Real Madrid: Courtois Returns For The Champions League
The presence of Thibaut Courtois for the first time this season in a Real Madrid call-up, once two knee injuries have been overcome, is the novelty alongside the return of Ferland Mendy and Rodrygo Goes in a call-up for which Carlo Ancelotti takes the entire team, including the injured David Alaba and the suspended Dani Carvajal.
The trip to Munich for one of the most important matches of the season, the first leg of the Champions League semifinals against Bayern, is a special moment that prompts Ancelotti to want all his players together. The expedition, which will fly on Monday morning, will be integrated by the entire squad.
Including Austrian David Alaba, the only absentee due to injury, and Dani Carvajal, who will not be able to play in the first leg of the semifinals due to suspension for card accumulation.
The big news is the return of Courtois, who will not play against Bayern Munich but is already part of the squad and his return will occur next Saturday, in the La Liga match at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium, as revealed by Ancelotti himself.
Italian coach can now count on Jude Bellingham, who traveled but did not play minutes in San Sebastian due to gastroenteritis, and recovers from the last match Brazilian Rodrygo, after a flu, and French Mendy, who due to muscle problems did not have minutes in the last two matches of Real Madrid.