Belgium 6-1 Poland: De Bruyne on target as Red Devils return to winning ways

Roberto
Martinez’s
side
suffered
a
resounding
4-1
defeat
to
the
Oranje
on
Friday,
but
a
much-improved
display
at
the
King
Baudouin
Stadium
in
Brussels
saw
them
return
to
winning
ways
in
Group
A4.

They
fell
behind
to
Robert
Lewandowski’s
28th-minute
strike,
yet
pulled
level
before
half-time
thanks
to
Axel
Witsel’s
superb
effort
from
outside
the
penalty
area.

Kevin
De
Bruyne
then
put
them
ahead
after
the
interval,
before
a
double
from
substitute
Leandro
Trossard,
a
long-range
strike
from
Leander
Dendoncker
and
a
late
sixth
from
Lois
Openda
put
the
seal
on
a
convincing
win.

KDB
x
Eden.
????

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#DEVILTIME
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—
Belgian
Red
Devils
(@BelRedDevils)

June
8,
2022

Despite
a
bright
start,
Belgium
fell
behind
shortly
before
the
half-hour
mark
when
Lewandowski
controlled
Sebastian
Szymanski’s
pass
before
clipping
past
the
onrushing
Simon
Mignolet.

However,
the
Red
Devils
pulled
level
three
minutes
before
the
interval,
Witsel
superbly
whipping
in
from
20
yards
after
Bartlomiej
Dragowski
had
kept
out
De
Bruyne’s
close-range
effort.

Dragowski
made
an
excellent
double
stop
after
the
break,
first
pawing
away
Dendoncker’s
header
and
then
getting
down
well
to
repel
Eden
Hazard’s
drive.

He
was
powerless
to
stop
De
Bruyne
in
the
59th
minute,
though,
as
the
Manchester
City
man
rolled
past
him
after
being
played
in
by
Hazard.

Trossard
made
it
three
with
a
cool
finish
after
cutting
in
from
the
right,
before
the
Brighton
and
Hove
Albion
forward
added
a
second
with
a
looping
strike
from
the
edge
of
the
penalty
area.

Dendoncker
added
a
fifth
with
a
sublime
strike
from
25
yards
that
flashed
past
Dragowksi,
before
substitute
Openda
wrapped
up
the
scoring
with
almost
the
last
kick
of
the
game.