World Cup 2022: Thibaut Courtois threatens fellow players in Belgium – SOCCER

A very happy 1-0 win against Canada and a deserved 2-0 defeat against Morocco: World Cup secret favorites Belgium have been rumbling through the tournament in Qatar so far and could possibly already be on Thursday after the game against Croatia (4 p.m., here in the live ticker on sportbild .de) start the journey home.

There is a lot of rumbling in the ‘Red Devils’ dressing room, because the team is not only giving a frightening picture on the pitch. The rifts between individual players seem to be deep, after the bankruptcy against Morocco it is said that there was a verbal bang between Kevin De Bruyne (31), Jan Vertonghen (35) and Eden Hazard (31).

The incident was covered by the domestic and international press. The question quickly arose as to who had leaked the cabin internals. Thibaut Courtois (30) spoke plainly before the group final and threatened the previously unidentified cabin mole.

“The problem is that what is written in the press is not always entirely true. Who went public with the incident? We don’t need to know, but if it comes out, it will be his last day with the national team,” the Real Madrid goalkeeper told a press conference.

The nerves in the Belgian team are obviously on edge. De Bruyne had already caused a stir to the “Guardian” after the Canada game when, when asked if Belgium could win the World Cup, he replied: “No chance, we’re too old.”

This unusually clear statement is said to have gone down very badly, especially with the veterans in the team, Vertonghen or Toby Aldeweireld (33). After the harmless offensive performance against Morocco, Vertonghen couldn’t resist a dig at De Bruyne, who is supposed to shine as a creative player: “We’re probably so bad in attack because we’re too old. Surely that has to be the case.”

Will the teammates pull themselves together again? Totally open! The fact is that if we do our homework against Costa Rica, the Belgian team could be an opponent of the German team if they beat Croatia in the round of 16…