Belgium 9-0 San Marino: Red Devils book 1st Euro 2020 ticket with savage win

With the game held in Brussels’ King Baudouin Stadium, the scoring was opened just before the half-hour mark by Romelu Lukaku, who notched his 50th senior international goal on his 83rd appearance.

Lukaku added a second before half-time, but not before Nacer Chadli and a Cristian Brolli own goal had made the result safe. A second own goal from Andrea Grandoni and a stoppage-time strike from Youri Tielemans left Belgium with a healthy 6-0 lead at the interval.

Christian Benteke added a seventh with ten minutes to play before Yari Verschaeren made it eight from the spot and Timothy Castagne scored in stoppage time.

With next summer’s tournament set to take place all around the continent, Belgium may well be targeting Euro 2020 as the best chance for their current golden generation to win a major international title.