Thibaut Courtois and Fede Valverde Focus on the Mistakes Made in Real Madrid vs Benfica

The Merengues are preparing for the match against the team that knocked them out of the top 8 and defeated them 4 to 2

Real Madrid against Benfica

Thibaut Courtois and Fede Valverde, two heavyweights in the Real Madrid locker room, approach the European reunion with Benfica in the round of 16 of the Champions League with the mistakes made in the 4-2 that knocked them out of the top eight very much in mind, but with the certainty of presenting a different image on Tuesday at Da Luz.

"Playing this playoff was not what we wanted, but it's what we have to do, and we are facing a great team that hurt us in their stadium," confessed Courtois hours before the reunion.

The mistakes and the answers

The Belgian goalkeeper pointed to the team's unity on the field and playing with lines together as key to avoiding another European defeat that could complicate the return leg at the Santiago Bernabéu.

"We have to improve, learn from that defeat, and have the same attitude as against Real Sociedad to get a good result", It will be different because it's a two-legged tie, but we know that they will look for an advantage at their stadium, and we have to be united defensively and offensively to return to the Bernabéu with a good result," Courtois assured.

Valverde

In the same line, one of the captains, the Uruguayan Fede Valverde, expressed himself with a desire for revenge. "We didn't give a good impression in Lisbon." The players are responsible. We have to keep growing and improving.

For Fede, the moment of the season arrives when they have to prove that they are going to fight to conquer the two major titles that Real Madrid aspires to, LaLiga and the 'Champions League'.

"We have to go for all the titles. If I say we are not fighting for the League and Champions, it would be a shame on my part as a player and captain. We have been working hard for these upcoming matches in the Champions League. "It's time to show what we want," he said in a motivational message that represents the spirit with which the Madrid team will face the knockout stage.