Overview
- Real Madrid’s medical staff diagnosed Thibaut Courtois with a muscular injury in the rectus anterior of his right quadriceps and described his status as pending evolution.
- Courtois felt discomfort during the warm-up at the Etihad and was replaced at halftime of the Champions League match against Manchester City by Andriy Lunin.
- Multiple outlets report an estimated recovery of about six weeks, which would rule him out of the Madrid derby and both Champions League quarter-final legs against Bayern Munich.
- Lunin is set to assume starting duties in goal, with club figures expressing confidence in his ability to cover during Courtois’s absence.
- Because of the projected timeline, Courtois is also expected to miss Belgium’s March friendlies against the United States and Mexico, while some Spanish reports describe the injury as a tear, a term the club has not used.