Game is over and the final score is Belgium 0–1 Slovakia. Here is the match report.

2024 European Championship

0–1

• Ivan Schranz (7′)

Match Events

0′ The match is about to start!

3′ Lukaku with a big chance but no goal!

5′ Lukaku failed to complete a shot despite Doku’s great passing!

7′ GOAL! Ivan Schranz scores to take the lead! Belgium 0-1 Slovakia

15′ Doku’s shot blocked by defender!

21′ Trossard missed a great opportunity from the goalkeeper’s error!

27′ Pekarik knocked Trossard down from behind!

36′ Onana’s header saved by goalie despite De Bruyne’s excellent corner delivery!

40′ Casteels makes an epic save against Haraslin’s powerful volley!

42′ Again? Lukaku missed the one-on-one chance against the goalkeeper!

52′ Vavro’s long distance shot missed the target!

55′ Lukaku’s shot denied even though Trossard sent a through ball!

59′ Dubravka’s amazing save against Trossard’s strong strike!

63′ Hancko collided with his teammate’s knee but thankfully no injury appeared!

72′ Luka failed to control the ball allowing Lobotka to quickly make a clearance!

74′ Trossard out, Tielemans in!

76′ Schranz delivered a great pass but Strelec’s heel failed to make a shot!

84′ Lukebakio and Openda in the game!

• Ivan Schranz was Slovakia’s hero, capitalising on a Jeremy Doku error and collecting the deflection from Juraj Kucka’s strike, before guiding the ball expertly into the far corner – a move that survived extensive VAR review.

  Romelu Lukaku was not quite so lucky. Twice Belgium’s leading scorer had the ball in the back of the net in the second period, and twice VAR intervened to chalk goals off.

  Lukaku was ruled offside when slamming home Amadou Onana’s cross in the 56th minute, before rounding off a smart move to plant Lois Openda’s cross beyond Martin Dubravka in the final minute of the 90.

  At first glance, there looked to be very little wrong with the latter, before VAR spotted an Openda handball in the build-up, and recommended referee Halil Umut Meler take a second look. He did, and duly took the advice of the video official, denying Lukaku once more.

Line-ups

Belgium XI: De Bruyne, Lukaku, Casteels, Trossard, Carrasco, Castagne, Wout Faes, Mangala, Amadou Onana, Jérémy Doku, Zeno Debast

Subs: Vertonghen, Witsel, Thomas Kaminski, Sels, Tielemans, Dodi Lukébakio, Openda, Maxim De Cuyper, De Ketelaere, Aster Vranckx, Johan Bakayoko, Arthur Theate, Arthur Vermeeren

Slovakia XI: Dubravka, Pekarík, Juraj Kucka, Ivan Schranz, Skriniar, Lobotka, Duda, Vavro, Lukas Haraslin, David Hancko, Robert Bozenik

Subs: Norbert Gyomber, Matus Bero, Patrik Hrosovsky, Vernon De Marco, Benes, Marek Rodak, Henrich Ravas, Tupta, David Duris, David Strelec, Adam Obert, Tomas Suslov, Tomas Rigo, Sebastian Kosa, Leo Sauer