Soccer-New Belgium keeper confident about replacing Courtois


FILE PHOTO: World Cup - UEFA Qualifiers - Belgium Press Conference - Kazan Central Stadium, Kazan, Russia - September 7, 2021 Belgium's Koen Casteels during the press conference REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/File Photo

(Reuters) - Belgium's new first choice goalkeeper Koen Casteels is confident he can step out of the shadow of Thibaut Courtois at the European Championship, which kicks off on Friday.

Casteels was last week named as first choice for the tournament in Germany as Belgium do without Courtois, who had a row with coach Domenico Tedesco last year, then suffered a long-term injury but came back to help Real Madrid win the Champions League last month.

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