Romelu Lukaku gets ridiculed by fans as Belgium exits the World Cup due to spectacular misses.
After Belgium forward Romelu Lukaku squandered three golden opportunities against Croatia, fans went crazy on social media.
At halftime, with Belgium on the verge of being eliminated from the group stage, Inter Milan's striker entered the action. To have a chance of moving on to the round of 16, they needed to defeat Croatia.
And within minutes, he had two excellent chances to break the tie but passed up both, drawing a barrage of ire from fans on Twitter.
To score first, Roberto Martinez's team broke into the Croatia penalty area in the 59th minute.
Just a few yards from the goal, the ball dropped to Lukaku, but the 29-year-right-footed old's shot could only hit the post.
A Kevin De Bruyne cross was floated onto the Inter striker's head two minutes later, but he was unable to connect with the ball and watched as it went over the crossbar.
When the ball dropped to him within the six-yard box in the dying seconds of the game, Lukaku had another opportunity to make up for his errors, but this time he was unable to capitalize.
For the Red Devils, who were knocked from the World Cup, these turned out to be costly errors.
After the squandered opportunities, users attacked the replacement, with one fan writing: "Two howlers from Lukaku in two minutes."
Another bluntly stated, "Lukaku is comedy."
One user simply stated: "Lukaku DISASTERCLASS" when making their criticisms.
About the substitutes' brief appearance in Belgium's final group stage match, one user commented, "Lukaku is having a howler."
One supporter questioned, "How has he overlooked that!?"
The former Chelsea and Manchester United striker has had recent thigh and hamstring problems, which have made it difficult for him to contribute in Qatar.
In Belgium's 2-0 loss to Morocco, he appeared for nine minutes, though Roberto Martinez said he was being careful about the striker's health.
Romelu was only ever going to be able to play in the third game (against Croatia), and that is still the plan, Martinez told reporters on Saturday. However, he is performing better than expected.
Before the competition, Lukaku had only participated in two club matches since August because of thigh and hamstring problems.
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