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Romelu Lukaku misses FOUR costly sitters in one half as Belgium crash out of the World Cup

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Updated 17:15 1 Dec 2022 GMTPublished 16:53 1 Dec 2022 GMT

Romelu Lukaku misses FOUR costly sitters in one half as Belgium crash out of the World Cup

Romelu Lukaku came on at half-time but missed two huge chances to put Belgium ahead against Croatia.

Josh Lawless

Josh Lawless

Romelu Lukaku missed FOUR huge chances as Belgium crashed out of the World Cup at the group stage.

Roberto Martinez's men beat 1-0 Canada in their first Group F fixture but then lost out to Morocco, who scored twice late in the second half.

And with the North African side defeating Canada in their final outing, Belgium needed to beat Croatia in order to progress to the round of 16.

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They were let off the hook in the first half as a controversial offside call denied Luka Modric the chance to put Croatia 1-0 up from the spot.

Lukaku entered the fray at half-time as Belgium searched for that all-important goal and had at least FOUR massive opportunities fall to him.

But the Red Devils' record goalscorer was incredibly wasteful when it mattered most. He smashed one against the post when the ball dropped kindly to him inside the area after a scramble.

He was in utter disbelief as to how he had not found the net and that continued minutes later.

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Lukaku again had his hands on his head after heading over the bar from just yards out when an open goal was presented to him.

But that wasn't all as Lukaku's barren run in front of goal kept going.

The goal was gaping again when Lukaku snuck in at the far post from a Thorgan Hazard cross, yet he misjudged the flight of the ball and somehow could only chest it into the grateful clutches of goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic.

His 'disasterclass' of a display saw him set an unwanted record as no other player in this year's tournament has missed more big chances in a game.

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Image: Alamy
Image: Alamy

He was consoled by Belgium assistant manager Thierry Henry after the game.

Belgium finished third in the 2018 showpiece but have now been sent home early from Qatar, with their 'Golden Generation' era officially over.

It was reported that the players got into it in the dressing room after the Morocco loss so you have to wonder what the atmosphere is like now that they've been eliminated.

Featured Image Credit: BBC

Topics: Romelu Lukaku, Belgium, Football World Cup

Josh Lawless
Josh Lawless

Josh is a sports journalist who specialises in football and WWE. He has been published by Curzon Ashton FC, Late Tackle, Manchester City FC, The Mirror, Read Man City and Manchester Evening News. He provides coverage of professional wrestling and has covered two WrestleMania events for SPORTbible.

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