We hadn’t seen him on a soccer field since August 2023 and a friendly in the United States against Juventus Turin. Thibaut Courtois, who has been unable to play a single game this season due to a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, could return to the Real Madrid squad as early as “next week”. Carlo Ancelotti announced it this Thursday.
After a relapse in March that required another operation, the Belgian goalkeeper is doing much better. ” He is fine. I think he will be available to travel with us next week (Editor’s note: in Munich on April 30) and that he will be able to play against Cadiz in the league the following Saturday, explained the Italian technician during a press conference The goalkeeper appeared at Real Madrid training on Thursday with Antonio Rüdiger and the rest of his teammates.
During Courtois’ absence, Ukrainian Andriy Lunin gained the trust of Ancelotti, who preferred him to Spaniard Kepa Arrizabalaga, on loan from Chelsea. Lunin notably stopped two shots on goal in the second quarter-final of the Champions League against Manchester City (1-1, 4-3 on the scoreboard) last week and contributed greatly to the Madrid club’s qualification for the semi-finals.
In the previous round, he had already been one of the major architects behind the team’s qualification against Leipzig.
The current La Liga leaders, who are eleven points ahead of FC Barcelona after their win in the clasico, travel to Real Sociedad on Friday night, without England international Jude Bellingham who is suffering from a “stomach problem,” Ancelotti explained.
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