Belgian Castagne undergoes surgery on double eye socket fracture
The HinduBelgium defender Timothy Castagne has undergone surgery on a double fracture of his eye socket suffered in the European Championship at the weekend, officials confirmed on Wednesday. The fullback was injured in a heavy collision with Russian Daler Kuzyaev in the first half of Saturday’s 3-0 Group B win in St Petersburg, fracturing the eye socket below and to the right of his right eye. RELATED | Euro 2020: 'Chris, Love you' - Lukaku dedicates Belgium goal to Christian Eriksen He was immediately substituted and within hours had been ruled out of the tournament by coach Robert Martinez, though he has told teammates he wants to be back for the closing stages if Belgium progresses that far. Castagne had been chosen as Belgium’s first choice right back ahead of Thomas Meunier, who replaced him in Saturday’s match and scored Belgium’s second goal seven minutes after coming on.
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