No one spares the praise. All international media praised Thibaut Courtois after his brilliant performance in the Champions League final. An anthology translated from English, French and Spanish.
“undisputed hero”, the undisputed hero.
With those words, the Madrilenian house newspaper Marca proclaims Thibaut Courtois the absolute match winner on its front page.
He was the player of the match with multiple miracles performed. “Simply a crazy party. Perhaps she will be remembered for Vinicius’ goal, but this will forever be Courtois’ final.”
The English quality newspaper The Guardian, like The Telegraph, even rewarded this with a perfect rating of ten out of ten.
“Magistrate. Courtois tamed Liverpool’s early threat with fine saves and only improved. His saves were extraordinary, from the first to the last. He made Salah cry in frustration.”
His performance bordered on the sublime with nine saves
At the French L’Equipe – notorious for its strict quotations – no rare highest award for Courtois. A 9 out of 10 and a lot of praise.
“The best goalkeeper on the planet, that’s Courtois”, it sounds without a doubt. “His performance bordered on the sublime with nine saves. His détente en parade with the right hand on Mané’s shot was a pure masterpiece.”
One man wall according to BBC
The BBC also saw how the Red Devil single-handedly kept Real in the game. “Liverpool has run into a one-man wall,” writes the English public broadcaster. “Thibaut Courtois put in one of the best individual performances ever. He was just unbeatable. A goalkeeping masterclass.”
The last word belongs to the American New York Times. “One of the biggest misconceptions in football is that having a good goalkeeper is a form of luck. Because to beat Real, you have to floor Courtois. And the latter is so difficult because he seems to stop the impossible.”
