Euro 2024 Day 9 preview: Belgium looking to bounce back against Romania

Belgium manager Domenico Tedesco predicts his side will find form in the Euro 2024 knockout rounds, providing they recover from defeat in their opening match when they face Romania tonight (8pm, Live on RTÉ2/RTÉ Player).

The shock loss to Slovakia in Group E came in spite of Tedesco's side enjoying the majority of possession and chances and means they face a challenge to reach the last 16.

Their next opponents gave one of the outstanding displays of the group stage so far when they comfortably dispatched Ukraine 3-0 and will assure their own passage should they spring an even greater upset and beat Belgium, who are ranked third in the world.

"We never think about losing," said Tedesco. "We think about winning. We want to achieve something important here.

"If we pass the group stage, then I have a good feeling about us.

"Losing to Slovakia hasn’t changed something in our mind. The atmosphere in the squad is really good. Everybody is performing well and in a good mood."

Belgium 0-1 Slovakia highlights

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Tedesco tipped Romelu Lukaku to add to the 85 goals he has scored for his country and help give his team lift-off in Germany, after he had an effort ruled out by VAR against Slovakia.

"We spoke yesterday alone after the training session," said the manager. "We always speak because he is one of the main players. It is important what he is thinking.

"We have a really good exchange of information. We don’t just speak because of missed chances. He can do more of course, but we