If there was yesterday a main architect of the victory of the Real Madrid about Athletic Bilbao, it was undoubtedly Thibaut Courtois (1-0). The belgian It was huge yet another day for the rival forwards, with a stop at a Yeray’s chopped header even with the game tied and a heads up drawn to point blank at the end to Iñaki Williams.
The Courtois thing in the Real Madrid comes from afar. From its second season at Real Madrid he became a basic pillar of the team. Not surprisingly, he won the Zamora in the 2019-20 academic year and last year he was barely 3 goals away from returning to snatch it from Oblak. Quite a milestone.
The spotlights point to Benzema and Vinicius, but the most decisive player of this team is the goalkeeper. The statistics make it very clear: has stopped 61 of the 77 shots that this course they have done to Real Madrid at the door. In 20 games, he has a 79% success rate. Some brutal data, which is rounded off with their 7 games unbeaten (4 in the league and 3 out of 5 in Champions)
Yesterday was a giant against Athletic, but it is still The incredible stop that Acuña made on Sunday to save the victory against him Seville on the last play (2-1). He has played absolutely everything this year and in these last 2 years he has barely missed 2 games.
One against Leganés in June of last year, to ensure Zamora (2-2). He gave the alternative to an Areola who said goodbye to whites like that. The other, in January this year against Alcoyano (2-1). Played lunin, Madrid fell and the Ukrainian has not been seen again.
It took time to reach its level, but for two years what Courtois has been doing for Real Madrid is priceless. Any compares it with Casillas and the truth is that much reason is not lacking. The numbers certainly support it. The real Madrid He has found his ‘wall’.
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