Rhino: Agencies – Real Madrid’s Thibaut Courtois has confirmed his full readiness to face Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday in the third round of the first round of the Champions League.
During the press conference on Monday, Courtois said: “I’m fine and happy to be back in the last game, the important thing is to unite and give everything we have, in this new system, this game is very important.”
“I try to do my job and help the team, maybe in the last game we didn’t do some things well, that’s why we have the video analysis with the coach.”
And further: “It’s also worth mentioning that there is a lot of fatigue, because colleagues like Valverde and Rodrigo come from South America, and that’s not easy.”
On Atletico Madrid coach Simeone’s recent comments against him, he commented: “I respect Simeone’s opinion but I don’t agree with it, we have different ideas about what is considered a provocation, but the authorities have made their decision, and I don’t want to talk more about it.”
In the last derby, in the 64th minute between Atletico and Real Madrid, several objects were thrown from the lower part of the south stand of the Rojiblancos’ stadium into the presence of Thibaut Courtois, the Merengues’ goalkeeper.
For this reason, the referee warned Atletico’s representative once, according to protocol, and repeated the warning a second time, which led to the temporary suspension of the match, with the warning that if the incidents are repeated, the match will be suspended permanently.
After analyzing referee Busquets Ferrer’s report on the events that took place in the derby and Atletico Madrid’s submissions, the Spanish FA Competitions Committee decided to close the south stand at the Metropolitano for three matches. The stadium has 5,000 seats and Atlético Madrid will be fined €45,000.
