Soccer-Belgian Castagne undergoes surgery on double eye socket fracture


  • Football
  • Wednesday, 16 Jun 2021

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Premier League - Leicester City v Arsenal - King Power Stadium, Leicester, Britain - February 28, 2021 Leicester City's Timothy Castagne in action Pool via REUTERS/Tim Keeton

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium defender Timothy Castagne has undergone surgery on a double fracture of his eye socket suffered in the European Championship at the weekend, officials confirmed on Wednesday.

The fullback was injured in a heavy collision with Russian Daler Kuzyaev in the first half of Saturday’s 3-0 Group B win in St Petersburg, fracturing the eye socket below and to the right of his right eye.

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