Being Targets of Criticism, Thibaut Courtois Defended Zinedine Zidane

DBasia.news –  Belgian goalkeeper, Thibaut Courtois, has the support of the Real Madrid coach because he often gets criticism from fans lately. Club coach, Zinedine Zidane considers that the appearance of Courtois with Real Madrid is fairly good.

Real Madrid secured three points in an away match to Galatasaray headquarters on Wednesday (10/23) morning. The victory brought them to overshadow Paris Saint-Germain at the top of the standings in Group A.

Zidane admitted, if it wasn’t for Courtois, the results of the match might have been different. He also hopes that the former Chelsea goalkeeper will maintain his neat appearance.

“Thibaut made three important saves and I’m glad he could do it. We defended very well, so did the way we attacked. Today, he performed very well,” he said as quoted by the US.

“We got through this game with a slick game. However, unfortunately, we were not able to score the second goal. Even though in my opinion, we could do it. In essence, today everyone is playing well,” he said again.

This victory is enough to improve the mentality of the Real Madrid players on his return to LaLiga. The closest agenda, the capital team will host Leganes at the Santiago Bernabeu, Thursday (10/31) next week.