VANCOUVER (Interstat) — Leandro Trossard scored twice and Kevin De Bruyne, Romelu Lukaku and Alexis Saelemaekers each added a goal as Belgium defeated New Zealand 5-1 on Friday at BC Place Stadium. Eli Just scored and assisted for New Zealand, while Marko Stamenic had an assist. The game was a World Cup group stage match.

Belgium improved to 1-0-2 in the competition and across all competitions, following draws with Iran and Egypt. New Zealand fell to 0-2 in the tournament and 2-2 overall, having previously lost to Egypt and drawn with Iran.

Trossard opened the scoring in the 28th minute with a right-footed goal and added his second in the 50th minute. De Bruyne made it 3-0 in the 66th minute with a left-footed strike. Just pulled one back for New Zealand in the 84th minute with a left-footed goal. Lukaku answered with a header in the 86th minute, and Saelemaekers added a right-footed goal in the fourth minute of second-half stoppage time.

Yellow cards were shown to Stamenic in the 46th minute and Just in the 56th minute.