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Meaning behind De Bruyne and Lukaku’s goal celebration for Belgium

Soccer Football - Euro 2020 - Group B - Finland v Belgium - Saint Petersburg Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia - June 21, 2021 Belgium's Romelu Lukaku celebrates scoring their second goal with teammates [Reuters, Anatoly Maltsev]

All indications are that it started when Kevin De Bruyne fell asleep on the Chelsea team bus on the way to an away game.

He didn't often need to have the adrenalin pumping back then, of course, because there was very little chance of him actually playing.

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