DBasia.news – Real Madrid goalkeeper, Thibaut Courtois has began to give his contribution in guarding the Los Blancos goal.
Real Madrid brought in Courtois from Chelsea in the 2018-2019 season. At that time, the goalkeeper was said to be still in Mateo Kovacic’s transfer package.
In his inaugural season, Courtois experienced hard times. Moreover, at that time Madrid were also struggling after being left behind by a number of stars such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane.
Courtois had made a number of blunders that led to goals. Not surprisingly, the spotlight was directed directly to the Belgian goalkeeper.
Thibaut Courtois played 35 matches. From that opportunity, he recorded 10 clean sheets and conceded 48 times. The goalkeeper also suffered a hamstring injury.
Courtois’s performance had disappointed a number of Real Madrid supporters. In fact, the 27-year-old goalkeeper had a neat report card when he played at Chelsea. Courtois is known to often make difficult rescue.
Thibaut Courtois also improved himself in the second season. So far, the goalkeeper has appeared in 31 matches with 15 clean sheets. In addition, Courtois also conceded 24 goals.
Courtois’ mentality also improved. This is evident from the performance of the goalkeeper when facing a special duel.
For example, Courtois was the first Real Madrid goalkeeper to carve clean sheets in two El Clasico matches against Barcelona in LaLiga in the 21st century.
In total, Courtois saved five opportunities on target. Two of them were created by the opposing predator, Lionel Messi.
In addition, Courtois also incised 65.4 percent of rescue in LaLiga. That amount puts Courtois among the goalkeepers with the best percentage of saves in LaLiga who have played at least 20 matches.
With all the greatness displayed, Courtois has proven that Real Madri did not make a mistake in recruiting him. The former Atletico Madrid striker made the Los Blancos goal difficult to penetrate.