Belgium v Tunisia - Romelu Lukaku and Eden Hazard run riot against Tunisia as Belgium qualify for World Cup knock-out stages - 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia - Match 29

BELGIUM a team who create many more goalscoring chances than they convert with a 40-goal centre-forward who is only 25 years old - and yet with qualification almost assured, Romelu Lukaku is not likely to be a concern for England yet.

Lukaku came off injured as Roberto Martinez’s team pasted Tunisia under warm summer rain in Moscow but not before the striker had scored the 39th and 40th goals of his international career. Had he scored them in an England shirt, Belgium’s all-time top goalscorer would currently be tied for fifth place on the all-time list with Michael Owen, who had a similarly prolific early career, but even he did not score as quickly as Lukaku.

The Manchester United striker now has 23 goals and four assists in his last 20 games for his country and for all those chances that slip away this is a team that creates them by the bucketload.

When Lukaku bears down on goal, or runs in behind onto a pass from one of the many creatives in this team, you can never be sure what kind of finish is coming but - as with his club - he finishes enough to be a very significant figure at this World Cup finals.

There were two more for Eden Hazard as Belgium dismantled Tunisia in a way that England could never manage when they won in injury time against the North Africans in their opening game, and much of it was impressive.

Hazard flitted around the Tunisia area, drawing one of the competition’s most reckless fouls from Syam Benyoussef after just four minutes which gave him a penalty that set Belgium on their way. Before the end, when the substitute Michy Batshuayi buried one of his five chances, it was possible to have lost count of all the opportunities that Belgium had passed up to make this game the biggest-margin win of the tournament so far.

They still managed to concede a second in the third minute of injury time and it was that moment, and others, which will give their opponents in the later rounds reason to think.

SOURCE:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-cup/2018/06/23/world-cup-2018-belgium-vs-tunisia-live-score-latest-updates/