Double from De Bruyne plus Lukaku, Belgium beat Turkey 3-0: Montella at risk

Belgium takes advantage of Italy's draw in France to move alone into 2nd place in Group 1 of League A of the Nations League. In Liège, the Red Devils beat Montella's Turkey 3-0, who were forced to suffer their third straight defeat. Van Bommel's side broke the deadlock as early as the 10th minute with a great goal from De Bruyne: a one-two with Lukebakio, a nutmeg on Bardakci and a right-footed finish at the near post. Belgium kept pushing, but after hitting the post through Lukebakio, they were let off the hook before the break by the former Atalanta man Demiral, who failed to find the target with an empty net at his mercy. The hosts came back out determined to settle the matter and doubled their lead in the 60th minute, again through De Bruyne with a fine curled right-footed strike, set up by Tielemans. Turkey threw in the towel and in the 76th minute conceded the 3-0 to Lukaku, who did well to turn in a cross from the right by De Ketelaere. Worth noting that late on, Arda Guler picked up a booking that will rule him out of the match against Italy in Bologna. Two assists from Zalewski, a goal from Zielinski: all easy for Poland In League B, it was all easy (6-0) for Poland against Romania in Group 4. The win was made easier by the sending-off of the Fiorentina man Dragusin after 23 minutes for a shove in the box on Lewandowski, who was through on goal. The Chicago Fire striker himself converted the resulting penalty. The former Barça man then doubled the lead early in the second half from a Zalewski cross. And the former Atalanta man repeated himself shortly after, providing Frankowski with the ball for the 3-0, which went in also thanks to a decisive deflection by Ghita. In the 62nd minute there was glory too for the Inter man Zielinski, who took advantage of a short backward header from Razvan Marin to lift the ball over Hindrich with a fine volleyed chip. Then it was Bednarek first and Lewandowski again who sealed the score at 6-0, with the latter thus finding a way to reach 92 goals for his national team. Alajbegovic saves Bosnia, a 'pasillo de honor' for Dzeko With this win, Poland move to within one point of second place, occupied by Bosnia, who held the group leaders Sweden to a 1-1 draw in Zenica. On the night of his farewell to the national team, Dzeko (who ends his journey after 20 years with 152 caps and 73 goals, ed.) had a goal disallowed by VAR at 0-0 because the ball he received from Alajbegovic had already crossed the byline. Sweden breathed a sigh of relief and broke the deadlock in the 61st minute through Gyokeres. In the 63rd minute, coach Barbarez substituted Dzeko, to whom all his teammates dedicated a 'pasillo de honor', while the crowd gave him a well-deserved standing ovation. Bosnia rolled up their sleeves and equalized in the 81st minute with a cross-shot from Alajbegovic that caught Johansson off guard. Brace from Adzic, Montenegro win in Latvia Among the other matches worth noting, in League C, Montenegro stay top of Group 2 with a perfect record thanks to their 2-1 win in Latvia, sealed by a brace from Adzic. In Group 3, the 'Ascoli man' Perciun also had a hand in Moldova's 2-1 win in Kazakhstan, providing the assist for the temporary 0-2 to Popescu. In the other match of the group, Slovakia, meanwhile, could only manage a 1-1 draw in Torshavn against the Faroe Islands. Vatnhamar's chested own goal from a cross from the right by the 'Verona man' Suslov was not enough for Lobotka and company, who were pegged back late on by Justinussen.