{"id":7997,"date":"2023-11-19T20:51:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T01:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/euro-2024-qualifiers-romelu-lukaku-scores-four-in-belgium-win-over-azerbaijan-football-news\/19\/11\/2023\/"},"modified":"2023-11-19T20:51:02","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T01:51:02","slug":"euro-2024-qualifiers-romelu-lukaku-scores-four-in-belgium-win-over-azerbaijan-football-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/euro-2024-qualifiers-romelu-lukaku-scores-four-in-belgium-win-over-azerbaijan-football-news\/19\/11\/2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Euro 2024 qualifiers: Romelu Lukaku scores four in Belgium win over Azerbaijan | Football News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Romelu Lukaku scored four times in 20 first-half minutes as Belgium thrashed
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Lukaku headed the opener from Jeremy Doku’s cross before Eddy Pascual was shown a second yellow card for a foul on the Roma striker, who is on loan from Chelsea.<\/p>\n

The 30-year-old completed his hat-trick by the half-hour mark and grabbed his fourth after 37 minutes before being substituted at half-time. Arsenal forward Leandro Trossard completed the rout late on.<\/p>\n

Lukaku’s total of 14 goals is a record for a European Championship qualifying campaign, beating the mark of 13 set by Northern Ireland’s David Healy in 2008 and equalled by Poland’s Robert Lewandowski in 2016.<\/p>\n

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Belgium had already booked their place at next year’s tournament and the win saw them finish top of Group F ahead of Austria.<\/p>\n

Sweden<\/strong>, who could not qualify, beat Estonia <\/strong>2-0 in the group’s other fixture.<\/p>\n

Serbia<\/strong> qualified for Euro 2024 with a 2-2 draw with Bulgaria <\/strong>in Group G, where group winners Hungary <\/strong>beat Montenegro <\/strong>3-1 thanks to a double from Liverpool midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai.<\/p>\n

Serbia only needed a point or for Montenegro not to beat Hungary to secure their berth in Germany, but that looked a distinct possibility when they trailed 2-1 and Montenegro led 1-0 in Budapest.<\/p>\n

However, Serbia’s Srdan Babic equalised in the 82nd minute and Szoboszlai scored twice in the space of two minutes in the second half to turn Hungary’s game around.<\/p>\n

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Scotland <\/strong>concluded their successful campaign with an action-packed 3-3 draw with Norway <\/strong>at Hampden Park<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Group A winners Spain <\/strong>beat Georgia <\/strong>3-1 in Valladolid.<\/p>\n

Portugal <\/strong>ended their qualifying campaign with a 10th straight win as goals from Bruno Fernandes and Ricardo Horta gave them a 2-0 victory over Iceland<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Group J runners-up Slovakia <\/strong>enjoyed a 2-1 win over 10-man Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/strong>, who will join Luxembourg <\/strong>in the play-offs.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Romelu Lukaku scored four times in 20 first-half minutes as Belgium thrashed 10-man Azerbaijan 5-0 in Euro 2024 qualifying. Lukaku headed the