BRUSSELS.- Koen Casteels, discontent for the return of Thibaut Courtoisits competitor for the archer position in the selection of Belgiumannounced this Sunday in a podcast that ends his international career.
The 32-year-old footballer, currently in the Saudi Al-Qadsiah, was the headline of Belgium in recent months, especially in the Eurocup played last boreal summer, because Courtois resigned from the national team in June 2023 when the then coach Domenico Tedesco did not give him the captain’s bracelet in a match against Austria.
But once the German -abalian coach was ceased for the bad results in mid-January and the Belgian Federation announced the arrival on the bench of the Frenchman Rudi Garcia, the goalkeeper of the real Madrid He showed his availability to return to the national team.
The French coach already made clear to his arrival that it would be a shame “not to have the services of the best goalkeeper in the world”, expressing his desire to have Courtois.
“I consider a bit weird that Thibaut Courtois can decide for himself that he can return. And I find it very strange that the federation turns the situation in this way and puts a red carpet,” Casteels said this Sunday in a podcast broadcast by the Playsports site.
“There are many players who think the same as me,” he added.
Garcia will announce his first list of summoned next Friday, in the face of the playback against Ukraine for staying in Group A of the League of Nations, on March 20 and 23.
Sign steroid laboratory
The Spanish Police announced on Sunday the dismantling of a clandestine laboratory of manufacturing anabolizers and steroids in the province of Alicante (south) and the arrest of 11 people.
In six records, “more than 300,000 doses of illegal medication products, three kilograms of different types of active substance, encapsulants, centrifuging, thousands of vials and empty capsules were seized,” police said in a statement.
The clandestine laboratory had a capacity to produce more than three million doses of doping products that were sold to individuals and were manufactured with chemical substances that came from Asian countries, according to the police.
The components were delivered in flour, pasta or food supplements.
