The ESPN FC crew reacts to Alex Kirkland detailing Thibaut Courtois’ injury that will have him out for an expected 6-7 weeks, including Real Madrid’s UEFA Champions League Quarterfinals matchup vs. Manchester City.
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none of my fellow Real Madrid fans were expecting TC to be playing…
as for Real Madrid not having a chance the team is better then last season they have added Jude, Brahim Joselu Gacia & the youngsters are better & more mature …
Its funny a depleted Liverpool is above Man City & a Arsenal that struggled to get past Porto is top so how come the best team in the world isnt above Arsenal & Liverpool at the moment they are not better perhaps?
These guys never learn for sure😂, Let's just wait and see only time will tell and yhe the good thing we'll be there no matter what 😂
This Ale guy always speaks football like he never plays it. He doesn't have respect for players, managers, and teams. Not to talk about L. Garcia, he is not paid to analyze football but rather to market Barcelona. ESPN should let these guys know that some customers want to enjoy the value for their money.
Lunin has been outstanding since the beginning of this season, and even if Courtoir returned or not he would still be the best choice bcos he's been hoping for this. And secondly madrid squad this year have been more exciting to watch than last year. Look at last season. We only won barca twice. Now we've won barca twice in a row. I feel this Madrid will progress over mancity. It's gonna be tough and interesting but i will vote for madrid going through to finals
City is going to screw RefVardird once again.
Based on the stats, the data, the development, the trends, and the trajectory since 2020/21, 🏴 clubs are ruling Europe for a significant amount of time.
Steven and Ale Moreno are too anti madrid. I don't know why.
Courtois the best goalkeeper in the world LOL
His name is Thibaut Courtois. Why does everybody keep calling him "Thibo Kortwaa"?
Lunin well be ready as he is 😊we didn’t expect him to start agains city either
this is what we want.. ESPN writing off Real madrid
Everyone is forgetting that 5 madrid players are on 4 yellow cards.. vini bellingham cama etc ..vini and cama will get one for sure and then bye bye madrid
Well Ale & Steve Regarding courtois
Well said Ale at the end 👏🏻 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
bro city is not the same city from last season they are worse, city have an edge but these clowns are talking like city is playing luton xD…. pundits
These pundits need to work at a Circus.
Lets wait for the final to be played.
We totally forgot that brahim, joselu and bellingham replaced mariano, hazard and asensio…. Vini, valverde, cama and tchou became better players this season
.. further more, city haven't been great this season as well… losing gundogan in midfield reduced the way they dictate play, if they were so spectacular they should be on top of EPL… let wait and see tho, but I really like when they write Madrid off tho.😊
Maignan would be a great remplacement
We are Real Madrid and we don't need anyone to make an argument for us!
Again he can you be constant with 2 acls for 1st team players in pre season, then Alaba, Then Vini 2 months (and another injury) Jude injured and suspended, Carvajal missed games as well. Not knowing you're true #1 for a while, Not having a reliable Left Back. Camavinga and Tcha both getting injuries as well. Oh yeah BENZEMA left as well. Did everyone forget about this? And Güler like 3 injures. What are we even debating about inconsistency? Still top with 7 points best Defensive record QF. What more can you ask for?
he is not that good come on real have only one player and its bellingham
The chances are 50-50
ESPN Pundits are the only once who learns nothing from football
makes no difference if he was playing they are going out regardless
Madrid can’t win the CL every year. As a Madrid fan, I know Madrid are going to get beaten, all I care is that we give a good account of ourselves. We WILL come back stronger next season when Militao, Alaba and courtois are back coupled with the addition of the ninja turtle and alphonso Davies.
It's high time for Lunin to step up.
Don't underat Lunin,he will surprise you.
Speaking as a real madrid fan , nobody expected him to play this season especially against city when he is lacking match fitness. Infact I would have been disappointed if courtois was XI against city.
Bro scared she gonna cheat on him with kdb😂
Hope he misses the EUROS.he deserved this for his arrogance
Its foden and bernardo that will cause us the problems
Moreno making sense for once
And the good news keeps rolling in. 😊
these ppl said the same thing in last 10 years, and real won 5 CL hahah.
Sounds like its gonna happen again. Real love not to be favorites
Ali Moreno is a 🤡
what if it's a long shots only game like the first leg this is a big miss
Im not a RM or MCity but honestly MCity has a little advantage they are playing better and the main point is in the Champions ligue there is not room for favoritism like la liga española be real guys
Just prepare Lunin
It is highly recommended and a MUST for Real Madrid management, board of directors, coaching staff, people working in their club who are involved on the transfer-market to permanently sell who are currently out on loan to play for another football club, do not offer a loan with buy back clause or with a number or percentage rights, recall or return players that are currently on-loan by another football club to play for Real Madrid, ageing ((28) years old and above), inconsistent (due to limited playing time, never have played and always on the bench, poor defensively, not performing well), injury prone, those who are not comfortable playing in different position, that MUST happen on or before July 2027. We are referring to Modric, Kroos, José Ignacio Fernández Iglesias "Nacho", José Luis Mato Sanmartín "Joselu", Vasquez, Daniel Carvajal Ramos "Dani Carvajal", Courtois, Alaba, Rudiger, Arrizabalaga, Mendy, Daniel Ceballos Fernández "Dani Ceballos" Jesús Vallejo Lázaro "Jesus Vallejo", Francisco José García Torres "Fran Garcia", Diaz, Juan Miguel Latasa Fernández "Juanmi Latasa", Reinier Jesus Carvalho "Reinier", Rafael Marín Zamora "Rafa Marin", Nicolás "Nico" Paz Martínez, & Arda Guler.
Once they get sold these are the players should be sign based on their positions on or before July 2027.
Right Back: Alejandro "Alex" Jiménez, Jesus Fortea, Malo Gusto
Left Back: Alphonso Davies, Miguel Gutierrez
Centre Back: William Saliba, Leny Yoro, Dean Huijsen
Main Striker: Kylian Mbappe
Lastly Real Madrid must never offer a contract to these players for a RIGHT BACK position, that are inconsistent, poor defensively, has disadvantage of height and strength (lacks muscles), proven already that unable to stop wingers/strikers in different leagues, injury-prone, has beyond 60 million euro's transfer-market value, and ageing 27 years old and above, and turning 27 years old and above on year 2027. We are referring to Walker (33), Trippier (33), Di Lorenzo (30), Cancelo (29), Dumfries (27), Mazraoui (26), Wan-Bissaka (26), White (26), Hakimi (25), Alexander-Arnold (25), Dalot (24), Porro (24), James (24), Frimpong (23), Couto (21), Sanchez (20) and Fresneda (19)
A Madrid fan.. And I prefer Lunin to play over courtois at this stage so no real loss..
A huge blow but thank god lunin is in his best form.
Congratulations real madrid for another injury👏🏼 Visca El Barca💪🏼
Real madrid as the underdogs. this ucl win is going to be phenomenal. Hala Madrid.
Lunin at some point was a third choice ?
Well, at some point He was not playing football even!!
Rudiger is one of the best and if not the pest CB in the world at the moment!!!
Mendy was their when they defeated MC !!!
The has lost only 1 game after 29 games in Laliga !!!
Twist it as much as you want ESPN…
It’s a 50/50 game and anything can happen at this match up
All Madrid do is buy the best players from any club that is doing well (Chelsea, City, Dortmund, I can keep going), and when they lose that is an embarrassment to them. Remember when they brought Hazard and Courtois from Chelsea but yet Chelsea gave Madrid a good beating? So if they don't win it this year that is a big disappointment from on paper standards.
Sorry for him but Lunin has been sensational without him made it easy for Anceloti
Real Madrid will lose to City NO DOUBT!
bellingham is a player who can win you Champions league 😂😂😂 ha ha haaa good laugh
Militão is back aw snap… City are in big trouble the best center back in the world is back Haaland is worried
who else oh yeah Carvajal is going to destroy City
Lucas Vázquez will eat City for breakfast
Hala Madrid
bellingham is a player who can win you Champions league 😂😂😂 ha ha haaa good laugh
Militão is back aw snap… City are in big trouble the best center back in the world is back Haaland is worried
who else oh yeah Carvajal is going to destroy City
Lucas Vázquez will eat City for breakfast
Hala Madrid
No Madrid fan was expecting curtoios to be back this season much less make an impact lol
City hasn't had a great season by their standards either.
Man City let in goals against anyone who come at them…..
Last season Karim Benzema sucked,
Didnt anyone watch the games ?
Vini is gold
And
Luton can score against man city
I am not even sure man city can beat Arsenal, they couldnt beat Liverpool