Slovakia shocked the world by defeating much stronger opponents Belgium 1-0.

Results Belgium vs Slovakia: 0-1

Scored: Schranz 7′

Lukaku (dark shirt) is too ungainly in front of Slovakia’s goal.

On the night of June 17, the Belgian team will face Slovakia in the opening match of Group E of EURO 2024.

Being rated much higher, it was not surprising that Belgium poured forward to attack after the opening whistle.

In the 3rd minute, from Doku’s pass, if Lukaku had finished more delicately, the Red Devils would have taken the lead.

After this missed situation, Belgium still played at high speed until suddenly conceding a goal in the 7th minute.

Doku made a mistake in his own half, allowing Schranz to score a shot into Casteels’ net.

Receiving cold water, Belgium attacked more aggressively, but the chocolate strikers appeared extremely ungainly in front of Slovakia’s goal, especially Lukaku.

Therefore, it was not surprising that the first half ended without any more goals being scored.

After the break, Belgium continued to impose their position on the game, but the dark-shirted team’s ability to organize on the ball was quite sporadic.

On the other hand, Lukaku and his partners in attack are still extremely unlucky.

The climax was two situations in the 58th and 86th minutes, Lukaku both scored the opponent’s goal but the referee did not recognize it after consulting VAR.

In the first phase, Lukaku was offside. In the other phase, VAR determined that the striker had handled the ball.

The final minutes of the match witnessed the efforts of the Belgian team, but Slovakia still maintained a fragile 1-goal gap. This can be considered the first shock at this year’s tournament.

Squad:

Bỉ (3-4-2-1): Casteels; Castagne, Debast, Faes; Doku, Onana, Mangala, Carrasco; De Bruyne, Trossard; Lukaku.

Slovakia (4-3-3): Dubravka; Pekarik, Vavro, Skriniar, Hancko; Kucka, Lobotka, Duda; Schranz, Bozenik, Haraslin.