Belgium's Romelu Lukaku scores 4 goals to set Euro qualifiers record

Romelu Lukaku scored a record-breaking four goals in a 5-0 win over 10-man Azerbaijan, Serbia drew 2-2 with Bulgaria to qualify, and Ferran Torres scored one goal after setting up Robin Le Normand's opener in Spain's 3-1 win over Georgia. Lukaku leads the qualifiers with 14 goals, four more than Cristiano Ronaldo and five ahead of Mbappe. Hungary, Scotland, Portugal, and Slovakia also qualified, while Germany will host the tournament.

Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku scored four first-half goals to lead a 5-0 rout of 10-man Azerbaijan in their final European Championship qualifying game on Sunday, and Serbia locked up its spot at Euro 2024 after drawing 2-2 with Bulgaria.

Spain's 3-1 win over Georgia was overshadowed by Barcelona midfielder Gavi suffering what appeared to be a serious injury to his right knee.

Lukaku leads scoring in the qualifiers with 14 goals, four more than Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo and five ahead of France's Kylian Mbappe.

Lukaku’s haul is a record for a European Championship qualifying campaign, beating the previous mark of 13 goals held by Poland’s Robert Lewandowski (in Euro 2016 qualifying) and Northern Ireland’s David Healy (in Euro 2008 qualifying).

The Roma striker took all four of his goals between the 17th and 37th minutes in an awesome display of clinical finishing.

“It was an outstanding performance by Romelu,” Belgium coach Domenico Tedesco said. “He scored with every shot. You can’t do better.”

Following Lukaku's opener to make it 1-0, Azerbajian went down to 10 players in the 24th after Eddy Pascual got his second yellow card.