Thibaut Courtois has refuted claims that Eden Hazard and Kevin De Bruyne had a heated argument after Belgium’s World Cup loss to Morocco.
The African facet picked up a deserved 2-0 victory over the Pink Devils on Sunday, leaving the Belgians in a sticky scenario forward of their ultimate group sport towards 2018 finalists Croatia.
They should beat Croatia so as to qualify for the final 16 of the event.
Roberto Martinez’s facet picked up a flukey 1-0 win over Canada on matchday one earlier than being humbled by Morocco.
And Jan Vertonghen, De Bruyne, and Hazard reportedly needed to be pulled aside by Romelu Lukaku within the dressing room after the defeat.
The fallout from this has been attention-grabbing, with Dries Mertens’ spouse saying a group barbeque that came about hours after the Morocco loss was understandably “awkward”.
Kat Kerkhofs informed the MIDMID MONDIAL podcast: “That was actually awkward. The gamers have been logically nonetheless very disillusioned.”
She did admit, nevertheless, that information of a dressing room bust-up was stunning.
And Courtois has taken the identical stance, principally saying it didn’t occur.
The Actual Madrid goalkeeper has additionally issued a warning to whoever within the Belgium camp is spreading pretend information to the media.
“We mentioned issues to one another, and typically it feels good,” Courtois mentioned.
“I don’t assume we missed it, however it’s one factor to speak to one another on the desk or individually or to speak in a bunch, to unravel every little thing collectively.
“The issue, it’s that what’s mentioned within the press isn’t at all times the reality. Whoever leaked this? We don’t must know that. If it will get out, it’s his final day within the nationwide group.”
Courtois added: “There are not any issues within the group, it’s simply an exterior try and create issues internally.
“After all, after a defeat, no person is comfortable, however it brings us even nearer as a result of we all know that we should give every little thing on the pitch on Thursday.”
Talking in a press convention after the match, Hazard spoke in regards to the reported problem.
“We had a superb discuss among the many gamers,” he mentioned. “Loads has been mentioned. We talked for an hour about good issues and fewer good issues.
“Now we wish to win towards Croatia. We now have two days to arrange. We’ve got to be prepared.”
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