The goalkeeper of Real Madrid, Thibaut Courtois, he missed this Tuesday the Belgian national team's match against Belarus (8-0) after getting up with shoulder discomfort, although the Belgian coach, Roberto Martínez, was confident that the goalkeeper will be in shape again “in two or three days “and noted that there is” nothing to worry about. “
“This morning he felt some unpleasant pain in his shoulder, probably due to a bad posture during the night, and that is why he did not play,” Martínez explained at a press conference after his team's victory against Belarus in the third match of qualification for the 2022 World Cup.
Martinez noted that “the plan was that Courtois will play “and that he even went to the press conference this Monday, but explained that” today he was not 100% “and chose to leave him out of the starting lineup as a precaution, putting the goalkeeper of the Witches Simon Mignolet.
“But it is one of those injuries that will probably take two or three days, nothing to worry about,” said the coach.
The technician Spanish He also explained the absence of the Atlético de Madrid Yannick
Carrasco, who missed the third consecutive game with the national team after not having fully recovered from a recent blow to the ankle in a match with the rojiblanco team.
“Carrasco trained yesterday, but he only joined the group then and we do not feel that he was completely fit to be on a match stage. I think he is not yet 100% fit, he probably has two or three days left,” he added. .
The Belgian team thrashed Belarus on Tuesday and is already the solo leader of its group with 7 points after Wales beat the Republic Czech by a goal to zero.