{"id":3816,"date":"2025-12-04T08:54:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T09:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/piquant-burotic.com\/?p=3816"},"modified":"2025-12-04T11:14:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T11:14:46","slug":"thibaut-courtois-on-real-madrid-dressing-room-in-relationships-there-are-always-better-or-worse-moments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/04\/thibaut-courtois-on-real-madrid-dressing-room-in-relationships-there-are-always-better-or-worse-moments\/","title":{"rendered":"Thibaut Courtois on Real Madrid dressing room \u2013 \u2018In relationships, there are always better or worse moments\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois was in brilliant form again on Wednesday night, denying Athletic Club\u2019s best chance of the night on their way to a 3-0 win at San Mames with an excellent save. The Belgian goalkeeper has called on his teammates to keep the intensity high for every game.<\/p>\n

Cutting the gap to Barcelona down to one point, Real Madrid snapped a run of three away games in La Liga without a win. Manager Xabi Alonso referred to it as their most complete performance of the season<\/a>, with the only negatives coming in the form of injuries to Eduarddo Camavinga and Trent Alexander-Arnold<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Courtois: \u2018We said we needed to stop talking and start acting\u2019<\/h2>\n

After the match, Courtois appeared in the mix zone to give his explanation for the improvement in their performance.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the first half in Girona, we didn\u2019t give enough, and we have to understand that today, if you don\u2019t play at 100%, you can easily be beaten. What we\u2019ve said is that we need to stop talking and start acting. Matches are always different; Athletic plays with a high defensive line, which creates more space, and it\u2019s more difficult for us against Girona or Elche when they defend,\u201d he told Diario AS<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Image via Marca<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe can improve against teams that play deep. It was a good team performance. We have to keep working and believing. In the end, we\u2019re a team, and everyone has their role. Everyone played a great game. Everyone wants to contribute to the team\u2019s success.\u201d<\/p>\n

Courtois on relationship with Xabi Alonso<\/h2>\n

The pressure on Real Madrid has been augmented by widespread reporting that several of their biggest stars were unconvinced by Alonso\u2019s methods<\/a>. Courtois told El Chiringuito that there are always ups and downs in any relationship.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we\u2019re always close to him. Ultimately, we\u2019re at Real Madrid, any small gesture is magnified by 10, and we\u2019re people. Sometimes tensions are high, but I don\u2019t think there was a problem between the team and the manager.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"\ud83c\udf99\"COURTOIS, sobre la RELACI\u00d3N del VESTUARIO con XABI:<\/p>\n

\"\u203c\" “No creo que hubiese ning\u00fan problema con el entrenador”.<\/p>\n

\"\ud83d\udde3\" “Se habla mucho fuera, pero dentro no es as\u00ed”.<\/p>\n

\"\ud83d\udcf9\" @marcosbenito9<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/9HNzKVrYup<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 El Chiringuito TV (@elchiringuitotv) December 3, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cWe started very well. In relationships, there are always better or worse moments, but I don\u2019t think any player has felt that they were not OK with him, and we\u2019re always OK. I don\u2019t think there was ever a problem, on the outside, there\u2019s always noise, but on the internally, we don\u2019t notice it. There\u2019s a lot of talk externally, when maybe on the inside it\u2019s not like that, but we can\u2019t come out and deny everything.\u201d<\/p>\n

As Courtois notes, the goings on at the Bernabeu are under a constant microscope, and while the noise has grown since El Clasico, Los Blancos will need to continue stacking results in order to keep it at a more manageable level. Real Madrid face Celta Vigo and Manchester City at home next, following a run of six straight away games.<\/p>\n

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