Courtois: Real Madrid created many opportunities to score more goals, but now the whole team has to return to defense

Football 12:03pm, 17 September 2025 131

In the first round of the Champions League held in the early morning of this morning, Real Madrid defeated Marseille 2-1 at home. Real Madrid goalkeeper Courtois was interviewed after the game.

What do you think of this game?

Winning at home can help us go further. We learned from last season's Champions League when we lost to Milan at home. We were right to win, and although the goal came from two penalty kicks, we created a lot of opportunities and created a lot of danger for our opponents, and we should have scored in a sports game. We were supposed to win by a bigger advantage, and the game became complicated by this.

What changes have you changed in the second half? The coach's requirements are consistent, but the opponent's pressure and pressure have been reduced a little. Their defense is more compact, and we made more missed ball possession in the minutes before the opening and played more harder than in the first half.

You have reduced workload on the court

The same was true last season, and the problem was that when you didn't use 11 players to participate in the defense... Now the whole team must quickly chase the defense, which is the difference. We have to continue to do this until now, and the coach also asked me to be in a position a little earlier.

source:7m cn7