Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois produced another masterclass of the highest order in the Champions League on Tuesday night, as Los Blancos defeated a very game Stuttgart 3-1 to get off to the right start in the 2024/25 Champions League campaign.
Courtois returned from an ACL tear late in the 2023/24 season to produce another fine display in a Champions League Final, and, if anything, he’s somehow been even better after the severe injury – and he was already the best goalkeeper on the planet.
Everyone around Real Madrid can’t stop signing Courtois’ praises, and that goes for another legendary LaLiga goalkeeper who used to play for Real Madrid in the past, Santi Canizares.
He heaped the highest praise on Courtois, invoking the names of the GOATS, “Thibaut Courtois is the Maradona, Messi, Cristiano of goalkeeping. He is so much better than the rest and he performs everyday that it has become normal. He is the best GK I have ever seen.”
It’s hard to argue with him. Courtois has won six league titles and two Champions Leagues while posting a ridiculous 78.4 save percentage during his Real Madrid career, even though he was regarded as a flop after his first season.
Courtois is now the greatest keeper in Real Madrid history, even ahead of Iker Casillas, capable of making unthinkable saves. The Belgian international is as brilliant as any goalkeeper in history and may end up with a bigger legacy than Manuel Neuer if he keeps playing like this for the next five years.
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