He was not stripped of the captaincy. He was never a captain. And, obviously, it bothered him a lot. Actually, too much.After Eden Hazard said farewell to the Red Devils, Kevin de Bruyne inherited his captain’s armband, but following KDB’s recent injury, Belgium’s new gaffer Domenico Tedesco found himself in front of a puzzle. Romelu Lukaku or Thibaut Courtois?EURO2024Q: National team beast Lukaku brings only a point to Belgium, Bruno stomps sturdy BosniansHis choice for the game against Austria was Big Rom, and it triggered chaos as the 31-year-old custodian went berserk for being left without what he believed he deserved. So after a 1-1 EURO 2024 qualifiers draw on Saturday night, Courtois left the national team camp.🚨🇧🇪 Thibaut Courtois will not play vs Estonia tomorrow. He has decided not to travel because he’s disappointed with the management of Domenico Tedesco (Belgium coach). In the absence of De Bruyne, Courtois was hoping to be the captain vs Austria. @hlnsport pic.twitter.com/UXkMpPBYAF— Madrid Xtra (@MadridXtra) June 19, 2023 Media in Belgium reported that he had told his national teammates that he was unhappy because he wasn’t the captain and didn’t join the team’s camp ahead of Monday’s game against Estonia.##NAJAVA_MECA_7324696##To make things even more bizarre, Tedesco’s idea was a sort of joint captaincy – Lukaku was the captain against Austria, and Courtois was supposed to be the captain against Estonia. Alas, we won’t see any of that tonight, nor Courtois himself.EURO 2024 – QUALIFIERSMonday 21.45: (1.10) England (10.5) Macedonia (22.0)21.45: (1.48) Switzerland (4.20) Romania (7.25)21.45: (1.85) Turkey (3.50) Wales (4.40)21.45: (1.75) N.Ireland (3.50) Kazakhstan (5.00)21.45: (4.10) Slovenia (3.40) Denmark (1.95)21.45: (1.33) France (5.00) Greece (10.0)21.45: (1.02) R.Ireland (16.0) Gibraltar (95.0)21.45: (5.00) Belarus (3.50) Kosovo* (1.75)21.45: (1.13) Israel (8.50) Andorra (19.0)Tuesday 21.45: (2.20) Austria (3.35) Sweden (3.35)21.45: (1.50) Scotland (4.00) Georgia (7.25)21.45: (1.20) Hungary (6.75) Lithuania (14.0)21.45: (11.0) Estonia (6.00) Belgium (1.25)21.45: (6.50) Bulgaria (4.10) Serbia (1.53)21.45: (13.0) Moldova (5.70) Poland (1.25)21.45: (1.62) B&H (3.80) Luxembourg (5.80)21.45: (1.15) Norway (7.75) Cyprus (19.0)21.45: (10.0) Iceland (5.50) Portugal (1.30)21.45: (5.50) Faroe I. (3.50) Albania (1.70)21.45: (35.0) Liechtenstein (14.0) Slovakia (1.05)***odds are subject to change***
