Belgium vs Estonia, 2024 European Championship Qualifying, Group Stage

Lukaku shrugs off cobwebs to score twice as Belgium thrash Estonia

Romelu Lukaku showed no ill-effects from a lack of playing time this season as he hammered home two goals in as many minutes for Belgium as they beat Estonia 5-0 in their European Championship qualifier in Brussels on Tuesday.

• 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
• 0': First Half begins.
• 1': Offside, Estonia. Konstantin Vassiljev tries a through ball, but Henri Anier is caught offside.
• 3': Attempt saved. Orel Mangala (Belgium) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Leandro Trossard with a through ball.
• 3': Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Karl Hein.
• 4': Goal! Belgium 1, Estonia 0. Jan Vertonghen (Belgium) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Yannick Carrasco with a cross following a corner.
• 7': Hand ball by Arthur Theate (Belgium).
• 9': Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Karol Mets.
• 9': Attempt missed. Wout Faes (Belgium) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Jérémy Doku with a cross following a corner.
• 10': Foul by Amadou Onana (Belgium).
• 10': Markus Poom (Estonia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
• 18': Goal! Belgium 2, Estonia 0. Leandro Trossard (Belgium) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Romelu Lukaku.
• 21': Foul by Henri Anier (Estonia).
• 21': Jan Vertonghen (Belgium) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 23': Attempt blocked. Orel Mangala (Belgium) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Romelu Lukaku.
• 24': Henri Anier (Estonia) hits the bar with a left footed shot from the left side of the box. Assisted by Joonas Tamm.
• 25': Attempt saved. Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jérémy Doku.
• 25': Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Artur Pikk.
• 27': Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Joonas Tamm.
• 29': Attempt missed. Amadou Onana (Belgium) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Yannick Carrasco.
• 30': Foul by Henri Anier (Estonia).
• 30': Jan Vertonghen (Belgium) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 31': Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Karol Mets.
• 33': Attempt missed. Yannick Carrasco (Belgium) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Leandro Trossard.
• 35': Foul by Artur Pikk (Estonia).
• 35': Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
• 36': Foul by Orel Mangala (Belgium).
• 36': Henrik Ojamaa (Estonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 37': Offside, Belgium. Jan Vertonghen tries a through ball, but Yannick Carrasco is caught offside.
• 39': Attempt saved. Jérémy Doku (Belgium) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
• 40': Offside, Belgium. Orel Mangala tries a through ball, but Romelu Lukaku is caught offside.
• 41': Foul by Karol Mets (Estonia).
• 41': Jérémy Doku (Belgium) wins a free kick on the right wing.
• 41': Karol Mets (Estonia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
• 45'+2': First Half ends, Belgium 2, Estonia 0.
• 45': Second Half begins Belgium 2, Estonia 0.
• 45': Substitution, Estonia. Rocco Shein replaces Markus Poom.
• 46': Hand ball by Orel Mangala (Belgium).
• 49': Attempt saved. Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
• 52': Offside, Belgium. Jérémy Doku tries a through ball, but Yannick Carrasco is caught offside.
• 56': Goal! Belgium 3, Estonia 0. Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Orel Mangala with a through ball.
• 58': Goal! Belgium 4, Estonia 0. Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Arthur Theate.
• 59': Substitution, Belgium. Dodi Lukebakio replaces Yannick Carrasco.
• 61': Substitution, Belgium. Loïs Openda replaces Romelu Lukaku.
• 61': Substitution, Estonia. Georgi Tunjov replaces Konstantin Vassiljev.
• 61': Substitution, Estonia. Vlasiy Sinyavskiy replaces Henrik Ojamaa.
• 63': Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Maksim Paskotsi.
• 66': Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Karol Mets.
• 66': Substitution, Belgium. Hugo Siquet replaces Timothy Castagne.
• 66': Substitution, Belgium. Charles De Ketelaere replaces Leandro Trossard.
• 67': Substitution, Estonia. Sergei Zenjov replaces Henri Anier.
• 68': Attempt missed. Jérémy Doku (Belgium) right footed shot from the left side of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Orel Mangala.
• 69': Attempt saved. Loïs Openda (Belgium) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jérémy Doku with a through ball.
• 70': Charles De Ketelaere (Belgium) has gone down, but the referee deems it simulation.
• 70': Charles De Ketelaere (Belgium) is shown the yellow card.
• 75': Attempt missed. Dodi Lukebakio (Belgium) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Amadou Onana.
• 76': Substitution, Estonia. Martin Miller replaces Mattias Käit.
• 77': Attempt blocked. Jérémy Doku (Belgium) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Charles De Ketelaere.
• 80': Attempt blocked. Loïs Openda (Belgium) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Charles De Ketelaere.
• 83': Attempt blocked. Jérémy Doku (Belgium) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked.
• 83': Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Maksim Paskotsi.
• 84': Substitution, Belgium. Zeno Debast replaces Jan Vertonghen.
• 85': Attempt missed. Zeno Debast (Belgium) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jérémy Doku with a cross following a corner.
• 85': Attempt blocked. Dodi Lukebakio (Belgium) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Arthur Theate with a cross.
• 85': Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Karol Mets.
• 88': Goal! Belgium 5, Estonia 0. Charles De Ketelaere (Belgium) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the top left corner. Assisted by Jérémy Doku.
• 90': Charles De Ketelaere (Belgium) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 90': Foul by Karol Mets (Estonia).
• 90'+1': Attempt missed. Hugo Siquet (Belgium) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
• 90'+2': Second Half ends, Belgium 5, Estonia 0.
• 0': Match ends, Belgium 5, Estonia 0.