Thibaut Courtois continues to save Real Madrid from defeat

DBasia.news – Thibaut Courtois is said to have saved Real Madrid against Real Valladolid. El Real coach, Zinedine Zidane admits Courtois has a crucial role in his team.

Madrid won a 1-0 victory over Valladolid at Estadio Alfredo di Stefano, Thursday (1/10/2020) am, WIB. Madrid’s single winning goal was created by Vinicius Junior in the 65th minute.

Madrid presented these scores with great difficulty. Valladolid has even been able to trouble Madrid’s defense several times.

Los Blancos could have lost three points had Courtois not performed brilliantly in this match. Quoted from Opta, the Belgian goalkeeper was able to make five saves and once cut crosses.

One of Courtois’ brilliant actions in this match was when he brushed off Shon Wiessman’s horizontal strike in the 53rd minute. Madrid would have been 1-0 behind if Courtois hadn’t pushed Weissman’s shot.

Zidane thinks Courtois does have a very crucial role for his team. He admitted that Courtois was able to save Madrid several times.

In the previous match, Courtois also performed well against Real Betis. Even though he had to concede two goals, he was able to make three saves to give El Real a 3-2 win in that match.

“This was not an easy night. The most important thing is we achieved points and we will continue to improve,” said Zidane as quoted by Marca.

“We were upset because it was too easy to lose the ball and not because of (the referee’s) injustice. We didn’t do well in the first half.”

“(Courtois) saved us last week and he did it again today. That is the role of Thibaut,” he added praising Thibaut Courtois.