Belgium the underdog of international soccer, is facing some concern for civil war, as their goalkeeper is unhappy with some issues. The Red Devils is one of the best soccer teams in the world. But after the 2022 World Cup, their journey is going through major ups and downs.
Recently they played their UEFA Euro 2022 qualifiers match against Austria. That match was finished with a score line of 1-1. After the game, Thibaut Courtois is very unhappy due to their coach’s decision.
Why captaincy was given to Lukaku?
In that match, Belgium’s national team coach Domenico Tedesco had given the captain’s armband to Romelu Lukaku. Due to this decision of Domenico Tedesco, Thibaut Courtois felt miserable.
However, the regular captain of Belgium is their star midfielder Kevin De Bruyne after Eden Hazard took retirement from the international team. Courtois expect that during the absence of Kevin De Bruyne, he would be the captain of the team in the match against Austria, but it didn’t happen.
After that, the goalkeeper was absent from the next day’s camp. Many believe that the absence of their goalkeeper is the captain’s armed being handed to Romelu Lukaku instead of him.
A statement regarding the Red Devilshttps://t.co/vV3TqBbZEK pic.twitter.com/2rFzCa6TEH
— Thibaut Courtois (@thibautcourtois) June 19, 2023
The source also claimed that in the next game against Estonia for the UEFA Euro qualifiers coach Domenico Tedesco had planned to hand the captain’s armband to Courtios. As he was not present in the camp it will be interesting to see what Tedesco will decide now.
But the goalkeeper reported that he was absent from the camp due to his knee injury. His injury news is confirmed by his wife herself. She posted a video on Instagram that showed the goalkeeper bandaged his right knee on his private jet.
Courtois releases statement following Tedesco’s presser
Thibaut Courtois released a statement after the match. The goalkeeper rejected to play against Estonia. He will also not travel to Estonia to play their next fixture in UEFA Euro qualifying campaign.
He stated that he had a knee injury due to which he will not be able to play in the next game. Reports suggest that the coach planned to give the captain’s armband to both Lukaku and Courtois in two different matches.
After the game against Austria Courtios requested to discuss this matter with their coach Tedesco. This news is declared by Tedesco himself at a conference on Monday.
So it will be interesting to see when the goalkeeper will return to national colors. In the next fixture, Metz Sels will replace Courtois. What do you think about this saga of the Belgium team? Share your opinions in the comment box below.
