Lamine Yamal and Thibaut Courtois, Getty Images November 20, 2025, 1:48 p.m

The Belgian goalkeeper of Real Madrid Thibaut Courtois in the last interview spoke about the events of the last confrontation against the Catalan Barcelona, ​​when the statements of the “Blaugranas” striker Lamin Yamal before the game became the reason for clashes directly on the field.

“For me, Lamine Yamal is a great player who will mark a whole era in the history of Barça with his game. At least I think so. But in the end, yes, he expressed himself in a certain way before El Clasico, he made the situation a little tense, and obviously the press did not just attack him.

When you’re under a lot of pressure and adrenaline, sometimes you say things you later regret. But I think that’s what El Clasico should be.

Sometimes we need that atmosphere and I think after four defeats last year we need that fire again from the enemy and we have to put pressure on them because even when they win they don’t show us any respect.

These things remain on the field. If I saw Lamin Yamal in a restaurant tomorrow, I would say hello. I don’t think there are any problems between me and Lamine.

Classico is always motivating, but sometimes hearing things like this motivates even more. I think that if you are a winner in life and want to keep winning, then things like this motivate you even more. This is a personal matter for each person,” said the Belgian performer.

We will remind you that before this Courtois talked about the adaptation of Kylian Mbappe in Real.