Soccer-Slovakia stun wasteful Belgium as VAR twice denies Lukaku

Soccer Football - Euro 2024 - Group E - Belgium v Slovakia - Frankfurt Arena, Frankfurt, Germany - June 17, 2024 Slovakia's Ivan Schranz in action with Belgium's Zeno Debast REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

FRANKFURT, Germany (Reuters) -Ivan Schranz scored Slovakia’s quickest goal at a major tournament to take his side to a gritty 1-0 victory over a wasteful Belgium in the European Championship on Monday, providing the first upset of the continental finals in Germany.

It was Belgium's first loss in 16 games under coach Domenico Tedesco and a flashback to their calamitous 2022 World Cup campaign on a day when whatever could go wrong in the Group E encounter, did, though much of their misfortunate was self-inflicted.