The discomfort Courtois has been suffering from in recent days is not serious, but the Belgian goalkeeper has been training separately inside the facilities for several days and his presence on Saturday against Leganés is not certain. They don’t want to take any risks with a crucial player in Real Madrid and Lunin is gaining ground to play on Saturday and give Thibaut a few more days of recovery.
The return of Thibaut Courtois with the Belgian national team after his confrontation with Domenico Tedesco did not go as the goalkeeper had hoped. In his return match against Ukraine in the Nations League he lost 3-1 in Murcia, while he was out for the second leg on Sunday.
The Belgian star suffered an overload during the warm-up and the decision was made to give him a rest. At Real Madrid they are on alert for a Courtois who was already absent on March 9th in the match against Rayo due to discomfort.
Alarms immediately went off in a white fiefdom weighed down by injuries, but it seems that it was all just a scare. “He has a small muscle overload. As a precaution, he did not play against Ukraine. He is expected to be fit for Saturday’s game against Leganés,” said Melchor Ruiz on Cope.
Throughout this season Courtois has missed a few games through injury, mainly to his adductor muscle. Despite these minor setbacks he is one of the players to have played over 3000 minutes for Real Madrid this season in all competitions except for the Copa del Rey, which is Lunin’s territory.
There are still a few days to go before the match at the Santiago Bernabéu against the pepineros, so the sensations he has in the coming days will determine Ancelotti’s final decision on who to put in goal in a match in which they will know if they are still co-leaders with Barça or if there are three points to make up so as not to allow Hansi Flick’s team to take the lead in the fight for the title.