Sweden suffered a heavy loss against Belgium in the first European Championship qualifying match. A hat-trick by Romelu Lukaku lowered the blue and yellow in front of a packed Friends Arena. Zlatan Ibrahimovic had to start the match on the bench. Dejan Kulusevski was a couple of centimeters from giving Sweden the lead in the first half but had to see the ball saved on the goal line. Instead, Belgium took command. In the 36th minute, Romelu Lukaku headed in 1-0 to Belgium and in the second half the same Belgian made it 2-0. Hattrick by Lukaku In the 73rd minute, Zlatan Ibrahimovic entered to great cheers from the crowd. But the luck was short-lived as Lukaku scored his third ten minutes later to make it 3-0. As early as Monday, it’s a match again when Sweden takes on Azerbaijan in the same arena. The group also includes Austria and Estonia. – They are better in the decisive situations. A sour loss, says national team captain Janne Andersson on TV6 afterwards. – We don’t have the margins with us. If you want to beat these nations, you have to take chances, he continues.
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Failed start for Sweden in the European Championship qualifiers – fell heavily against Belgium
