Thibaut Courtois shone this Tuesday against the PSGin the first leg of the round of 16 of the Championsafter saving a penalty to Messi, the crack of the seven Ballon d’Or. The Belgian international guessed the intention of the Argentine with a monumental stretch. It was the first maxim Leo fails against the meringues, after scoring the six he threw with the Barça.
Highlight that Courteous He is the first goalkeeper Real Madrid that for a penalty in the Champions in the last 15 years after Iker Casillas He stopped Lazio on December 11, 2007, according to the analyst ‘Mister Chip’ on his Twitter account.
Summary in images of PSG-Real Madrid
Once again, the concentration and quality of Courteousthe best long Real Madrid before him PSG, were decisive for the set of Carlo Ancelotti will walk away with a minimal defeat of Paris which makes him harbor hopes of being in the quarterfinals. The Belgian could not avoid the goal of Mbappe in the last action of the match, but he was a real giant under the sticks and he showed it in the 62nd minute by stopping a maximum penalty from a Messi who is still far from that devastating attacking player who dazzled during his time in the Barça with his countless goals and geniuses.
The merengue footballers, aware of the decisive intervention of their goalkeeper, did not hesitate to hug him like crazy. The first of them was Casemiro, that he had seen a yellow card that will prevent him from playing the second leg match on March 9 at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Courteous left without glory Messithe player with the most penalties taken in the entire history of the Champions (23), one more than Cristiano Ronaldo (22). He also showed off to deny a shot from Kylian Mbappé with a goal mark, shortly before Leo’s ill-fated penalty. The Belgian goalkeeper also saved the 0-1 in the 17th minute against an Mbappé who caused panic.
Courteouswho has stopped the last three penalties that have been thrown at him Guedes (Valencia), Raul Garcia (Athletics) and Leo Messi, minimized the white defeat in the Parc des Princes (1-0). The lanky goalkeeper Real Madrid presents this season the best numbers of his career. In 34 official matches played this season between League, Champions, Cup and Super Cup of Spainthe Belgian has kept a clean sheet on 14 occasions, which were very close to being 15 had it not been for the agonizing goal of Mbappe. The white team has a great goalkeeper, possibly the best goalkeeper in the world at the moment.
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