Real Madrid Payback Champions Fasting of Last Season

DBasia.news – Last season (2020-2021) was not the best season for Real Madrid, which ended it with zero titles or no trophies. Turned 180 degrees, the chance of winning the Madrid trophy this season is bigger in all competitions.

Los Blancos are still competing for the title in the Copa del Rey, LaLiga, Champions League, and currently in the Spanish Super Cup. Carlo Ancelotti’s Real Madrid reached the final after eliminating Barcelona in the semifinals.

Athletic Bilbao has been waiting for Madrid at the King Fahd International Stadium, Monday (17/01). Bilbao is the defending champion and to the final after beating Atletico Madrid.

The Spanish Super Cup is Madrid’s first chance to win the trophy this season and Thibaut Courtois. The Madrid goalkeeper insists his team are motivated to win trophies after going through last season without a title.

“The coach will motivate us a lot with his words before the game. Everyone knows we are playing in the final and want to win it, and that’s what he said, we don’t need to motivate ourselves, we are playing for trophies,” Courtois said as quoted by Marca.

“Last year we didn’t win anything and we were very hungry to win (some trophies). The coach has to be someone who manages the team well and motivates you to win, that’s what he (Ancelotti) did.”

The former Chelsea goalkeeper also thinks that the match against Bilbao directed by Marcelino Garcia Toral is not easy. “It will be a tough game, they played in three finals last year,” added Courtois.