World Cup 2018: Belgium 5-2 Tunisia; 3 key battles that decided the game

#2 Romelu Lukaku vs Yassine Meriah

Lukaku ties Ronaldo for the golden boot

Another game and another two goals for the big Belgian. There is not really standing in your way when you have Eden Hazard and Kevin De Bruyne orchestrating things around you, but take nothing away from Lukaku.

The first goal came off the simplest of passes from Mertens, and Lukaku calmly put it past the goalkeeper after Tunisia had committed too many men forward. The second was just as good, and just as simple with Meunier setting him up this time, after the Tunisian defenders had dozed off close to half-time.

#Lukaku is just 25, but already #Belgium's all-time record scorer with 39 strikes now. He has now scored 22 goals in his last 19 games for Belgium. #BELTUN #WorldCup⁠ ⁠ pic.twitter.com/IOHhdW3NqL

— David Kappel (@kappilinho) June 23, 2018

Yassine Meriah couldn't really do much to stop Lukaku. If the battle had taken place in the air, it might have been too close but anticipating that, Belgium decided to attack the team with ground passes and it worked out well.

To his credit, Meriah prevented Batshuayi from scoring after rounding the keeper (yet again) with a clearance off the line, but at that point, the damage had already been done. Once again, Lukaku was taken away cleverly by Martinez to protect him for the England game.