Thibaut Courtois Reflects on Real Madrid's Comeback in Athens

Real Madrid once again found in Thibaut Courtois its great ally in goal. The Belgian was one of the most important players for the merengue side this Wednesday in Athens. In the first half of the match, he made three key saves that helped prevent AEK from increasing its lead on the scoreboard. The goalkeeper spoke about this important victory that puts them in second place in the overall table to the Movistar Plus Deportes cameras.

He mentioned the team's ability to react and overcome two hard blows, since the Greeks went ahead twice on the scoreboard. "We knew it was a complicated match because they had a lot of intensity; there is a great atmosphere in the stadium... And in the first 15 minutes they pressed a lot. We looked for the 1-2, but it did not come, and they scored it, but we had a good reaction; we quickly scored the 2-2."

The Belgian mentioned that this is the team's DNA: never feeling defeated and fighting until the end. "Believing until the end is the DNA of this club; it is beautiful, just like against Roma." In addition, he pointed out the importance of this triumph not only emotionally, but mathematically, since they now reach 12 points and stay in second place in the overall table, only behind Paris Saint-Germain.

"These are very important victories; it is a match that, in theory, you should win, but to maintain the fight for the top 8, it is important. You have to win and be there, which, in the last two years, we could not be in that top 8." And finally, as other teammates and the coach himself have been commenting, he also addressed the topic of Vinicius Jr., since the Brazilian again could not influence any goal.

"We have confidence in him; the whole team does. He has to keep trying; the rival defends well, and with two or three, it is not easy for him, nor for Yan or Kylian. We trust in Vini, and the competition is important," he concluded. Now the team must quickly return to Spain, since on Friday they must travel again to Valencia to face Saturday night's duel at the Mestalla stadium.

A match of utmost importance, taking into account that in Madrid, on Sunday, Atletico will host Barcelona at the Metropolitano. That is, first and second place will face each other on matchday 12 of LaLiga. One of the two, or perhaps both, will naturally drop points due to this direct encounter, so Real Madrid's obligation is to add three to climb from third to second position, overtaking either the Culers or the Colchoneros.