Courtois, replaced by stomach problems and mareosZidane: “you have to be focused from minute one”
On October 1, the Real Madrid was very close to putting in serious danger their qualification for the knockout stages of the Champions league. We’re going, what you’ve done in the League in recent years (with the exception of the season 2016-17), but in your racing fetish. What prevented a comeback to average that equaled a 0-2 initial, as surprising as it is dangerous, who allows the Madrid continue to rely on itself, but that it is almost impossible to think of moving to the crossings as first of group, with all the negative things that this entails: first leg at the Santiago Bernabeu and drawing more complicated with the winners of the other groups as possible opponents.
The game against Bruges it was a photocopy of the Madrid of the past few months. Another ninety minutes of sometimes wildly and with little aim, a classic since I left Christian, as is also the theme of the goal. Since Courtois defends the framework of the Real Madrid there are no miracles, nor stops to save games, surely two prerequisites for a goalkeeper who puts on the white shield.
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The belgian is a good goalkeeper, because no one wins the Gold Glove of a World-being a “legs”, but that is not enough at Real Madrid. True that in the last two matches had been left to scratch their goal, but it is also a reality that had not been thrown away. Last night, two goals on three shots, the standard pattern with the between sticks. You do not have goblin Courtois, and without duende, sooner or later, you cease to be the goalkeeper holder of Real Madrid.
The first, a shot without wanting to Bonaventure Dennis , with the belgian already expired. The second, a good end of the hammer of the Witches before the departure of Courtois, penalized for that mania to get in their own area. Raised arms and pulled his legs, in the style of goalkeeper in handball, but he started his career from a point very close to his streak of goal and that made the front had a lot of goal to set. In this case, with a nice petroleum jelly.
that ended the match Courtois , who stayed in the booth during the break. As reported by the club, for stomach problems and dizziness. The when and how it occurred are unknown, as is its state of form since he came to the capital of Spain.
With this scenario, the debate of the goal is reborn, and with force. No longer is Keylor Navas, but Areola , and there is no goalie with makes for that Zidane will think of his risky decision last season. Just had a action of danger against the goalkeeper gaul, but he did what was expected of an archer white. Stop saving in hand-to-hand against Dennis. Just then came a 1-2 of Ramos, but the miraculous tie white began with a mitten bright Areola, what is expected and has not, until now, Courtois. “Areola saved us,” said Butragueño. “We can blame him, but here we are all responsible. I am the first,” he mused Zidane to protect the belgian.
The defense Zidane is the shield logic of a coach that can not and should not take fire on their goalkeeper, but perhaps there are enough athletic reasons, as I had with Keylor Navas, to think that the Real Madrid has been a season and a half without choosing the best goalkeeper present in your template.
