The Belgian goalkeeper described the state of the pitch after his team’s triumph in Vallecas: If we want to give a good image of the entire League, the grass has to be fine.
Courtois is happy in Madrid
It was a complicated game. The pitch wasn’t very good. We were good in the first half, we couldn’t score a goal. Keeping a clean sheet was key to winning later. It’s always better to play on a good pitch than on this. For the League I don’t think it’s good. If we want to give a good image of the entire League, the grass has to be good. We were very good in the first half. We deserved to score earlier. They’ve been together for almost four years now. They’re two great players, if you understand football they’re going to understand each other.
Perfect game of Los Merengues
From the first minute we played very well, in general a good game. We had to fight and be hard on defense and attack and we did that, a very important point. The first part was a bit quiet, but in the second half I gave everything to use my two meters to stop. If just a minute later you score a goal, it’s top. The first in the corner is more difficult because it is a pure reflex that I have to get my hand out very quickly because if not, I do not reach it and it passes over me. The other two are to get big. The first is a real stop. The team’s commitment defensively is very good, above all because we are not winning easily. We are winning by one goal and keeping a clean sheet is important. It costs a little more because the teams defend Vini better, but that action is class and that’s why they are at Real Madrid.