The liberation is such for the captain of the Blues, in need of success since his Merengue debut, that his achievement of the day seems to take a weight off the entire Madrid squad. Witness the reaction of Thibaut Courtois at the end of the meeting.
“ We have to support him and that’s what we’re doing. », breathes the Belgian goalkeeper of Real, who readily draws the parallel with his own experience: “ This is similar to what I experienced when I arrived. The demands of the Santiago-Bernabeu stadium and Real Madrid are not easy. You know where you’re going and what awaits you, but it’s never easy. I also don’t think we should look for a whole bunch of reasons for his lack of goals. Sometimes it’s mental. He wants to do so well that sometimes when you do too much, it doesn’t work. The more you try, sometimes the less successful it is. He must be calm, patient. Let him do the simple things well and then focus on the most difficult. Let him continue to work hard in training and it will carry over into the match. Once it works, I’m sure the goals will come. »
“And then suddenly it all comes out”
To illustrate his point, Thibaut Courtois goes further, even daring a most colorful and amusing comparison: “ He has to continue to insist and I’m sure he will end up scoring a lot of goals. Sometimes it’s like a bottle of ketchup, no matter how hard you tap it, it only comes out a little bit, and then suddenly it all comes out. I think it will be the same for him. Suddenly everything will happen and he will score lots of goals like he did in Paris, in Monaco and with the French team. He was very good today, he created chances, went into spaces and defended well. If he continues like this, we’re sure everything will work out. »
