Lukaku captain of Belgium, Courtois gets angry and leaves the retreat – Corriere.it

Belgium is increasingly in chaos. A very strong group which, however, failed to leave its mark by winning a trophy. Now the atmosphere in the locker room electric. There were moments of tension involving two players in particular, the Real Madrid goalkeeper, Courtois who would not show up for the training camp, and the Chelsea striker (last year on loan at Inter), Lukaku

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According to the reconstruction provided by the Belgian press, it all started from the choices of the Belgium coach Domenico Tedesco, on the occasion of the double match valid for the European Championship qualifiers against Austria and Estonia. With De Bruyne injured (knockout from the Champions League final against Inter on 10 June), the coach decided to assign the captaincy to Lukaku against Austria and to Courtois against Estonia.Courtois very important to us. I can’t express how much I appreciate it. I had a conversation with Romelu and Thibaut about the captaincy. Against Austria it was Lukaku, against Estonia the honor belongs to Courtois. It is important for us that he feels appreciated, the coach’s words, but the goalkeeper didn’t fully digest this choice because he would have liked to wear the armband in both games.

Apparently after the match there would also have been a strong outburst in the locker room, with other players as protagonists. So Courtois did not show up at the hotel during the preparations for the match against Estonia, a situation also confirmed by the Belgian Football Federation. The German coach has the task of resolving the matter as soon as possible.