Belgium v Romania LIVE: Euro 2024 result and final score as Kevin De Bruyne goal seals crucial Group E win

Belgium 2-0 Romania: The Red Devils picked up their first points of Euro 2024 as Youri Tielemens struck inside two minutes before De Bruyne wrapped up victory

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Belgium got their Euro 2024 campaign back on track after an impressive 2-0 win against Romania, with goals from Youri Tielemans and Kevin De Bruyne enough to take the points and leave Group E wide open.

Romelu Lukaku was the architect of the first Belgian goal and teed Tielemans up perfectly to fire home a superb effort from just inside the area in the second minute.

De Bruyne had chances throughout a polished Belgian performance and doubled the lead with 10 minutes left when he latched on to a long ball from goalkeeper Koen Casteels and found the net from seven metres out.

The result leaves all four teams in Group E on three points going into the Wednesday’s final matches, when Belgium take on Ukraine and Romania face Slovakia.

Euro 2024: Belgium v Romania

• REPORT: Romelu Lukaku and Kevin De Bruyne embody the best and worst of Belgium in vital win over Romania
• FULL TIME! Belgium claim first win of Euro 2024 thanks to Tielemans and De Bruyne
• All four teams in Group E now level on three points going into final round
• 79’ GOAL! De Bruyne prods Belgium’s second past Nita (BEL 2-0 ROU)
• 64’ NO GOAL! Belgium’s second is chalked off for offside (BEL 1-0 ROU)
• 63’ GOAL! Lukaku meets De Bruyne’s pass and scores (BEL 2-0 ROU)
• 18’ SAVE! Nita denies Lukebakio with fine leaping stop (BEL 1-0 ROU)
• 2’ GOAL! Tielemans strikes inside two minutes as Belgium make perfect start (BEL 1-0 ROU)

[22 June 2024 20:03 · Mike Jones]

GOAL! Belgium 1-0 Romania (Tielemans, 2’)⚽️

2 mins: Wow!

Lukaku is fed the ball from the right and brings it to the box. He slots a pass over to Jeremy Doku who holds it up before sliding a threaded pass back to the forward.

Lukaku’s back is to goal so he offloads it to the arriving Youri Tielemans who strikes a first-time effort into the far bottom corner.

(Getty Images)

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[22 June 2024 20:01 · Mike Jones]

Kick off! Belgium 0-0 Romania

Belgium get the ball rolling in Cologne. The only certain outcome from this match is the Romania will qualify for the knockout rounds if they win.

Belgium will be hoping for a better outing tonight. Kevin De Bruyne goes on an early run but can’t find Romelu Lukaku with a short pass into the box.

[22 June 2024 19:55 · Mike Jones]

Belgium vs Romania

Here come the players.

Kevin De Bruyne has the armband for Belgium and knows that defeat tonight will put his team on the verge of an early exit. The Red Devils were well off it in their opener against Slovakia and are the only team yet to score in the tournament.

Can they get the job done tonight?

Kick off is up next...

[22 June 2024 19:50 · Mike Jones]

Belgium vs Romania

Both sides have won five of their 12 encounters with the other two matches ending in draws. Although they haven’t met since 2012.

Which way will this one go tonight?

[22 June 2024 19:45 · Mike Jones]

Belgium vs Romania

Edward Iordanescu could lead Romania to victory in their opening two games of a major tournament for just the second time in their history, after his father Anghel achieved the same at the 1998 World Cup.

[22 June 2024 19:40 · Mike Jones]

Belgium vs Romania

Romania have exited the group stage in four of their five European Championship appearances.

[22 June 2024 19:35 · Mike Jones]

Belgium vs Romania

Romelu Lukaku has six goals in 11 games at the European Championships – no other Belgium player has more than two goals at the Euro finals.

(AFP via Getty Images)

[22 June 2024 19:30 · Mike Jones]

Belgium vs Romania

Belgium haven’t lost the opening two group games of a major tournament since the inaugural World Cup in 1930.

[22 June 2024 19:25 · Mike Jones]

Belgium vs Romania

The Red Devils’ defeat against Slovakia was their first under head coach Domenico Tedesco.

(AP)

[22 June 2024 19:20 · Mike Jones]

The Cristiano Ronaldo circus provokes a serious question over Portugal’s Euro 2024 hopes

As one man took centre stage in a circus, a properly serious team got on with the business of convincingly winning football matches around him. Is this to be the story of Portugal at Euro 2024?

Perhaps it really is the sign of a new team that, as a goal stood at Cristiano Ronaldo’s mercy, he shockingly passed for another player to score. It wasn’t the only moment where he threw back the years. There was also the moment when he beat a defender with a step-over to cross, something he hasn’t actually done in maybe a decade.

For all that such contributions were largely at the fringes of a game, which was already won by the Selecao’s more influential modern players, there is no doubting the main event of Roberto Martinez’s side.