Two Romelu Lukaku goals were ruled out by video review, and Belgium fell to a stunning 1-0 loss to Slovakia in wild Group E game at the European Championship on Monday.

Slovakia struck in the seventh minute through forward Ivan Schranz, and then survived a string of misses by Belgium's record scorer, Lukaku, whose two second-half strikes were overturned after first being given by the match officials, and all that playmaker Kevin De Bruyne could create.

Slovakia's deserved win also was preserved by defender David Hancko's brave goal-line block that left him sprawled in the netting with a facial injury inflicted by a teammate's knee.

At the final whistle, the Slovakia squad and staff danced in front of their fans in the 45,181 crowd at the Waldstadion as their choice of victory music, the modern football anthem "Freed From Desire," boomed out.

"This win means a lot, not just for me, but the whole Slovak nation," said midfielder Stanislav Lobotka, who was named Man of the Match. "Maybe not everyone has believed in us."

Hancko continued playing after stopping substitute Johan Bakayoko's close-range shot in the 62nd, soon after Lukaku's first "goal" was overturned when a video review spotted an offside.

The second video assistant referee (VAR) intervention in the 86th minute was more open to debate, and judged that Loïs Openda handled the ball before his decisive pass to Lukaku for a powerful shot.

"I want to be at least a good, fair loser," Belgium's coach Domenico Tedesco said about the match officials, who initially let the goal stand both times. "We trust these guys. We just have to accept it."

Lukaku set a competition record of 14 goals in a qualifying group last year, and has a record 85 for Belgium, but somehow failed to score in a wasteful first half, including twice even before Slovakia led.

"He's a top-class player, a great character," Tedesco said. "He's been playing for Belgium for a long time and he knows very well how to score goals."

Romania 3-0 Ukraine

Romania's players celebrated with their yellow-clad fans after their first European Championship win in 24 years.

At the other end of Munich Arena, Ukraine's players apologized to their supporters after a surprisingly bad 3-0 loss on Monday.

Goals from captain Nicolae Stanciu, Razvan Marin and Denis Dragus led Romania to only their second win in Euros history, after previously stunning England 3-2 at Euro 2000.

Edward Iordanescu, the first coach to lead Romania at a European Championship since his father Anghel in 2016, hailed his players as a "generation of soul."

"A fantastic effort by my team. If you had any doubts, you can believe me now that this is a great team," Iordanescu said a day after marking his 46th birthday. "We have had golden generations. But this nation does not represent any metal, it is the generation of soul. My family have lived these kind of situations for years. But such a big heart, such a soul as this team has, no one has had that. This has to be the generation of soul for Romania. This generation is limitless."

"What I am feeling, what the players are feeling, that today we didn't do good enough," Ukraine coach Serhiy Rebrov said. "That's why they apologized. Now we have to shut our mouths and prepare very serious for the next game to show the other Ukraine."

It was an emotional game for both sides. The stadium was a sea of yellow, the main color for both teams.

Romania were making their first appearance in a major tournament in eight years. Several players were in tears during the national anthem.