Belgium 0-1 France, ending the Euro 2024 journey ahead of schedule, the 31-year-old Lukaku packed up and left Germany to bid farewell to this European Championship ahead of schedule. In Euro 2024, Lukaku scored 0 goals in 4 games, 3 goals were blown, missed 6 chances, and left with regret.
Lukaku, who was born in May 1993 and turned 31 before the tournament, was in the prime of his footballer's prime, and he was vice-captain of the Belgian national team. The captain was Kevin De Bruyne, one of football's top passers.
Euro 2024 is the third European Championship in which Romelu Lukaku and Kevin De Bruyne have played together. In the previous two European Championships, Lukaku scored 6 goals and 1 assist in 10 games, and De Bruyne scored 1 goal and 5 assists in 9 games. Captain and vice-captain, a pass, a goal, a perfect attacking combination.
As a result, Lukaku screwed up. De Bruyne's pass was wonderful, Lu's shot outside the goal was helpless, and with the help of VAR, Lukaku had 8 shots on target from 11 shots in 4 European Championship games, and 0 goals were scored, leaving one funny joke after another for the fans.
In the first round of the group stage against Slovakia, Lukaku missed a big scoring opportunity in the small penalty area in the opening 4 minutes, and the one-shot shot before the end of the half was inexplicably missed, and two goals were cancelled by VAR in the second half, one was offside and a teammate handballed first, celebrating a loneliness.
Small flat head, beer belly, three through the door without entering. As soon as the offside, the second-hand ball, ask the player if he is worried. Ding Ding is sad, Ding Ding sighs, the golden generation has finally come to an end. Perhaps, after losing 0-1 to Slovakia in the first game, Belgium's fate of early exit has been sealed.
In the 2-0 win over Romania, seeing Lukaku's goal blown away by VAR again, De Bruyne, who couldn't count on Kaku, chose to come by himself, the midfielder who is good at passing the ball received a long pass from the goalkeeper and scored a single goal in the penalty area.
In the 0-0 draw with Ukraine, Lukaku once again missed a major scoring opportunity and his team-mates were so angry that they didn't give him the ball. In the 87th minute, Belgium counterattacked in the front field with 3 to 2 good opportunities, Lukaku opened his hand to ask for the ball in the left gap, but Carrasca, who was dribbling the ball, did not pass to the player, but chose to pass to De Bruyne, who was staring at the defender on the right side, and the scene was angry and funny.
In the group stage, 3 games, 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss accumulated 4 points, and they were second in the group because of the disadvantage of goals scored, and met France in the 1/8 finals in advance. Romelu Lukaku didn't waste any more chances in this game as he didn't get any chances at all, with just 20 touches and one shot on goal in 90 minutes.
With 0 goals in 4 games, 3 goals blown and 6 missed big chances, Lukaku bid farewell to Euro 2024 ahead of schedule. For the 31-year-old, Euro 2024 is likely to be the last European Championship of his career.
Regardless of whether it is or not, let's say goodbye to Lukaku in advance. However, Kaku's departure, the next European Cup games, should be a lot less fun!