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Belgium Coach Not Happy With Chelsea Star For Injuring Kevin De Bruyne

Belgium Coach Not Happy With Chelsea Star For Injuring Kevin De Bruyne

Belgium manager Roberto Martinez is upset with Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger for his "reckless" challenge on Kevin De Bruyne in the UEFA Champions League final.

The Manchester City talisman looks set to miss the Red Devils' UEFA European Championship opener against Russia after suffering an acute fracture of the nose and an orbital fracture to his left eye socket following the challenge from Rudiger in the UCL final.

Martinez feels the Germany star's challenge was excessive and criticised the defender for seemingly pretending to be injured after the incident.

"When you look at the replay, there's no clash of heads. He's properly leaving the shoulder against Kevin. He seems concussed and we will see the state of that.

"But that leaves a sour taste, because Rudiger's holding his head (as if he too was injured) – it's almost that he wants to show that he's hiding something.

"For me, it was excessive force and it was reckless. And it should have been a red card. Kevin is not a player that goes down for no reason. You can see the pain and it's a swollen eye."

Erling Haaland – will miss the tournament due to N
Erling Haaland – will miss the tournament due to Norway not qualifying
Jan Oblak – will miss the tournament due to Sloven
Jan Oblak – will miss the tournament due to Slovenia not qualifying
Marc-Andre ter Stegen – will miss the tournament w
Marc-Andre ter Stegen – will miss the tournament with Germany through injury
Marco Reus – left out of Germany's squad
Marco Reus – left out of Germany's squad
Virgil van Dijk – will miss the tournament with th
Virgil van Dijk – will miss the tournament with the Netherlands through injury
Zlatan Ibrahimovic – will miss the tournament with
Zlatan Ibrahimovic – will miss the tournament with Sweden through injury
Sergio Ramos – left out of Spain’s squad
Sergio Ramos – left out of Spain’s squad
Ansu Fati – will miss the tournament with Spain th
Ansu Fati – will miss the tournament with Spain through injury
Isco – left out of Spain’s squad
Isco – left out of Spain’s squad
Marco Asensio – left out of Spain’s squad
Marco Asensio – left out of Spain’s squad
Dani Carvajal – left out of Spain’s squad
Dani Carvajal – left out of Spain’s squad
Saul Niguez – left out of Spain’s squad
Saul Niguez – left out of Spain’s squad
Benjamin Mendy – left out of France’s squad
Benjamin Mendy – left out of France’s squad
Anthony Martial – will miss the tournament with Fr
Anthony Martial – will miss the tournament with France through injury
Jesse Lingard – left out of England’s squad
Jesse Lingard – left out of England’s squad

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