“Name three star players who will not compete in the Euro.
"It all started with this challenge launched by Jan Vertonghen to Thibaut Courtois during a game for a sponsor of the Belgian team, just before Euro 2021. Pressed for time, Thibaut Courtois logically answered" Sergio Ramos », His teammate at Real Madrid, before struggling to find other players.
It was then that Courtois uttered a new line that could follow him for as long as his 2018 World Cup statements.
Courtois' tackle on Martial 🥶pic.twitter.com / yYZiErxGB1
- Instant Foot ⚽️ (@lnstantFoot) July 9, 2021
The time elapsed, Vertonghen (the captain of the selection) was indeed able to list all the names of the "stars" absent from the competition, laughing as the possibilities were numerous.
"Erling Haaland, Anthony Martial, Marc-André Ter Stegen, Virgil van Dijk, Moise Kean, Edin Dzeko, Jan Oblak, Miralem Pjanic ...".
Disconcerted response from Thibaut Courtois: “Martial?
Is he a star player?
"
At first incredulous, Jan Vertonghen could not help laughing at this free tackle. If he did not achieve his greatest career season (7 goals and 9 assists in 36 matches), Anthony Martial was struck from Didier Deschamps' list only because of a left knee injury. "A player was supposed to be able to be there, it's Martial," explained the coach of the Blues. But it is not available. He has physical problems, as other players have had. "An absence which had favored the return of Karim Benzema to the France team, more than 5 years after his last appearance.