Courtois admits that the coach’s possible absence “should not be a problem” because he has “a great coaching staff” behind him. The Belgian was the only Real Madrid player to speak in the previous one.
The Real Madrid is living the most important week of his season without Carlo Ancelotti. The Italian technician, to his 62 tohas been absent for almost a week after testing positive for Covid-19 and it could be low also this Wednesday in Stamford Bridgein the first leg of the quarterfinals of the Champions Leagueif it does not give negative in the test PCR what they will do to him on the morning of the match. A circumstance that “should not be a problem”, according to Thibaut Courtoiswho was the only madridista to speak before the match as no one from the coaching staff is substituting for Carletto before the media.
“We are lucky that the second is his son“, joked the Belgian, who explained how the day to day is being in Valdebebas without the Italian: “It’s pretty much the same. Carlo has a great team of technicians behind him. Also, has participated in a chat by video call“Despite everything, the image of the Madrid bench in Podcasts was strange, with Luka Modric as the main ‘instructor’ during the last minutes of the duel. “It’s different that he’s on the bench, of course, because the talks he can give us in the breaks and things like that, but in Vigo the coaching staff has done very well and I don’t think it’s a problem”.
Courtois return to Stamford Bridge after his controversial signing for Madrid and he will do it for the first time in front of his former fans. “I only have nice memories here. It will be a different tie than last year. There was no public and now there is”, he admitted, but he has” confidence “in his teammates:” We know what we are risking, we have to go out with the right intensity. For us it is not a problem to receive criticism. We know where we are and what we are doing. We haven’t won anything, neither the league nor have we reached the Champions League final“.
The three penalties awarded against Celta last Saturday they continued to be present today for the white team, but the Belgian wanted to be blunt in front of those who criticize the alleged aid to Madrid: “When they whistled three against us at Mestalla against Valencia, I didn’t hear anythingNow, as Madrid is, they say so. We attack the opponent’s area a lot with skillful players and it’s normal for a defense to put their leg in and it’s a penalty. It doesn’t always have to be a big foul for it to be a penalty, it’s football,” he concluded.
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