Kevin De Bruyne marked his one centesimal look for Belgium with a objective in Wednesday’s 2-0 pleasant victory over Montenegro at King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels.
The Manchester Metropolis midfielder was handed a begin within the hosts’ penultimate warm-up recreation forward of Euro 2024 and located the online from distance simply earlier than half-time.
Matija Sarkic’s weak backpass landed on the toes of De Bruyne and he made no mistake guiding it into the empty internet from greater than 30 yards out.
Milos Brnovic’s second yellow card late on dented Montenegro’s hopes of snatching a draw, earlier than Leandro Trossard sealed the victory for Belgium from the penalty spot in added time after fellow substitute Jeremy Doku was felled within the field.
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Knowledge Debrief: Profligate Belgium lengthen unbeaten streak
Belgium have been anticipated to ease to victory, even with out document goalscorer Romelu Lukaku included of their squad, but it surely didn’t fairly prove that manner.
Domenico Tedesco’s males registered an anticipated targets (xG) return of two.81, in comparison with 0.62 for his or her opponents, though their dominance didn’t actually present within the scoreline.
The Pink Devils will know they are going to must be extra ruthless come their Euro 2024 opener towards Slovakia in 12 days’ time, but finally they’re now unbeaten in 14 matches.
