Golden glove winner, Courtois refuses to watch France lift the World Cup

Belgium’s goalie Thibaut Courtois has admitted that he turned off his TV to stop himself from seeing France lift the World Cup.

Courtois criticised France after losing by one goal to them in the semi-final due to what he called their “anti-football” tactics. The goal-keeper felt that that the French side did not play good football against his side and did not deserve to win, stating that he would have preferred to lose to Brazil.

“I watched the final, but I turned off my TV in the 94th minute, I didn’t want to see France celebrating their win,” the 26-year-old told RTBF . “But I didn’t miss the whole thing.”

Courtois claims that he only put his TV back on when his teammates told him that he had won the Golden glove award.

“When my mates told me, I turned on the TV again and went back to it live,” he said. “It’s an incredible honour.

“I’m glad that I had a lot of moments that helped the team, but that was not the most important thing. I wanted to go as far as possible.”

Courtois became just the second Golden Glove-winning goalkeeper not to have lifted the World Cup trophy, the first being German Legend Oliver Khan in 2002.