Thibaut Courtois played with a whole series of great players during his professional career and he has now made his ultimate five-a-side team of the teammates he had.
Real Madrid Stopper Courtois appeared on the Rio Ferdinand Presents Podcast, presented by Qatar Airways.
And he was asked by the former man of the man United to collect his dream Vijf-a-Side Line-Up.
We are left to assume that Courtois would play himself in goal while he immediately continued to call his only defender.
“That's really a difficult,” he said. “A center-back, I might say from one of the defenders, I might choose Ramos.”
“I would place Eden (Hazard), he is definitely the best in the world. I know for sure, I'm sure. When we play the games, such as the small side games, five against five or so, it is always MAN marking. So if you were in possession, Eden would score and when you have to defend, you defend it with one. '
Courtois added that Hazard was the best he had ever seen when it came to beating his husband.
Courtois then needed a midfielder and then went for Madrid legend Toni Kroos.
“Toni would come in my box, give me the ball and I gave him the ball, I knew 99 percent of the time that nothing would happen,” he said.
“Okay, he once lost a ball, I don't know how many games, but yes.”
“He came with the pressure, he knew what to do, left foot, right foot. He knew before he got the ball why he would pass him, his technique, his death.
“I think we really miss him this year. I think so. He is a different kind of midfielder than, of course, what we have with the young children, such as Fede and Kamatz, more physical, more … They are of course also good football players, but Toni is incredible. '
Apparently the five-a-side team had become more of a six-a-side when Ferdinand asked for two more names.
'I have to choose two, but it is really difficult, right? Because, yes, vini (junior) … well, Kylian (Mbappe), I will not say yet, because I just play with him for a few months, so we already keep him outside.
'So I might say (Karim) Benzema, because I also think Benzema as a striker, he was a great striker in the box, but I also think the season we won the Champions League, the way he was too ….
'Yes, he was for me as one and a half number nine and a half. He could do everything between 10 and nine. I think he scored many goals, but also assisted, he let the team play better, so I would also like him in my team.
“Another one. Well, I would also place Vini for a five-a-side. Vinicius. I love this guy. I am very offensive, but I am sure Sergio will keep that with me.
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