Belgium Dismantle Tunisia 5-0 at Roi Baudouin in a Ruthless Friendly Statement

Belgium Dismantle Tunisia 5-0 at Roi Baudouin in a Ruthless Friendly Statement

Friendlies — Friendly International | Roi Baudouin, Brussels

Belgium beat Tunisia 5-0 at Roi Baudouin on Tuesday night, and if you were there hoping for a gentle warm-up exercise, you got something considerably more unsettling — a reminder that when this squad clicks, they can dismantle a decent side before the hour mark. Five goals, 27 shots, 66 per cent possession, and a Tunisia side reduced to ten men before the final whistle. It wasn't a drill. It was a statement.

How It Unfolded

Leandro Trossard got Belgium moving at the 28th minute, Jerome Doku — who was everywhere all night — picking out the Arsenal forward to open the account. The second half brought more of the same. Charles De Ketelaere added a second on 53 minutes, Youri Tielemans threading the assist, before Kevin De Bruyne — because of course it was Kevin De Bruyne — made it three on 65 minutes with Doku again the provider.

Tunisia's evening had already been complicated by Imed Gharbi, who collected a yellow card on 49 minutes and a second on 62, walking before the hour was out and leaving his teammates to absorb whatever Belgium chose to throw at them. Dodi Lukebakio, on as a substitute, made it four on 85 minutes — Romelu Lukaku, himself fresh off the bench, playing him through — before Nicolas Raskin rounded off the scoring two minutes later. A formality by then, but a satisfying one.

The Decisive Moment

The red card changed absolutely nothing about the result and everything about Belgium's evening. Gharbi's dismissal on 62 minutes turned a competitive friendly into a training exercise, and Domenico Tedesco's side duly obliged. What's more revealing is that three of Belgium's five goals came before the red card or within three minutes of it — this was already a rout in the making.

Man of the Match: Jerome Doku

Two assists, relentless width, and the kind of directness that makes full-backs age visibly. Doku created Trossard's opener in the 28th minute and set up De Bruyne's third on 65 — two very different deliveries, both perfectly weighted. He was subbed off on 74 minutes, which felt almost merciful on Tunisia's right side. At 22, with a World Cup in North America on the horizon, Doku is shaping into one of the tournament's most dangerous wide players. Belgium will need him fit and firing come June 2026.

What It Means

Belgium 5-0 Tunisia — Quick Answer

Belgium won 5-0 in a friendly international at Roi Baudouin, with goals from Leandro Trossard (28'), Charles De Ketelaere (53'), Kevin De Bruyne (65'), Dodi Lukebakio (85'), and Nicolas Raskin (87'). Jerome Doku provided two assists. Tunisia finished with ten men after Imed Gharbi's double yellow on 62 minutes.

This is a friendly, and friendlies lie — you don't read too much into a five-goal winning margin against ten men. But Belgium's depth told a genuine story here. Lukaku came off the bench and immediately set up a goal. Witsel got minutes. Raskin capped the night. Tedesco is building options, not just a starting eleven, and that matters for a 48-team tournament where rotation across the group stage will be ruthless. they, for their part, have work to do — but they'll have faced worse than they before the tournament kicks off in the United States next summer.

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