The Belgian press is mourning Courtois’ absence from the Euro Cup

The Belgian press this Sunday praises the decisive role of the goalkeeper of Real Madrid Thibaut Courtois in white victory on the last night of Champions Leagueand mourns his absence from the summons list Belgium for German Euro 2024because of the bad relationship he maintains with the coach, Domenico Tedesco.

“Dear Domenicothere are four days left to convince Thibaut” is the headline of the article that opens on the digital front page of this morning’s sports newspaper ‘La Dernière Heure Les Sports’, urging the coach to rebuild his relationship with the goalkeeper before definitively closing the call for the Euro Cup, which can be changed until June 7, the deadline imposed by UEFA.

Instead, the newspaper ‘The Evening’ pointing to Courtois and it is regrettable that his absence from the pre-list of those called was announced this Tuesday of Tedesco is due to the “misplaced ego” of the white goalkeeper, despite the fact that they also praise him for his performance in Madrid in the final match Borussia Dortmund (0-2), and they see him as the architect of the whites living in the second half.

“Tough on his feet, energetic in his interventions and mischievous in every duel, the wall of the first half is not yellow but green, like the shirt of the man who does not defend the colors of Belgium next game,” he wrote ‘Le Soir’, in reference to the color of the kit he was wearing yesterday Courtois.

French-speaking Belgian radio and television RTBF praise the white goalkeeper for the state of form in which he returned to play after a chain of two long-term injuries that forced him to miss most of the season, and from which he has not recovered until reaching the final stage of campaign, in which he played four games of League and one of the Champions League.

“The balance is impeccable: 5 games, 0 goals conceded and 424 minutes unbeaten. Euro 2024…”, underline the RTBF in the digital edition this Sunday.