{"id":14331,"date":"2025-07-03T06:14:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T10:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/courtois-praises-alexander-arnold-nightmare-for-real-madrid-goalkeepers\/"},"modified":"2025-07-03T06:14:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T10:14:35","slug":"courtois-praises-alexander-arnold-nightmare-for-real-madrid-goalkeepers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/soccer\/courtois-praises-alexander-arnold-nightmare-for-real-madrid-goalkeepers\/","title":{"rendered":"Courtois praises Alexander-Arnold: &#8220;Nightmare&#8221; for Real Madrid goalkeepers"},"content":{"rendered":"The Real Madrid goalkeeper, Thibaut Courtois, has expressed his admiration for Trent Alexander-Arnold&#8217;s &#8220;incredible&#8221; crossing ability, describing his new teammate as a &#8220;nightmare&#8221; for goalkeepers.\n\nThe English defender provided his first assist for Madrid, with a precise cross that Gonzalo Garc\u00eda converted into a goal in the 1-0 victory against Juventus in the Club World Cup.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>He could have already provided several assists in the tournament. In training, his striking is incredible, his free kicks and corners are at another level. I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve seen anyone with his quality in striking and crosses.<\/p><cite>Thibaut Courtois<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nAlexander-Arnold joined Madrid from Liverpool before the tournament in the United States. He has started in all of Madrid&#8217;s Club World Cup matches so far, playing as a right-back and in midfield. Courtois admits that he is trying to get used to Alexander-Arnold&#8217;s style of play, who tends to move to more advanced positions.\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a4.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0702%2Fr1513894_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"Trent Alexander-Arnold has made a promising start to his Real Madrid career\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\nAlexander-Arnold has had a promising start to his career at Real Madrid.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>As a goalkeeper, it&#8217;s sometimes a nightmare. It keeps you alert and forces you to work hard to make saves. It makes us improve.<\/p><cite>Thibaut Courtois<\/cite>\n\nMadrid will face Borussia Dortmund in the Club World Cup quarter-finals on Sunday in New Jersey. So far, they have avoided facing Brazilian teams in the competition, with Palmeiras and Fluminense still in the tournament.\n\nAsked about the level of the South American teams, Courtois commented:\n\nThose of us who know about football never doubted his level. If you believe four Twitter users who think the level is crap, you are mistaken.\n\nMadrid has counted on Garc\u00eda&#8217;s goals in the United States. The 21-year-old player has replaced Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 while the French striker was recovering from gastroenteritis.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I didn&#8217;t expect him to score three goals in four games, but I knew he would do well. I trust him and he is earning that trust.<\/p><cite>Xabi Alonso, Real Madrid coach<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nGarc\u00eda is determined to make the most of his time leading Madrid&#8217;s attack.\n\nThe tournament is the opportunity of a lifetime and plans to give 200% to make the most of it.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Real Madrid goalkeeper, Thibaut Courtois, has expressed his admiration for Trent Alexander-Arnold&#8217;s &#8220;incredible&#8221; crossing ability, describing his new teammate as a &#8220;nightmare&#8221; for goalkeepers. The English defender provided his first assist for Madrid, with a precise cross that Gonzalo Garc\u00eda converted into a goal in the 1-0 victory against Juventus in the Club World [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14332,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[787,254,3347,788],"class_list":{"0":"post-14331","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-club-world-cup","9":"tag-real-madrid","10":"tag-thibaut-courtois","11":"tag-trent-alexander-arnold"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}