It hits hard, but Italy deserved to win - Belgium’s Courtois
The Belgium shot-stopper admitted that their 2-1 loss at the hands of Italy ‘hits hard’, but revealed that Roberto Mancini’s squad ‘deserved to win’ the battle in Munich.
have booked themselves a spot in the Euro 2020 semi-final and will go against Spain after defeating
Belgiumat the Allianz Arena in the quarter-finals.
Nicolo Barella
and
Lorenzo Insigne
netted for the Azzurri, before
Romelu Lukaku
scored Belgium’s opener from the penalty spot.
Real Madrid goalkeeper
Thibaut Courtois
was bummed after their exit, but believed Italy deserved to win.
“
This hits hard,”
Courtois told
BBC
after the match.
“But we knew it was going to be a tough game.
“We had two opportunities but their keeper made a good save and I think we gave the first goal away a bit to easily.
“It really could have gone either way, but Italy deserved to win here.”
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