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Euro: we take the bet, these 11 stars who will flare up with their selection

2021-06-12T06:36:29.257Z


ANALYSIS - From Thibaut Courtois to Karim Benzema via Frenkie de Jong, here are the 11 stars who should be a hit at Euro 2020.


They are the already successful veteran, the star who must finally assume or the young talent ready to take a step forward.

Many great players are expected at the turn of Euro 2020, postponed for a year due to the health crisis.

We tried to put together a typical team of these stars who will splash the European Championship in their class.

In this eleven, we find two French, two Belgians, two Portuguese, two Dutch, one English, one German and one Turkish.

Presentation.

Read also: The Euro 2020 calendar

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Thibaut Courtois (Belgium, 29 years old)

His status in the selection:

It will soon be ten years that he has protected the cages of the Red Devils.

He is coming out of an excellent season at Real Madrid, both in La Liga and in the Champions League.

Club and national teammate Eden Hazard cannot say the same.

What to establish its leadership.

The thing you didn't know about him:

His big sister, Valérie Courtois, is a recognized volleyball player.

She ended her career at the Stade Français Paris Saint-Cloud.

"He played volleyball for a long time, it allowed him to develop the right timing to jump and move," she confided about her brother to

Le Parisien

in 2018.

Why he will flare up:

Difficult to find a European goalkeeper coming out of a more successful season than Thibaut Courtois.

Real Madrid have completed their first white season in more than a decade, but the Belgian goalkeeper, at the height of his ninety-nine meter, has been faultless.

Reflexes on the line, parades on long shots or good outings in the feet: it has everything in store.

He was voted best goalkeeper at the 2018 World Cup, where Belgium failed in the semi-final against France (0-1).

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Source: lefigaro

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