Belgium exploded: Carrasco poked Courtois because of his fear!

Total crisis in the Belgian soccer team, the first in the era of Dominic Tedesco at the bank, caused by Thibaut Courtois, goalkeeper from Real Madrid, who decided to leave the concentration when he found out that he would not be the captain of the team because of the low kevin debruynebut Romelu Lukaku.

And Yannick Carrasco spoke about it after the clash against Estonia on Belgian public television RTBF. “We are disappointed in his reaction,” said the footballer of Atletico Madrid after the victory of the Red Devils against Estonia by 0-3, in a qualifying match for Euro 2024.

Courtois He didn’t show up on Sunday night at the Belgium concentration hotel in Tubize (south of Brussels) and then didn’t travel to Tallinn to play against Estonia, allegedly furious with Tedesco’s decision to captain against Austria L .ukakuwith six more caps than the goalkeeper (108 to 102).

Carrasco, who started with the number ’11’ on his back in Tallinn, inherited Lukaku’s bracelet when the striker was replaced in the 69th minute, ccriticized the attitude of the goalkeeper of his team and of Real Madrid.

“In the end, he is part of the team, he is one of the three captains. The bracelet is just a detail. You have to show that you are a leader and a captain in your character. he chose to leave. Whether he had discomfort or not, we don’t know. But one of the reasons for his departure is also the bracelet,” said the mattress winger.

The rojiblanco player himself admitted that the dressing room and Tedesco They met to discuss the matter, but were unable to speak to the Real Madrid goalkeeper. where he spoke Courtois It was on social networks, to ensure that his ‘shocked’ was due to physical problems, in addition to blaming the coach for publicizing the issue.

IT IS HARD TO CRITICIZE BELGIUM

And in Belgium the reaction of the media did not last long. “Good morning, San Tibú. How will your Holiness like your egg?”ironically headlines in today’s newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws a column on the open crisis in the Belgian team.

“He is the best goalkeeper of all time but leaving the national team and putting the national coach against the wall because they won’t let you be the captain against Austria is unacceptable” and “proof of a inflated ego”, said the text.

For his part, Nieuwsblad points out that the Belgian federation He wants to solve the problem as soon as possible and is not ruling out sending emissaries to Madrid to talk to Courtois, although they made it clear that for him to return to the national team, the goalkeeper must first apologize.

“For me, he is the best goalkeeper in the world. I also appreciate him as a person. Nothing has changed for me, but you made a very difficult decision.a, I have to let things calm down”, he said on Monday in the press room before the match against Estonia.