Thibaut Courtois critical of Real Madrid teammate after win over Pachuca | OneFootball

Real Madrid star Thibaut Courtois appeared critical of teammate Raúl Asencio, on the back of the club’s meeting with Pachuca.

This comes after the latter was shown a straight red card inside the opening 10 minutes of the clash.

Real Madrid were of course back in action on Sunday evening, locking horns with Mexican outfit Pachuca in a Club World Cup group stage fixture.

When all was said and done, Los Blancos managed a return to winning ways, ultimately emerging on the right side of a 3-1 result.

As alluded to above, though, as much was thrown into doubt early on, upon Raúl Asencio being sent for an early bath.

Owing to a last-man challenge, the 22-year-old left Xabi Alonso’s troops with just 10 men to see out over 80 minutes of action.

This came fast on the back of Asencio also conceding a penalty in Real Madrid’s CWC opener against Al-Hilal.

And as alluded to above, drawn on the situation post-match on Sunday, honest as ever was teammate Thibaut Courtois.

“Maybe the red card was a bit soft, but it’s the second straight game where a similar, small mistake has been made [by Asencio],” the Belgian concluded.

Courtois continued:

“We will keep fighting for Asencio, now win without him and keep winning when he’s back.”

Conor Laird – GSFN