MADRID, 6 Apr. (SportsFinding) –
Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois assured that the tie against Chelsea is not resolved “far from it” despite the 1-3 win in the first leg and highlighted the performance of his teammate Karim Benzema, author of a hat-trick. trick’ this Wednesday at Stamford Bridge.
“We can’t think it’s done, football is like that. An early goal from them can put them in the game. The old version of away goals was better. Now we have to do our thing, with the fans and win the game like against Paris Saint-Germain”, said the Belgian in statements to Movistar.
“Benzema? He’s the best striker in the world. His level is very high and he’s showing it. He’s enormous. Without him it’s harder for us to score goals,” said Courtois, who was very satisfied with “a good victory in a field that always hard”.
“I think we started well against a very intense team and created chances. We’ve scored good goals, it’s a shame his goal, I touched it well but I couldn’t get it out and then the second half we started it very well also with a goal”, he summed up the meringue keeper.
“We had to take the game to our side inviting them to come up and we had to have confidence in our football and in the pressure we created a lot of danger, that’s how it was. In the second half you obviously have to defend but we invited more crosses and Lukaku almost brand. It’s something we have to take into account for the second leg,” he concluded.