Real Madrid begin their road to the fourth UEFA Champions League in row with a new coach, new style of play, and a new competition in the goalkeeping section.
In the summer Real Madrid parted ways with Zinedine Zidane and Cristiano Ronaldo both men who have helped the side cruise to a three champions league winning run.
This season will be a different season for Keylor Navas who have been in goal for Real Madrid in the last three victories in the competition.
In the summer the Los Blancos go the services of Thibaut Courtois from Chelsea, as he had a good FIFA World Cup in Russia and he was the golden glove winner.
While Julen Lopetegui, a former goalkeeper, is convinced he can keep both players happy at the club which is already showing in the Spanish Laliga as both keepers have shared the first four games between them, with only Navas keeping a clean sheet in the first game.
The main talking point now is who will be in goal in their opening match in the journey to defend their title.
During the tenure of Carlo Ancelotti when he had Diego Lopez and Iker Casillas in his ranks, he started Diego Lopez in the league and Iker Casillas in the Champions League and the Copa del Rey.
In this situation of having two great goalkeepers in your ranks there is need to make each of them happy by rotating them in a spectacular way that won’t affect the friendly competition between the two.
To my own opinion with the experience in the tournament with squad the coach should go with Keylor Navas as he has shown his composure in last three competitions which have seen them win the competition on all occasions.
Though the Rican have done a lot of mistakes in the past tournament, but you can’t take it away from the UEFA goalkeeper of the year 2018 that he is up to the task.
Thibaut Courtois can continue being in goal in the Spanish Laliga but on the long run he will finally claim the starting role spot as his age is a benefit to him ahead of Keylor Navas.
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