When the match ended, the first thing Atlético de Madrid did as an institution was to publicly condemn what happened to their former player, Thibaut Courtois . The Belgian received objects from the south stand, after Éder Militao 's goal . Although no one can justify the incident, the former red-and-white player provoked the fans at the Metropolitano.
He did it after Éder Militao 's goal, with gestures of "Go on, go on, go on now!", insults and jeers towards the back, which unleashed the anger of the colchoneros fans. They are very upset by how their former player addressed the stands with jeers and insults towards them, although it is a story that goes back a long, long way. Precisely after Éder Militao 's goal, the Belgian is seen laughingly commenting to his teammate that they were throwing things at him, something that was instantly captured by the Movistar plus images.
Everything that happened is regrettable, and there is no doubt that there will be strong sanctions, but Atlético de Madrid , as an institution, has had enough of the Belgian. The club hopes that LaLiga will send him to the competition, as it did in its day with Gerard Piqué , when he suffered attacks from the Espanyol de Barcelona crowd. The Catalan centre-back saw a banner with allusions to his partner, a very unpleasant one against the Colombian singer Shakira , mother of his children.
The precedent with Piqué
They were a couple at the time, although they are now separated and have recently gone through cross-accusations, very difficult personal stories. LaLiga , at that time, sent the competition committee and urged Gerard Piqué to avoid certain gestures. There are constant moves every time there is a Madrid derby, Thibaut Courtois is a player who loves to be the protagonist.
They believe that it is the refereeing authorities who must warn him once and for all, and that, if possible, the Real Madrid player should be sanctioned. As indicated in the regulations themselves in article 93, where it is stated that any provocation to the public could lead to a sanction of four to twelve games in total.
Belgian mocks Atletico
Provoking the animosity of the public to achieve this purpose, unless, due to serious incidents, the infringement is of a major nature and carries a sanction of 4 to 12 games. That is what the regulations state and what the club expects to be fulfilled due to the provocations of the Real Madrid player.
Last season, neither of them played due to injury, so there was no incident with the crowd, neither with Kepa nor with Lunin . With him, the story is different; it is a story full of ingratitude and revenge, provoked by who knows who. The red-and-white fans are literally fed up with the media attacks they receive from an ungrateful person.
There were several occasions when, with a microphone in his hand, the former Chelsea player provoked the red-and-white fans. The most memorable was on 'The good side of the city', and other very unfortunate occasions when he even laughed at his defeat in Lisbon . He has been lighting the fuse for some time and it was foreseeable that it would explode as soon as they saw each other.