Belgium’s Thibaut Courtois is forced off before a World Cup quarter-final after picking up a leg problem, according to multiple reports. Courtois leaves the field while he is still playing in goal and is replaced by Senne Lammens, a goalkeeper who is associated with Manchester United. One report describes Courtois as tearful as he departs, but all accounts agree the change is injury-related. After Lammens comes on, the match features a costly error attributed to him in key moments. The combined coverage links the goalkeeper switch and the subsequent mistake to Belgium’s result in the quarter-final, with Belgium ultimately being eliminated from the tournament at that stage. The reports do not present additional details about the injury beyond the leg issue, nor do they specify the full sequence of events of the error beyond describing it as decisive. Overall, the sources converge on the same chain of events: Courtois is injured and substituted, Lammens replaces him, and his error plays a major role in Belgium conceding in the quarter-final.
Courtois injured and replaced as Belgium’s Lammens error contributes to quarter-final exit
Belgium’s Thibaut Courtois is forced off before a World Cup quarter-final after picking up a leg problem, according to multiple reports. Courtois leaves the field while he is still playing in goal and...
- Thibaut Courtois leaves the field in a World Cup quarter-final due to a leg injury.
- Senne Lammens replaces Courtois as Belgium’s goalkeeper.
- Reports describe Courtois as tearful when he is forced off.
- An error by Lammens is reported as costing Belgium during the match.
- Belgium’s quarter-final ends in elimination after the incident.
Courtois came off after picking up a leg problem and was replaced by Manchester United’s Senne Lammens
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