Saturday, June 18, 2016

Lukaku scores twice as Belgium batter Ireland (Reuters)

Football Soccer - Belgium v Republic of Ireland - EURO 2016 - Group E - Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France - 18/6/16 Belgium's Romelu Lukaku celebrates after scoring their third goal REUTERS/Sergio Perez Livepic

By Ed Dove BORDEAUX, France (Reuters) - Belgium rediscovered their most blistering form to batter group E rivals Ireland 3-0 thanks to a brace from Romelu Lukaku and an Axel Witsel header on Saturday. The victory of the world's second-ranked team was in stark contrast to their limp defeat in their opening Euro 2016 match against Italy. Despite dominating the opening half, it still took until the opening minutes of the second period for Belgium to take the lead when Lukaku finished a counter-attack by rifling a shot into the far corner.


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