This will be the 10th match, the 2nd on the international stage, between Thibaut Courtois and Cristiano Ronaldo on Sunday on the lawn of the Olympic stadium in Seville, theater of the eighth finals of Euro 2020 between Belgium and Portugal.
So far, the last bulwark has only won twice and has already conceded eight goals from the feet of the stainless striker of the Seleçao.
“I’m going to watch images of his free kicks, his strikes, see where he likes to place them,” detailed the goalkeeper arrived at Real when the native of Funchal joined Juventus. “I will also analyze his races, his ball calls. My job will then be to interpret that as best as possible during the meeting. ”
“He’s one of the greatest players in history, he’s always able to surprise you,” added Courtois, 87 caps with the Red Devils. “I hope we can stop him as a team on Sunday. I’m not going to reveal our game plan, but we have one to tackle this duel against Portugal. The most important thing will be to prevent him from having the ball rather than stopping him with the ball. This is the main.”
Romelu Lukaku, also passed in front of the press on Friday in Tubize, also mentioned Cristiano Ronaldo. If the Portuguese finished top scorer in the last Serie A, the title went to ‘Big Rom’ Inter. “This distance fight nourished me individually,” said Lukaku, 24 goals against 29 for the Portuguese, before specifying that his goal has always been the coronation. “We won this league title in an exceptional way by winning a lot of important matches. That’s what my attention was on. ”
Asked about the qualities of CR7, Lukaku said he wanted to have the dribble and the ball strike of the Turinese before estimating that the Portuguese would surely like to have his strength and his game back to goal. ‘Big Rom’ also congratulated Ronaldo on having equaled the record of goals (109) in the selection of Iranian Ali Daei. “If I can reach it too?” It’s really huge! But I’m only 28 years old, it’s true that it’s still young, ”laughed Lukaku. “I’m still a long way from it, I don’t think about it at all. Everyone finds their motivation wherever they can, hats off to him for this fantastic record. “
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