Belgium To Face France In The Round Of 16; Romania Qualify For the Next Round As Group E Leaders

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The Belgium national team will play against France in the Round of 16 after a goalless draw with the Ukraine national team.

The Ukraine national team are already out of the tournament after finishing bottom of Group E with four points from three matches.

Despite the fact that the Belgium team were the better team, Ukraine showed a lot of fighting spirit, but they were not clinical enough.

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The Romanian national team qualified for the next round of the tournament with a 1-1 draw with the Slovakian national team. The Romanian side pushed the Slovakian team aback, despite the fact that the Slovakian scored the first goal.

The Slovakian side went ahead in the first half of the game through Duda, who scored a beautiful header. However, the Romanian national team came back into the game with a beautiful penalty from Răzvan Marin.

Both national team goalkeepers were called into action countless times in the second half of the game. 

Upon the completion of the match, both the Romania and Slovakia national teams qualify for the next round of the tournament.

How Belgium Played a Goalless Draw Against Ukraine to Qualify For the Next Round of The Tournament

Belgium’s first attempt on goal came in the 7th minute of the game, with Ukrainian goalkeeper Truin denying Romelu Lukaku from scoring the first goal. 

Ukraine had their first attempt on goal in the 21st minute of the game. Ukrainian striker Yaremschuk hit an excellent ball, but it was not strong enough to pass Belgium goalkeeper Casteels.

Ukrainian attacker Yaremschuk received a beautiful ball from the midfielder but failed to shoot in the 42nd minute of the game. 

Belgium had another attempt on goal before the end of the final whistle, with Kevin De Bruyne hitting the ball from outside the box.

The Ukrainian side almost scored from the corner kick, but Belgium goalkeeper Casteels pushed the ball away.

The Ukraine national team had an opportunity to score a goal in the 90th minute of the game, but Sudakov’s attempt went straight to the goalkeeper.

How Romania National Team Play a 1-1 Draw Against The Slovakia National Team In the Last Group E Encounter

The first goal came in for the Slovakia national team, with Duda scoring a beautiful header in the 24th minute of the game.

Romania had another attempt on goal, but it was beautifully saved by Dubravka in the 33rd minute of the game.

The Romania national team got the equaliser in the 37th minute of the game through a penalty from Romanian defensive midfielder Marin who sent Dubravka the wrong way.

Another chance came for the Slovakia national team, but they could not convert the chance into a goal, with Romanian goalkeeper Nita coming forward ahead of Slovakia’s attempt.

Martin Dubravka was forced into a save in the 61st minute by Romanian star Marin. The defensive midfielder hit the ball exceptionally well, but Dubravka was well positioned to stop the ball from going into the goal post.

The Slovakia national team forced Romania goalkeeper Nita into a save, with Strelec hitting the low shot in the 64th minute of the game.

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