{"id":12625,"date":"2024-05-07T08:19:19","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T00:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/24hscore.org\/news\/?p=12625"},"modified":"2024-05-07T08:19:28","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T00:19:28","slug":"carlo-ancelotti-update-real-madrids-thibaut-courtois-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/football\/carlo-ancelotti-update-real-madrids-thibaut-courtois-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlo Ancelotti Provides Update on Thibaut Courtois&#8217; Return for Real Madrid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.24hscore.com\/football\/club\/real-madrid\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Real Madrid&#8217;<\/a>s head coach, Carlo Ancelotti, shared promising news regarding the return of goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois from injury. Ancelotti revealed that Courtois, who has been sidelined for the entire season due to a knee ligament injury, could make his comeback as early as next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Courtois faced a setback in March, necessitating another knee operation, but Ancelotti expressed optimism about his recovery. With crucial fixtures on the horizon, including the Champions League semi-final against Bayern Munich and a LaLiga clash with Cadiz, Ancelotti indicated that Courtois might be available for selection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Andriy Lunin has won Ancelotti&#8217;s trust as Madrid&#8217;s goalkeeper in recent months,&#8221; Ancelotti mentioned. The Ukrainian goalkeeper has impressed Ancelotti, notably saving two penalties against Manchester City in the Champions League quarter-finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Live<a href=\"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/football\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> football scores<\/a> delivered to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">?\u2705 Our squad for the match!  <br>? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealSociedadEN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@RealSociedadEN<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RealSociedadRealMadrid?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#RealSociedadRealMadrid<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tZT5dy8mvU\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/tZT5dy8mvU<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Real Madrid C.F. ???? (@realmadriden) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realmadriden\/status\/1783470228166361464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 25, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, Ancelotti opted not to include Jude Bellingham in the squad to face Real Sociedad due to a &#8220;stomach problem.&#8221; Bellingham, the England international, was sidelined for the fixture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite Bellingham&#8217;s absence, Real Madrid continues to dominate LaLiga, holding an 11-point lead over Barcelona. Ancelotti commented on Barcelona&#8217;s decision to retain Xavi Hernandez as coach for the upcoming season, praising Xavi for his contribution to the club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Xavi has done a very good job at Barcelona,&#8221; Ancelotti remarked, endorsing the decision for Xavi to stay. Xavi had previously announced his intention to leave Barcelona in the summer but reversed his decision following discussions with the club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid&#8217;s head coach, Carlo Ancelotti, shared promising news regarding the return of goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois from injury. Ancelotti revealed that Courtois, who has been sidelined for the entire season due to a knee ligament injury, could make his comeback as early as next week. Courtois faced a setback in March, necessitating another knee operation,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":12630,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","rank_math_description":"Real Madrid's head coach, Carlo Ancelotti, shared promising news regarding the return of goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois from injury.","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2929,3919,765,2928,36,3827,177],"class_list":["post-12625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-ancelotti-carlo","tag-arrizabalaga-kepa","tag-champions-league","tag-courtois-thibaut","tag-football","tag-lunin-andriy","tag-real-madrid"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12625"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12631,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12625\/revisions\/12631"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}