DBasia.news – Thibaut Courtois is in the spotlight as a goalkeeper. The goalkeeper from Belgium was one of the keys to Real Madrid’s success in winning LaLiga last season. But the matter of holding off a penalty kick is another story.
Courtois may be one of the factors that Madrid won last season’s LaLiga. Indeed, it has been proven that between the sticks, Courtois often looks brilliant in securing his net from opponent attacks.
However, Courtois has a very bad record in dealing with penalty kicks. Yes, Courtois has a bad relationship with penalty kicks.
As reported by Marca, Courtois only once blocked a penalty out of a total of 15 faced. A total of 13 goals, one off the mark, and the other can be overcome.
The only penalty Courtois was able to stop was a kick from Real Sociedad’s Wilian Jose. Meanwhile, Real Valladolid’s penalty kick, Ruben Alcaraz, failed to meet the target because he was off the mark.
It is still fresh in the memory of how Carlos Soler was able to score a hat-trick against Courtois from the penalty spot when Madrid were beaten by Valencia 1-4 in week nine.
Courtois’ goal was again broken through the spot in Madrid’s last match when it was held to a 1-1 draw by Villarreal. Courtois failed to stem Gerard Moreno’s shot.