Courtois: "Now I'm on the good side of history"

MADRID, 27 May. (EUROPA PRESS) -

Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois confessed that he feels "on the good side of history" to win his first Champions League, not like eight years ago in the defeat against the Whites in the Lisbon final as Atlético de Madrid's goalkeeper. Madrid.

"Eight years ago I played my first Champions League, I didn't win it, now I hope to win it tomorrow. The whole team, the first or the fifth, has the same illusion, which is to win and increase the history of Real Madrid," he said at the conference. press release prior to the Paris final against Liverpool.

The Belgian goalkeeper recognized that thorn of losing the final against the whites, but he hoped to be part of Madrid's history with the club's fourteenth Champions League. Courtois explained that the opponent also knows that the Whites don't lose finals.

"They already played a final against Real Madrid in 2018. You know when you play a final against Madrid that they win it. Now I'm on the good side of history," he said. The white goalkeeper recalled that his work is useless without the support of the entire team.

"The defense is the whole team, not just the back line. We all defend on the pitch, and that's what we'll need tomorrow," he explained, satisfied with the solidity of a Madrid team that became great when they managed to close the goalkeeper's goal Belgian.

In addition, Courtois did not hesitate to praise his coach Carlo Ancelotti. "The good dynamics of the team is on the part of the entire coaching staff. We train very well, we know that they have to make decisions, but the coach manages it very well. Everyone has played and that is why we are where we are," he concluded.