Girona vs Real Madrid, Los Blancos Without Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois

Real Madrid will certainly be without goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois in the continuation of the Spanish League match against Girona at the Montilivi Stadium, Tuesday (25/4/2023) or early Wednesday WIB local time (Wednesday early morning WIB). Courtois was dropped from the Real Madrid squad due to gastroenteritis or vomiting and diarrhea.

The Belgian goalkeeper suffers from inflammation of the walls of the digestive tract, especially the stomach and intestines. Launching the official Real Madrid website, Courtois’ absence has resulted in Castilla goalkeeper or Real Madrid academy Mario de Luis being temporarily promoted to the first team.

Meanwhile, Ukraine goalkeeper Andriy Lunin is rumored to be Carlo Ancelotti’s choice to replace Courtois. Previously, Madrid also confirmed that they would appear without captain Karim Benzema and David Alaba who were still recovering.

As for the player Los Blancos others who were also absent were Eduardo Camavinga (injured), Dani Ceballos (card accumulation), and Ferland Mendy (recovery from injury).

Facing Girona, who is currently in 11th place in the 2022/2023 Spanish League standings, coach Carlo Ancelotti doesn’t want to get cocky. Ancelotti even praised Girona’s quality, which he called playing “beautiful football”.

“Girona are a team who play beautiful football and they are very organized with the ball and keep possession well,” Ancelotti said as quoted from the club’s official website.

Los Galacticos need three full points to keep their hopes of catching up with their eternal rivals, Barcelona who are currently at the top of the standings with a difference of 11 points. La Liga itself still has eight matches remaining in the 2022/2023 season.

“We are in good form. We are two equal teams and the deficit comes through small details but we want to reduce it in the upcoming games,” said Ancelotti.

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