Xabi Alonso's Real Madrid was destroyed 4-0 by Paris Saint-Germain in the Club World Cup and Thibaut Courtois did not keep anything back in criticizing his teammates
Thibaut Courtois did not bump after Real Madrid was crushed by Paris Saint-Germain in their FIFA Club World Cup semi-final on Wednesday evening, where the goalkeeper claimed: “We were too late for every situation.”
Pronounced goalkeeper Courtois said sorry to real fans after the winners of the Champions League PSG hum with 4-0 humiliated them in the Life Stadium of New Jersey.
A first half brace from Fabian Ruiz on either side of Ousmane Dembele's last goal brought the French side in full control before sub Goncalo Ramos late added to the cake.
And it left Xabi Alonso astonished under the burning American sun with the new real head coach who was already confronted with a post -mortem before he takes the lead in a La Liga match.
Real were without new signs Dean Huijsen, by suspension, and injured Trent Alexander-Arnold, but a still strong team was completely surpassed by FreewHeling PSG.
However, Courtois made it clear that the players simply did not follow the game plan of their boss because they did not press PSG because a collective and early mistakes left them with an insurmountable mountain to climb.
“We want to apologize to the fans,” said Courtois. “What was the problem? We didn't press like a team. There were two major mistakes at the start of the game and that struck us.
“We did not follow Xabi's plan for the game. We have to take the time and analyze, but we always arrived late in every situation.”
PSG is now confronted with Chelsea in Sunday's final with the winners who work £ 97 million for a month. The Luis Enrique team is opportunities to prevail above the side of Enzo Maresca.
And after the real Thrashing PSG boss Enrique said: “I think we started the game very well and we are very happy with the performance. It is difficult with those circumstances, but we are in a special moment in a special season.
“We are going to try to win the final. We just have to take another step against a good team like Chelsea, but we are almost there and we want to write history for our club.”