Belgian coach Tedesco ‘shocked’ after goalkeeper Courtois leaves squad amid captaincy row

Published June 19, 2023 3:04 am

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN
AP Sports Writer

BRUSSELS (AP) — Thibaut Courtois has left Belgium’s training camp ahead of a European Championship qualifier for not being selected as captain. Courtois reportedly says he has an injured knee and will miss a match on Tuesday in Estonia. But Belgium coach Domenico Tedesco says he isn’t injured. For the qualifier against Austria on Saturday, Tedesco gave the captaincy to Romelu Lukaku. Lukaku responded by scoring Belgium’s equalizer and Courtois’ performance was praised by Tedesco. Tedesco also says he planned to make Courtois the captain against Estonia.

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