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Goalkeeper Real Madrid Thibaut Courtois Nice to meet you Chelsea of the semifinals of the Champions League. However, Courtois will definitely want to kick his former club.
Madrid managed to advance to the semifinals after getting rid of Liverpool. Playing a 0-0 draw in the second leg of the quarter-finals on Thursday (15/4/2021), Madrid won 3-1 on aggregate.
After passing Liverpool, Madrid had to get past another English team that was no less tough, Chelsea in the semi-finals. This will be a test for the Los Merengues squad.
Not only that, the semifinal match was a nostalgic match for several Chelsea and Madrid players, because they had played together. For example, Mateo Kovacic in the Chelsea camp, who is an ex-Madrid player, then Eden Hazard and Courtoid in the Chelsea camp.
Especially for Courtois, the meeting will open old wounds. Because Courtois left three years ago from Stamford Bridge in a bad way.
However, Courtois has forgotten this and his mission is only one, to get rid of Chelsea to bring Madrid to the final.
“It’s great to meet familiar faces and I hope there is an audience at Stamford Bridge, because I have lots of good memories there,” he said. Thibaut Courtois to BeIN Sports.
“Even though my move was not in a good way or was conditioned like that, I only remember good memories there,” he continued.
“Two Premier League trophies, then lots of other trophies – I’m very happy to face them, but only one team can qualify for the final and I hope it’s Real Madrid.”
Real Madrid will host Chelsea on April 27 before away the week after.
(mrp / aff)
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