One to zero and Courtois of goalkeeper. Paraphrasing the saying that became popular with Zamora as the protagonist, Madrid can repeat it to synthesize their triumph against Valladolid. The Belgian goalkeeper was once again decisive, as he was already in the final stretch of the last championship. The team grabbed a League 34 handle with Courtois saves, which ended up endorsing the Zamora trophy that he left on track before the break and after a start to the season that raised many doubts. In the little that goes this season, Courtois' reflexes have retained 6 of the 7 points that Madrid has in their locker.
Among the five saves he made against the Blanquivioletas, the most meritorious was a reaction down to a shot from Weissman. An intervention that at that moment prevented Valladolid from getting ahead in the return of football to Di Stéfano. A stop that, in the end, meant two golden points to boost Madrid to a leadership shared with Getafe, Valencia and Villarreal.
In the 13 league games that Courtois has played since confinement (he did not play the final match in Leganés) he has only conceded 6 goals: 0.46 points per game. An average even better than the 0.59 that Zamora gave him last season. And an insurance behind that, In these four months of football for the new normal, he has given Madrid a whopping 20 points.
Eibar managed to beat him in the re-release of the last League, but two of his interventions prevented the gunsmith team from scratching a tie in Di Stéfano's league debut. Five days later, Maksimovic checked how Courtois spends them, reaching where others cannot. The final stretch was a succession of recitals: Alavés, Granada and Villarreal, at the La Liga party, crashed into the Limburg wall.
Courtois is back plugged in from vacation. Isak was made at night at the Reale Arena before the size of the Belgian. Sanabria tested his reflexes and William Carvalho checked how far he goes in his stretches. Those qualities that have made him win three Zamora trophies (he won two with Atlético) and he has begun to lay the first stone towards the fourth.