The Athletic reveals a secret about Courtois in Man City vs Real Madrid

The reliable British newspaper, The Athletic, confirmed that one of the Real Madrid players played the Manchester City match yesterday while he was injured, and the white club did not report this injury before or after the confrontation.

Real Madrid had bid farewell to the Champions League, after losing 4-0 to Manchester City in the second leg of the semi-final at the Etihad Stadium.

The best player from Real Madrid against Manchester City was goalkeeper Courtois. The Belgian goalkeeper managed to prevent Haaland from opening the scoring before Bernardo Silva did and his saves prevented an even bigger defeat.

The goalkeeper of the white team was one of the few who were excluded from the Manchester tragedy, and as the English newspaper The Athletic revealed, he played while injured. An injury that went unnoticed at any point on the field during the great game he played.

Courtois suffered a small injury against Getafe, which did not prevent him from playing last night at the Etihad Stadium. Real Madrid did not want to report the injury, because the goalkeeper was willing to put up with the pain in his arm to be able to help his team.

He was treated immediately after the match against Getafe and developed positively, although he never fully recovered from this injury. This weekend, Real Madrid play in Mestalla against Valencia and the Belgian may be absent, because the Whites do not have anything at stake and want their goalkeeper to fully recover from his injury without risking it.

The Belgian goalkeeper did not comment on this injury at the end of the match: “The way we lost is the worst. You can lose a match in extra time or on penalties, 2-1 or 1-0. This can be painful if you’ve given your all in the court. But this is a very difficult defeat.”

Source: As