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Joel del Río
London
Updated
Thibaut Courtois has been chosen to give the press conference with Ancelotti prior to the morning crossing of the quarterfinals of the Champions against Arsenal. The Belgian therefore returns to the goal of the white team after missing the last three games, specifically since he arrived from the concentration with Belgiumafter causing leave in the second game, For a knee cyst that has given some problems. The goalkeeper returns aware of what Madrid is played and more after the last draw that complicates the league.
Shape state:
“I am fine, I had a day -to -day problem … I have been training and I’m fine. The team must continue and change the chip after a defeat”
The arsenal stopped ball:
“We have worked yesterday, we know how we have to try to defend them. Not having many corners against … but it is an activation problem. Sometimes it depends on the quality of the rival even if you are concentrated. If the rival puts a perfect center sometimes you can not do anything. We are ready to defend it well tomorrow and hopefully what we have prepared to go well.”
How are you physically?:
“I am fine. I have had two injuries at the beginning of the seasons, then I have been fine and this was a minor thing. For not risking important matches, we have preferred to wait.”
The Emirates Forty: “I did not know that they have not losing here two years. I do not think it changes much. It’s like saying that we have won 15 Champions, we don’t change. We know they are strong at home, it was Liverpool when we won there 2-5. If we had played 20 games here and we have not won it would be relevant but it is not the case. You have to try to win, each game is different. Here we will take it into account. “
More on the stopped ball: “In the end it is also how you defend it, here it is in the area and with blockages … as you try to intuit if you go to the first stick or the second, if there are blockages, you have to know these things. For a goalkeeper it is important to analyze it and we will try tomorrow to make us strong because when the game is blocked the stopped ball can help you.”
Wait at the end to win the game: “In each game we try to solve it in the first minutes, but the game lasts 90 minutes and perhaps sometimes we are better at the end or fresh players enter that can mark the different. It is always difficult, but it is not something we do on purpose.”
More about arsenal: “We have a lot of respect for Arsenal, I have many friends who are fans of Arsenal and I know they are doing very well. It is a young team, but with experienced players. Strongs to ball stopped so it is very difficult to play against them. I hope we can harm them, it will be a great game. It is a matter of time to win a trophy.”
Change of attitude in Champions: “I do not think there is a big change. Maybe it shows more because it is the Champions League, but we take each game seriously, we do not go out in the league to take a walk. In Champions League the adrenaline is higher, instead of going 100% you go to 110%, but each error also penalizes more. But it is not such a big change.”
Kevin de Bruyne leaves the City:
“He is one of the best players in the history of Belgium and also in the Premier. We have shared many moments, but I thought I was going to another team so I was not surprised.”
If you look holding: “I am 100%, you have to ask the coach if I’m going to play but I feel prepared. I have been training in the gym and the last days about the grass.”
Does criticism bother you? Do you choose matches?:
“No, in the end we have enough to analyze our games internally … and if sometimes a journalist thinks something else and the player’s line is another. We care about criticism inside, it may be that adrenaline is higher in Champions, but this shield asks us 100% in all games. The players do not choose matches.”
