Romelu Lukaku has taken part in a Europa League final, an FA Cup final and the UEFA Super Cup during his 12-year pro career. The striker has a sense for what a final feels like. And the World Cup semi between Belgium and France three years ago did, in fact, feel like a final, he confirms.
The bracket had brought together the top two teams in the tournament a step before the actual decider. On its opposite side, a decent but exhausted Croatia, the World Cup’s Cinderella, emerged. The famous golden trophy wasn’t on display as Lukaku’s Belgium and favored France took the field in St.