The Belgian Real Madrid goalkeeper, who has missed the last four games, will train again on Thursday
After missing the last four games due to sciatica, Thibaut Courtois wants to appear again on Sunday in the classic at the Santiago Bernabéu. Barring any unexpected setbacks, the Real Madrid Belgian goalkeeper will return to training this Thursday after recovering from the ailment that prevented him from defending the goal against Osasuna, Getafe and the Champions League double against Shakhtar. His replacement, Andriy Lunin, kept a clean sheet for Madrid against Getafe for the first time this season in the League, but the Ukrainian goalkeeper will have to give up his place to Courtois, who has undergone treatment these days to be available for Barca. .
“Courtois is much better. We spoke to him before we left Madrid. The plan is for him to start training on Thursday and be ready for Sunday,” confirmed Carlo Ancelotti the day before the European and Liga champion’s trip to Warsaw to face Shakhtar. three training sessions to prepare for the classic against the current league championship leader Real Madrid are also keeping an eye on Antonio Rüdiger after the German defender, who has not been ruled out for the duel against the azulgranas, received 20 stitches after the massive blow on the forehead he got when scoring the equalizer ‘in extremis’ by whites in the Polish capital.
In the six league games Courtois has played so far, he has conceded a goal, but this season, in the Super Cup (2-0 against Eintracht) and in the first two days of the Champions League, he kept a clean sheet against Celtic (0 -3) and Leipzig (2-0), with several pairs of central defenders. In Glasgow Militao and Alaba played at the start and against the Germans in the Bernabeu were Nacho and Rüdiger, who repeated in Warsaw. Exactly, the German defender signed his best match dressed in white on Tuesday evening. The day after the classic, Courtois hopes to receive the Yashin Trophy for the best goalkeeper of 2022 in Paris on Monday, during the Ballon d’Or gala that will award Karim Benzema as the most outstanding footballer of the year.
Source: La Verdad
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