Courtois wants to repeat at the Camp Nou

Although it is true that the goalkeepers do not stand out as much with their saves as the forwards do with their goals, one of the most powerful weapons that the team has. Real Madrid to take the victory in the Classic this afternoon is Thibaut Courtois.

The Belgian, who accumulates three seasons being one of the best of his team after a year, the first at Real, rather discreet, will seek to repeat the performance of last year in the Classic of the Camp Nou (1-3) where, together with the white scorers of that afternoon (Valverde, Ramos and Modric) was the best with saves that saved the whites.

Especially one to Leo messi , in the first part and with 1-1 on the scoreboard, where he avoided with a memorable stretch that the Argentine put his team ahead.

And it is that, also in this season, Thibaut Courtois usually leaves at least one intervention that goes directly to the highlights of the match and that, despite not being as striking as a goal, is non-negotiable and essential for the Real Madrid I ended up counting by victories many games in which your rivals crash into the Belgian wall first and are not able to contain the white attack later.

Duel lost with Ter Stegen

For his part, in the personal duel against the goal of the FC Barcelona, Ter Stegen, the goalkeeper of Real Madrid comes out losing because in the five confrontations that have had good with Courteous at Chelsea and in Madrid, it was the German who took the victory in three of them for the two in which the Belgian did. Therefore, this time you can draw duels against Ter Stegen or follow behind.

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