Surprise: Belgium fell to Slovakia :: Olé

Bombshell in group E of Euro 2024 being played in Germany. Because Belgium, a priori favorite in this debut, They lost to Slovakia 1-0 in Frankfurt. De Bruyne, Lukaku, Doku and company were surprised by the Slovaks, who collected three golden points and dream of advancing to the round of 16.

Slovakia struck just seven minutes into the first half. Mistake by Doku, Guardiola’s City man, in the defensive output and definition, after a rebound, by Schranz to make it 1-0. A bucket of cold water for those led by Domenico Tedesco. In that first half, Lukaku had two clear opportunities to tie. One was blocked by goalkeeper Dúbravka and the second was not scored in the unbeatable one-on-one with the Slovakian goalkeeper. And in the ST he would have no revenge…

The Roma striker, teammate of Paulo Dybala and Leandro Paredes, was once again the protagonist in the ST. First, they disallowed a goal due to a fine offside, through the intervention of the VAR. Onana won the ball in the air and the 10th pushed it towards the net, but he was slightly ahead.

And with five minutes to go, the VAR intervened again. Openda had surpassed and assisted Lukaku to make it 1-1. However, the technology found a hand – with a novel sensor chip that detected it – before the Belgian number 20 before giving the pass to his teammate. For this reason, they did not validate the new tie.

The Belgians finished with a higher percentage of the ball (60 to 40) and more shots on goal (six against four), but were left empty-handed. They will play again on Saturday against Romania and have practically no margin for error. For its part, Slovakia will go against Serbia on Friday in a group E that promises to be well fought until the end.