Thibaut Courtois managed to keep a clean sheet in this Saturday’s visit to the Ceramics (0-2). The goalkeeper of Real Madrid He had little work before him Villarreal and he was, as usual, very sober, especially when it was his turn to catch aerial balls.
“From the beginning we have taken the initiative, both to press upwards and to return as the coach asked us to do. We have defended wella clean sheet and we were able to score the ones we had,” said the Belgian before the Real Madrid Television cameras.
Courtois highlighted that “We are adapting better and better to the coach’s ideas“As a team together we are all improving and when you win everything is easier and there is more confidence and everything goes better.”
The Belgian celebrated the three very important points in the Ceramics. “The games against Villarreal are tough, we have defended well, they have only shot at goal once and in the middle. The clean sheet will help us go to Benfica’s field to do the same to secure the top 8“If we do our homework on Wednesday we have a lot of time to rest and train and get in tune for the last leg of the League.”
He also highlighted the collective work of the team. “Football is a team sport, it is not an individual sport. and for individuals to stand out it is important that the team is together, if we do it as a team the rest takes care of itself,” he added.
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Regarding the good moment that the Vinicius-Mbappé duo, Courtois pointed out that “they give us a lot, they unbalance the other teams a lot and They are a terror for defenses. You can stop them for 60, 65 minutes but they have so much overflow that they cause damage. I hope they can continue giving us joy, he concluded.
