European Championship: Romelu Lukaku scored two second-half goals as Belgium much-vaunted attack finally sprang to life after a disappointing display in the opening 2-0 loss to Italy."I'm very happy for the team, you know," Lukaku said. "I think it was very important for us to win today, to deliver a good performance after the game against Italy, which was a setback."Sometimes you need a setback, because we have a young squad, according to The Toronto Star. It good because we faced the reality. By Daniella Matar The Associated Press Sat., June 18, 2016 BORDEAUX, FRANCE—After a poor start to the European Championship, Belgium began living up to its promise on Saturday with a resounding 3-0 victory over Ireland. We knew that Italy a good side, they showed it against us. Article Continued Below Lukaku struck in the 48th minute after a swift counterattack that owed much to Kevin De Bruyne burst down the right flank. Now we are awake and have to become even better after the performance of today."Having earlier wasted a series of chances, Belgium — one of the tournament favourites — started the second half strongly and it wasn't long before the team went ahead.
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