Euro 2020 Qualifiers: Hazard net brace as Belgium beat Russia 3 - 1
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| Eden Hazard and teammates celebrating - AP/DailyMail |
Chelsea's Eden Hazard scored twice to spare the blushes of former club-mate Thibaut Courtois as Belgium began their road to Euro 2020 with victory over Group I rivals Russia.
Leicester's Youri Tielemans' low shot gave Belgium a 14th-minute lead.
Two minutes later keeper Courtois gave the ball away under pressure from Artem Dzyuba and Denis Cheryshev slotted in.
But just before the break it was 2-1 when Hazard converted a penalty before he slotted in a late third.
The World Cup semi-finalists are in Cyprus for their next qualifier on Sunday. Russia travel to neighbours Kazakhstan, who embarrassed Scotland 3-0 earlier.
BBC Sport
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| Youri Tielemans scores from the edge to give Belgium the lead - AP/DailyMail |
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| Denis Cheryshev celwbrates after levelling up for Russia - Reuters/DailyMail |
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| Hazard goes down to win a penalty after Yuri Zhirkov's challenge - AP/DailyMail |
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