while Croatia will face the winner from the same group.
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