Real Madrid is maturing; Benzema got injured against Liverpool

Belgian Thibaut Courtois, goalkeeper of Real Madrid, believes that the Whites showed “authority and maturity” in the 1-0 victory against Liverpool in order not to trust themselves with a 2-5 draw in the first leg of the round of 16 league. football champions.

“In the first game they knew that if they went too crazy we could beat them from behind. Today (yesterday) we showed a lot of authority and maturity in playing our game and that was key for us,” said the Belgian goalkeeper.

“It was a good game for us. They tried to create chances. The first one wasn’t very difficult, but the second one for Darwin, I don’t know if it was in or out, but we had to work. Until our goal came, they were in the game, but when he arrived, we knew that we would pass,” he analyzed.

Real Madrid fulfilled the requirement with victory at the Santiago Bernabéu and sealed their ticket to the quarter-finals of the European Championship.

Frenchman Karim Benzema scored the only goal of the game in the 78th minute. but then he had to leave the game due to a blow.

The Real Madrid forward revealed that he left the field with a “hard knock to the tibia” which he, however, felt would not prevent him from being available for next Sunday’s Liga clásico.

“A hard kick to the shin. Just a kick,” he commented.

“I am, I am,” he replied of his presence in the classic. Benzema who analyzed the victory in the second leg in which they did not suffer because of a good lead of 2-5 in the first leg.