10:47 PM
Thursday 02 September 2021
(dpa)
Belgian star Romelu Lukaku scored two goals, which led his country to overturn its 0-1 deficit against its host Estonia, to a big win 5/2 today, Thursday, in the fourth round of Group E of the European qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup, scheduled in Qatar next year, which It also witnessed the Czech team’s victory over its guest, Belarus, 1 / zero.
The Belgian team continued to lead the group standings, after raising its score to 10 points, 3 points ahead of its closest rivals, the Czech team, after they played 4 matches, while Wales was in third place with three points from two matches, surpassing the goal difference over Belarus, which is ranked fourth. , equal with him in the same balance after three meetings, while Estonia is bottom of the standings without points.
Estonia advanced with a surprise goal through Matthias Kate in the second minute, but Hans Vanaken equalized for Belgium in the 22nd minute, and Lukaku added the second and third goals in the 29th and 52nd minutes, respectively.
Axel Witsel and Thomas Phuket added the fourth and fifth goals for Belgium in the 64th and 76th minutes, while Eric Sorga scored the second goal for Estonia in the 83rd minute.
In the Czech capital, Prague, the Czech team returned to the path of victories that it missed in the past two rounds, with a difficult 1-0 victory over its guest, Belarus.
Antonin Barak scored the only goal for the Czech team in the 34th minute, to restore balance to his country after drawing with Belgium and losing to Wales in the past two rounds.
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