Belgium cruised past Denmark 4-2 in Leuven on Wednesday to book a place at next year’s Nations League finals, with Romelu Lukaku scoring twice, while Italy beat Bosnia and Herzegovina to also qualify.<\/p>\n
Roberto Martinez’s world-number-one-ranked Belgians only had to avoid defeat to qualify from Group A2 but secured a finals spot in style.<\/p>\n
Lukaku has now scored 17 goals in his last 14 international games after his second-half double.<\/p>\n
Italy needed a win in Sarajevo to be sure of progress from Group A1, but had little trouble in beating Bosnia 2-0.<\/p>\n
Andrea Belotti scored the opening goal, with Sassuolo’s Domenico Berardi netting for the second straight game.<\/p>\n
Belgium and Italy join world champions France and Spain in qualifying for next October’s finals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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