Real Madrid
·30 January 2023
Real Madrid
·30 January 2023
Real Madrid were held to a draw against Real Sociedad, with Courtois giving his verdict on the game: "We did enough to win, we created lots of chances. They did too in the second half, but we deserved to win on the whole today. It's disappointing, but Real are a good side and can cause you problems. It's a draw that's a bit disappointing".
"The goalkeepers usually have great games here. Remiro is a top keeper and he produced some great saves, especially the one from Vini when he tried to dink it over him. He's had a great game and it's a shame we couldn't get a goal".
Penalty on Rüdiger "I've heard that it could have been a penalty. Sometimes penalties are given for holding in the box and sometimes they're not. It's a lottery, it's like handball, sometimes the VAR comes in and sometimes it doesn't. We can't make any excuses because we our chances to win and a possible penalty isn't going to change that".
Next game "We need to win on Thursday. Winning that game is important to get us back into a good run of form. We put in a good performance and we have to keep going and get a win on Thursday".
Nacho: "A draw is disappointing" "It was a very good game for the fans and played at a very high intensity. Both teams produced a great performance. The disappointment is that we created clear chances and didn't put them away. We were looking for a win and the draw is disappointing". “Both Remiro and Real Sociedad are having an unbelievable season. They’re a great side and they showed that here. We did a good job but we’re disappointed not to have got the win. But this doesn’t stop here, there’s a long way to go”.
Possible sending-off “It was a weird moment and I stopped the play. I thought it was given in our favour. I shouldn’t have cut the ball out but that’s football”.
Frustration “When you miss clear-cut chances it gets to you but the team battled on for the whole game. Perhaps towards the end we felt the extra-time from the Copa clash the other day. But this is a long-run thing, we have to keep going and fight for everything”.
Camavinga: “We won’t lose our confidence” “There are games when we don’t manage to score. It’s a long season, we won’t lose our confidence and we’re looking forward because there’s another game in three days’ time”.
“I played at left-back already at the World Cup. I’m here to help the team and give my all for this club. I played in this position for 30 minutes in the Rennes academy as well”.
Second in LaLiga “The season is so long, there are lots of games still to come. I can’t tell you who will win or not at this stage, five points is nothing, we’ll see what happens”.