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Courtois: I didn't want to go out, Garcia decided. It's hard for them to score another goal for me

2026-07-11 16:07:48Sport SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Courtois: I didn't want to go out, Garcia decided. It's hard for them
Courtois: I didn't want to go out, Garcia decided

A real “sliding door”: in the 66th minute of Spain-Belgium, the Red Devils goalkeeper, Thibaut Courtois, sat on the ground near the edge of the area. After a break for hydration, Rudi Garcia replaced him with substitute Senne Lammens, who with a clumsy deflection in the 88th minute paved the way for Merino’s decisive goal. Was it inevitable that this would happen? Not necessarily. Because the Real Madrid number one, after the match, politely and without blaming the coach, revealed that he would have liked to have tried to stay on the field.

Courtois, injury and substitution

Courtois's story begins when he noticed that his left thigh was giving him signs of overload. "I felt something during a long shot: nothing specific, just a sensation. I thought it was just muscle tension in my femoral biceps, as I had already hit about thirty long balls," the Belgian goalkeeper explains to Dazn Spagna. "I felt it a little during a save and then, on another shot on goal, I noticed that it had gotten worse. So I sat down for a while to be examined by the doctor: I wanted to continue, but I couldn't hit the ball well."

At that moment, the hydration break came, which gave the two of them a chance to talk. “I spoke to Garcia and told him that I wasn’t feeling well yet, that I couldn’t hit the ball with force, but that I wanted to continue for another five minutes to see how it would go and how the game would develop. Ultimately, if I didn’t have to hit the ball with force too much, I would be fine,” Courtois continues. “He told me that if I wasn’t 100%, he would replace me. In the end, it’s the coach who decides and there’s no problem. For me, the team comes first, but I felt good and I thought it would be very difficult for them to score a second goal on me.”

 Courtois leaving?

On the other hand, after the mistake in Spain's opening goal, the Real Madrid goalkeeper was rehabilitated with four crucial saves. Of course, read this way, this is not a very high assessment of his replacement, but the Madrid goalkeeper, who has announced that he wants to take a year off from the national team before being available again for the Euro 2028 qualifiers, closes with a message of support for Lammens. "At the end of the day, this is football and we must not crucify the boy: he is a great goalkeeper, he has had a great season at United and he will continue to be a great goalkeeper," Courtois virtually hugs him. For now, it remains a painful "sliding door"...


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