Thibaut Courtois won the Yashin Cup as the best goalkeeper in the world. But this recognition was not enough for the Belgian, who was angered by the results of the final list of the Ballon d’Or
The Real Madrid goalkeeper complained about his last position in the vote, which his colleague Benzema considered the winner: “You win the league and you win the Champions League, and your team wins thanks to your saves … and you are only seventh
In an interview with the French magazine L’Equipe, Courtois was again angry – four days after the Paris concert – and again saw the need to praise himself. “Last year, we won the Champions League, it was not only thanks to Vinicius, Valverde, Benzema or Rodrygo, but also Courtois,” said the Belgian goalkeeper
The player insisted on his importance in Ancelotti’s team: “Here in Madrid, I also have to start the attacks, I, with the first pass, I will decide how we will prepare the attack or how we will do it away from the pressure of the opponent
The former Chelsea and Atletico player explained. “Today you are almost the playmaker, goalkeepers are much more important than you think,” he stressed
Courtois added: “Without a good goalkeeper, you will not win any title
He again hinted at the Ballon d’Or: “At the football awards, sometimes they forget about us. People vote faster for a striker who scores goals than for a goalkeeper. This is so bad. But we will continue to show that goalkeepers have the most important role on the field
Courtois, who is in his fifth season at the Santiago Bernabeu, also complained to L’Equipe of his lack of patience” with his players in his position. The goalkeeper argued: “Once the goalkeeper makes a little mistake, they attack him and say the match was lost because of him. Sometimes we forget that the striker may have missed five or six easy chances to score before
