Tense climate in Belgium: Thibaut Courtois left the concentration hours before the next game

Some time ago, relationships in the locker room of the Belgium national team It is tense due to hierarchy disputes and egos between the protagonists and that was one of the triggers for the poor performance in the Qatar 2022.

The last episode that moved the shelf in the Belgian squad was the early abandonment of the concentration of Thibaut Courtois after crossing with domenico tedescocoach of the European team, for the election of captains for the match with Austria.

according to the newspaper De Telegraafthe goalkeeper of real Madrid got mad at the coach for giving the captaincy to Romelu Lukaku during the encounter.

“He did not show up when the team met at the hotel to prepare for the international match against Estonia. This has also been confirmed by the Belgian Football Association”, they assured.

Following the same line, the newspaper highlighted that Courtois”He was very blunt in the locker room after the game and had harsh words for some teammates“.

Anyway, in the 1-1 draw with Austria the goalkeeper suffered muscle discomfort, which in this case they would use as an excuse to justify the sudden departure from concentration.

Now, what is not understood is the anger of Courtois by the election of captains, since the plan of Todesco was to give the tape to lukaku for the first game and then give him the responsibility of the 31-year-old goalkeeper.

The next engagement of Belgian is before Estonia on Tuesday from 3:45 p.m. for the tie towards the euro 2024.