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Amanda Langell

Thibaut Courtois Clasico ‘Return’ Balanced by Huge Real Madrid Injury Blow

Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois is reportedly in line to return for Sunday’s El Clásico, marking what would be his first appearance since March 17.

The Belgian shot-stopper suffered a thigh injury in the second leg of the Champions League round of 16 against Manchester City and has been sidelined ever since. Los Blancos felt Courtois’s absence nearly every time out—they kept just one clean sheet in eight matches without him between the posts.

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