Ex-Benfica teammate on Real Madrid–Marseille rows: crystal clear | OneFootball

Thibaut Courtois expressed no doubts about the 2-1 victory, in Real Madrid - Olympique Marseille. The teammate of Álvaro Carreras, who started the match counting for the first round of the Champions League group stage, analyzed the triumph, and commented on the two penalties that resulted in the Madrid goals.

"Winning home games takes you far. We wanted to learn from last year, when we lost here against Milan. We deserved to win, we created many chances and the two goals came from two penalties. We deserved more to score goals in plays and not from penalties, which were clear", began to clarify the teammate of the former Benfica, Carreras.

Courtois continued, with an analysis of the match: "The coach asked that we maintain the same attitude at halftime. In the second half, they pressed less, since almost every time we advanced we created a chance. In the first ten or fifteen minutes, however, we did not handle the ball well and we had more difficulties. In the end, it was a good victory to start".

"The coach insists a lot that the wingers, Kylian Mbappé, and the offensive midfielders have to fall back, and that changes a lot. So far, we have been doing very well and we have to continue in this line. The coach also asks me to play more forward and I run more (laughs)", threw, then, the teammate of the former Benfica, specifying the differences between Xabi Alonso and Carlo Ancelotti.

Champions League, serving Real Madrid - the Spaniard started and played the 90 minutes of the match that ended with a hard-fought victory, by 2-1, after the whites saw Carvajal sent off with a straight red, at 72'.

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