Thibaut Courtois has named two sides he desires Actual Madrid to keep away from within the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals.
Actual Madrid, who’re the defending Champions League winners, have certified for the quarter-finals of the competitors after defeating Liverpool in a two-legged round-of-16 tie.
Actual Madrid romped their solution to a 5-2 win at Anfield within the first leg after which secured a 1-0 win at Santiago Bernabeu within the second leg to seal their place within the UCL quarter-finals with a 6-2 mixture win.
The Spanish behemoths will study on Friday who they are going to be going through within the quarter-finals of the Champions League. Actual Madrid might be drawn towards any of the opposite groups who’ve certified for the quarter-finals. AC Milan, Bayern Munich, Benfica, Chelsea, Inter Milan, Manchester Metropolis, and Napoli have additionally certified for the final 8 of the competitors alongside Actual Madrid.
Thibaut Courtois desires Actual Madrid to keep away from Chelsea & Manchester Metropolis within the UCL quarter-final
Talking after Actual Madrid defeated Liverpool 1-0 within the Champions League round-of-16 second leg, Thibaut Courtois revealed he desires his workforce to keep away from Manchester Metropolis and Chelsea within the quarter-finals.
“I want to change a bit,” Thibaut Courtois mentioned. “Final 12 months we already confronted Metropolis and Chelsea, let’s see if we play different groups this 12 months. Haaland is excellent, he is without doubt one of the stars of soccer.
“Final 12 months we made it clear what character we have now within the workforce, with comebacks, we earn respect, we present that Actual Madrid is all the time there.”
In the meantime, Manchester Metropolis booked their place within the quarter-finals of the Champions League with an 8-1 mixture win over RB Leipzig. After the primary leg which led to a 1-1 draw, Manchester Metropolis waltzed to a 7-0 win within the second leg towards the German facet.
Chelsea, in the meantime, secured passage to the final 8 of the Champions League after getting the higher of Borussia Dortmund within the spherical of 16. After a 1-0 defeat to Dortmund within the first leg, Chelsea secured a 2-0 win within the second leg to safe development.
In the meantime, Actual Madrid will face El Clasico rivals Barcelona in a La Liga fixture of their subsequent sport. Actual Madrid will likely be aiming to cut back their hole on La Liga desk toppers Barcelona to 6 factors with a defeat of the Catalan outfit.