Five-star Belgium batter 10-man Tunisia in last friendly before World Cup

[p]Looking to build confidence in front of their supporters, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/belgium/GbB957na/"]Belgium[/a] showed great intent from the outset and duly deserved their opener when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/trossard-leandro/xUAbnjp2/"]Leandro Trossard[/a] found the net just shy of the half-hour mark.[/p][p][b]Manchester City star [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/doku-jeremy/lMHcYK4f/"]Jeremy Doku[/a] was the creator, showcasing his slick footwork to move into the box and skip past Adem Arous before teeing up the Arsenal man for the simplest of finishes.[/b][/p][p]Just moments after Trossard’s 12th international goal, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/de-bruyne-kevin/MsPs6OI5/"]Kevin De Bruyne[/a] forced [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/abdelmouhib-chamakh/GjajLDW7/"]Mouhib Chamakh[/a] into a strong stop, before whipping in an inviting delivery that deserved a better finish than [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mechele-brandon/6k4GFuni/"]Brandon Mechele[/a]’s wayward header.[/p][image alt="Key match stats" id="b5ff32f6-c15e-4da3-84e9-233772a011ec" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="0cb74618-5e55-4dec-ab9e-fe905fa66d37" original-width="1200" original-height="1200" /][p]While the hosts took a slender lead into the break, the half-time interval only delayed the inevitable second goal that arrived from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/de-ketelaere-charles/2eOa3r1T/"]Charles De Ketelaere[/a]’s well-directed header within eight minutes of the restart.[/p][p][b]The 25-year-old towered above his marker to meet [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tielemans-youri/GtkTQyib/"]Youri Tielemans[/a]’s floated delivery, heading it beyond the unmoved Chamakh for his fourth goal in his last five international appearances. [/b][/p][p]Yet with the advantage of a two-goal cushion, Rudi Garcia’s charges briefly took their foot off the gas as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/achouri-mohamed/8MxHX431/"]Elias Achouri[/a] rattled the frame of the goal.[/p][image alt="Belgium's Charles De Ketelaere (left) celebrates with Youri Tielemans after scoring" id="c2d4f85a-ac62-4ea0-95db-87c71b60f596" credit-line="JOHN THYS / AFP" guid="710de403-8c65-4eac-83b3-640a72ba778d" original-width="8256" original-height="5504" /][p]However, any faint hopes of a Tunisian fightback were quashed when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gharbi-ismael/dIp0OKJA/"]Ismael Gharbi[/a] received a second yellow for an ill-advised sliding challenge that was deemed too rash for the referee’s liking.[/p][p]The Red Devils made full use of the numerical advantage, [b]with De Bruyne firing home a precise effort from the edge of the box before two substitutes came to the fore in the latter stages. [/b][/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lukebakio-dodi/08a9jhm9/"]Dodi Lukebakio[/a] scrambled the ball in from close range, and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/raskin-nicolas/xxLZVXdU/"]Nicolas Raskin[/a] stroked a low shot into the bottom corner after latching onto a loose ball,[/b] ensuring the team will be full of confidence ahead of their WC clash against Egypt on June 15th.[/p][p]Meanwhile, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ben-hsan-sabri/fenqH1Qs/"]Sabri Lamouchi[/a]’s side will be hoping for better fortunes in their tournament opener against Sweden. [/p][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/doku-jeremy/lMHcYK4f/"]Jeremy Doku[/a] (Belgium)[/b][/p][embed guid="70ab1bd9-6bc8-4a8d-aac2-492f630a9a61" url="https://x.com/BelRedDevils/status/2063273620193833281" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/belgium-GbB957na/tunisia-QqZVYk95/?mid=4nYE6kxR"][b]Click here for more o[/b][b]n the match.[/b][/a][/p]