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Thibaut Courtois seems to have been cursed since leaving Chelsea last summer.
Real Madrid goalkeeper Courtois added an extra touch to his collection this season during the Belgium 2020 qualifier against Russia on Thursday night.
The World Cup semi-finalists were up front in Brussels when Leicester star Yuri Tielemans opened the scoring in the 15th minute.
A minute later, Courtois offered the Russians an equalizer.
Jan Vertonghen sent a simple pbad back to Courtois, which the blocker controlled comfortably on his six-meter box and dribbled gently forward in his area.
But his unconscious possession of the ball did not allow Artem Dzyuba to flee behind him to hit the ball.
Courtois, panicking, noticed the big striker too late and attempted a clearance, but a slight nudge in the back forced him to rub Denis Cheryshev.
The ace of Valencia has kept his cool to block a desperate attempt by Courtois to sneak into an empty net.
This was not Courtois' first mistake of the season.
The former ace of Atletico Madrid has been described as the "worst signature of history" by Real, with unstable appearances against Eibar and Ajax, to name just two bad performance.
In fact, in 24 appearances, Courtois scored 30 goals and kept only eight white sheets.
He was even blamed for the dismissal of Santiago Solari earlier this month, the former boss remaining with Courtois.
Solari's substitute, Zinedine Zidane, was however quick to abandon him. The French legend left him for his return in the Real dugout, with Keylor Navas replacing him.
All this was hilarious for Chelsea fans who saw Courtois force a move out of Stamford Bridge last summer.
Courtois reportedly refused to train with the Blues after returning from the World Cup and finally moved to the Spanish capital for £ 35m.
But fans of West London had the last word …
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