Liveticker | Belgium - Romania

Matchday 2

FINAL

Stadion Köln

Romania

De BruyneKevin De Bruyne

80'

TielemansYouri Tielemans

S. Marciniak

Stadion Köln

Full-time: Belgium 2-0 Romania

The Red Devils are back on track at Euro 2024 after goals in each half from Youri Tielemans and Kevin De Bruyne gave the Red Devils a first win at the tournament.

Full-time

90'

Time added on

We'll have four extra minutes to play in Cologne.

90'

Substitution

Deian Sorescu

Andrei Rațiu

88'

Niță saves again

Lukaku blasts at the target but Niță is there to make the save that keeps the scoreline at 2-0.

84'

Romania go close

Alicou is in and flicks past Casteels, who looks over his shoulder and sees Carrasco clear off the line.

81'

Substitution

Denis Alibec

Denis Drăguş

80'

Belgium home and dry

The Red Devils finally have their second goal. A long punt from Casteels is pounced on by De Bruyne, who slides home for 2-0.

80'

GOAL!

2:0

77'

Substitution

Zeno Debast

Arthur Theate

72'

Substitution

Yannick Carrasco

Jeremy Doku

72'

Substitution

Orel Mangala

Youri Tielemans

68'

Casteels on point

An error in defence allows Man in on goal but the attacker hesitates, allowing Casteels to save. That was a big moment in this game.

68'

Substitution

Ianis Hagi

Valentin Mihaila

68'

Substitution

Darius Olaru

Marius Marin

66'

Belgium again

De Bruyne finds Lukaku once more and the forward spins away from his marker, only to shoot into Niță's midriff.

65'

Yellow card

Marius Marin

64'

Lukaku denied

Not long after Doku smashed into the side-netting, De Bruyne sends Lukaku clear and the striker finishes in style. A VAR review spots an offside, however, and the Red Devils' celebrations are cut short.

60'

Bancu booked

Bancu clips Belgium sub Trossard and the Romanian goes into the referee's notebook.

60'

Yellow card

Nicusor Bancu

57'

Wasteful Belgium

A mistake in midfield by Romania and suddenly Belgium are away. Lukaku feeds the ball out to De Bruyne, whose poor pass evades Doku. That was a big chance for Belgium to double their lead.

56'

Substitution

Leandro Trossard

Dodi Lukébakio

51'

Nearly De Bruyne

Belgium respond to Romania's bright opening to the half via Kevin De Bruyne's superbly curling effort that flashes inches wide of the far post.

48'

Mihăilă's big miss

Mihăilă pounces on an Onana error and races through on goal from the halfway line. The Romania No. 13 panics a little and smashes over.

47'

Man eyes goal

Man gets a low shot from distance away which Casteels is behind all the way. Good effort.

46'

Away we go again

The second half is underway ...

Kick-off!

Half-time

Half-time: Belgium 1-0 Romania

The Red Devils have dominated this Group E contest and deservedly lead at the break thanks to Youri Tielemans' second-minute strike.

42'

No go De Bruyne

De Bruyne swipes at a shot that wafts harmlessly into the arms of Niță.

39'

Drăguș hunting

Drăguș is this close to getting onto a through pass and poking it past Casteels, who just gets there ahead of the Romanian forward.

37'

Man has a go

Dennis Man gets a rare Romania shot away. Casteels gathers easily.

36'

Lukébakio booked

Lukébakio goes into the referee's notebook after a heavy challenge on Drăguş.

35'

Yellow card

Dodi Lukébakio

34'

Forward thrust

Belgium race forward again and the ball arrives at the feet of Lukebakio, whose shot is deflected over the crossbar. The subsequent corner comes to nothing.

30'

Niță saves Romania

The goalkeeper makes a solid save at his near post to deny Doku's rising shot from a tight angle.

Belgium dominating

Domenico Tedesco's side have enjoyed 66 per cent possession so far while the Red Devils are on 21 attacks to Romania's eight.

17'

Red Devils again

Lukebakio makes some space for himself and curls one towards the top corner which Niță pushes away two-handed. Vertonghen smashes over from the subsequent corner.

13'

Almost Lukaku

Doku finds Lukaku, who muscles his man off the ball and shapes to shoot. Drăgușin manages to get back to put the big striker off and Romania survive.

10'

Calming down

After an electric start to this Group E game, things have become more composed, as Belgium probe and Romania look to counter.

Drăgușin goes close

Romania's No.3 rises to head at goal. Wolfsburg's Koen Casteels leaps and flicks the ball over the top. Fine save.

Belgium's perfect start

Lukaku receives the ball with his back to goal and tees up the onrushing Tielemans, whose first time strike flies into the back of the net. Cue pandemonium in the Belgium end.

Youri Tielemans

GOAL!

1:0

Away we go

Belgium get the ball rolling in Cologne.

Kick-off!

Teams out

Both sets of players take to the field amid a wonderfully colourful backdrop at the RheinEnergieStadion.

2:30

Here we go, Cologne!

As we edge ever closer to kick-off, here's everything you need to know about tonight's host city and venue!

More on those teams

Former Schalke and Leipzig coach Domenico Tedesco fields Wolfsburg's Koen Casteels in his starting line-up while the Wolves' former teammate Dodi Lukebakio is also in from the get-go. Bundesliga sensation Loïs Openda takes his place on the bench as Belgium look to reverse their fortunes after an opening day loss. Romania, meanwhile, have all three goalscorers against Ukraine - Nicolae Stanciu, Răzvan Marin and Denis Drăguș - in their first XI here.

Belgium starting XI

Casteels - Castagne, Faes, Vertonghen - Doku, Tielemans, Onana, Theate - De Bruyne (c), Lukaku, Lukébakio

Romania starting XI

Niță - Rațiu, Drăgușin, Burcă, Bancu - M. Marin - Man, R. Marin, Stanciu (c), Mihăilă - Drăguș

Nothing in it

The teams' previous couldn't be any closer. There have been 12 meetings between the sides with each team winning five and playing out two draws. Belgium have scored 16 goals to Romania's 14 in that time.

Familiar faces

Bundesliga fans will of course be familiar with Belgium's Loïs Openda, RB Leipzig's goalscorer supreme who ended last season with 24 top-flight goals. Wolfsburg's Koen Casteels and Aster Vranckx are also in the Belgian ranks at the tournament.

Welcome along

Hello one and all and welcome to the Bundesliga's coverage of this Group E game from Hamburg.