Thibaut Courtois: “It’s A Pleasure To Come To Saudi Arabia”

Written by Patrick Echatah

Real Madrid are in Saudi Arabia for the Spanish Super Cup, and they’ll take on Valencia on Wednesday night. Ahead of that semi-final, Thibaut Courtois spoke at a player press conference on Tuesday and previewed the game as so: “It’ll be a tough match against a tough opponent, with a high tempo.

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We need to just focus on this game first and then look at the final, which would be another chance to win a trophy for Real Madrid. We want to win again following the loss we suffered the other day. We watched a video today of what we’d done badly in that Villarreal game and we’re ready.”

Courtois on Real Madrid’s physical state

Asked how the squad as a whole is doing physically, the goalkeeper said: “We had a sort of pre-season and we’ve all done some physical work.

Courtois on his recovery from sciatica

Having missed some games due to pain from sciatica earlier in the season, Courtois was asked how he is doing physically. He responded: “It was a little more than sciatica, but I feel really good now. I’ve felt good since the World Cup.

Courtois on Real Madrid’s goals against numbers

Real Madrid are conceding many more goals this season compared to last year and also a lot of chances that the Belgian is having to stop with wonder saves. Asked if he is concerned about how many saves he is being asked to make, he replied: “In modern football, it’s rare for a goalkeeper to not have work to do. It’s not a problem and it was also the same last year.

Courtois on Cristiano Ronaldo’s move to Al Nassr

Asked by a local journalist about Cristiano Ronaldo’s recent transfer to Al Nassr, the Belgian said: “Obviously the transfer of Cristiano Ronaldo to Saudi Arabia shows that this is a country that wants to grow in sports.

Courtois on returning to Saudi Arabia

Asked for his thoughts on playing this tournament in Riyadh, Courtois said: “For us, it’s a pleasure to come here to Saudi Arabia. We know we have a lot of fans here and we saw that the two previous times we came here.

Meanwhile…

Real Madrid have made a final decision about young right-back Vinicius Tobias and the club will activate their €10 million option to sign the Brazilian defender away from Shakhtar Donetsk, according to reports from the Spanish press.

Tobias has shown enough progress and potential during his months with Real Madrid Castilla and the club has decided to take a chance on him.

Per those same reports, Madrid are planning on sending Vinicius Tobias on a loan deal next summer, knowing that he might still lack the experience to contribute in the first team next season.

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