Real Madrid coach reveals star player helped out with player analysis last season

Real Madrid goalkeeper coach Luis Llopis is a household name at Valdebebas, and number one goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois is heading in that direction. The Belgian shot-stopper is the best in the world on his day and even during his fitness problems last season he put his talents at the service of the club.

Llopis was part of the talks involving former Liverpool and Real Betis goalkeeper Adrian San Miguel at FSI at the Benito Villamarin last weekend. He explained that Courtois helped him with his analysis last year regarding his backup Andriy Lunin.

“While he was injured, we would talk at the end of the games, sometimes even on the phone right afterwards. We analyzed Andriy's images to improve them. I shared my data and opinions with him, he was attentive to the improvement of the team. He thought it was important to analyze and improve, we shared the objectives that needed to be set. And Lunin had no idea this was happening,” Llopis revealed to Relevo.

“With his opinion and mine, we prepared the work for the week to improve him. I saw some things and he saw others. Everyone wants to play every Sunday, but for a coach it is important that the relationship is good and enriching for everyone's betterment,” he noted.

Adrian would go on to note that previously there was much less camaraderie and team spirit between the goalkeepers, but something was changing. Curiously, both Barcelona and Real Madrid have been forced to rely on their back-up goalkeepers for extended periods over the past two seasons, with Lunin performing well last season and Inaki Pena playing in place of the injured Marc-Andre ter. rose this year.