The Madrid coach spoke at a press conference this Friday about his goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois.
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti made a point of stressing on Friday the “importance» from his Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, after the 1-1 draw against Manchester City in the first leg of the Champions League on Tuesday.
«I still believe that a goalkeeper should know how to use his hands better than his feet. But he does both very well.“Said Ancelotti at a press conference on the eve of the reception of Getafe (9:00 p.m.), during the 34th day of La Liga.
Courtois is expected to start against Getafe
Thibaut «Courtois has enormous qualities. It’s a chance to have a goalkeeper like him. And our other big chance is to have an excellent goalkeeper coach, whose name is Luis Llopis.added Ancelotti. “The work we do with Thibaut is almost daily. We train with him in ball outings. These are spaces where, unfortunately, the goalkeeper remains very important“, further explained”Carletto“. While Real is left behind by Barça in the race for the title, the press and Madrid fans are wondering about the possibilities that the Italian coach will offer the executives rest on Saturday against Getafe, a team fighting for maintenance.
«We are not going to take any risks, because we have fresh players who are just waiting to play and others who are a little tired. But it will be a match that will demand a lot from us (…). We will need freshness and energy, so I will put a competitive team that will have freshness and energySaid Carlo Ancelotti, depending on who Courtois will be on the pitch.
«We still have some doubts about players who received blows on Tuesday (against City, editor’s note) and who still have not recovered: Benzema, Alaba, and Rodrygo. We will assess their condition tomorrow (Saturday, editor’s note). And Mendy and Ceballos are back“, he also underlined. The French left-back had been in the infirmary since March 31 to treat a “left calf muscle injurywhich caused him to miss 12 matches.
He returned on March 19 for the clasico return to La Liga lost 2-1 at Camp Nou against FC Barcelona after having already missed 12 matches between the end of January and mid-March due to a “injury to the semimembranosus muscle of the left thighcontracted at the end of January in the King’s Cup.
