Without forcing their talent and after an inconsistent first half hour, the Red Devils took advantage of two goals from Lukaku to take cover before the break.
The 74th and 75th goals of the Inter centre-forward in the national team. The third double of his career against Estonia, while the young Johan Bakayoko, 20, signed the 3-0 late in the match.
After a success in March in Sweden (3-0) and the sharing against Austria last Saturday (1-1), the Belgians are well launched towards the Euro in Germany.
But Tuesday's result at the end of an insipid match seems anecdotal in view of the storm that has shaken the Belgian team since Saturday night and the surprising mood movement of Thibaut Courtois.
After the match against Austria (1-1), the goalkeeper informed coach Domenico Tedesco that he would not accompany the team to Tallinn.
According to the German coach who said he was "shocked", Courtois explained to him that he was "disappointed" and felt "insulted" not to have been appointed captain in the absence of Kevin De Bruyne, injured. The armband was given to Romelu Lukaku against Austria, it being expected that Courtois would wear it against Estonia.
The Real Madrid goalkeeper's version is different, with the Limburgish player -- replaced by Strasbourg's Matz Sels on Saturday -- explaining that he suffered a knee injury that did not allow him to line up.
Courtois regretted on social networks the coach's comments that "do not correspond to reality", while blaming his coach for having made public a locker room conversation.
But the Madrid version has not convinced anyone in the flat country where many media condemn a "diva attitude" and the "overdivided ego" of the player.
What the Belgian press now describes as a "war" between the coach and the player tarnishes the beautiful impression left by the national team since Tedesco succeeded the Spaniard Roberto Martinez after the failed World Cup and elimination in the first round in Qatar.
The question now arises of the future of Courtois in selection. His teammates did not want to comment on the affair in recent hours, with only Jan Vertonghen speaking at a pre-match press conference.
"I would not have acted like that," said the most capped element of the selection when Domenico Tedesco preferred to play the clock: "We must let the tension fall, the next meeting is scheduled for September," swept the coach.
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