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Real Madrid goalkeeper Courtois 'really pleased' after victory at Chelsea

Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois was delighted with winning at Chelsea last night.

Two goals from Rodrygo saw Real reach the Champions League semifinals 4-0 on aggregate.

Courtois said, “I'm really pleased. The match was intense for me and managing to win with a clean sheet is always a good thing. The first half wasn't the best, but we corrected things at half-time. We improved in the second half and scored two important goals. They could've got back into the game, the fans were behind them. They were looking for that goal to bring them hope and fortunately Rodrygo scored."

“The save I made came from a low cross across the face of the goal. Someone tried to shoot, I fell a bit and I saw that the ball fell to Cucurella. I tried to jump and make myself big, throwing my body to the left to try and cover the far post and the front post with my feet. I'm very pleased with the save."

He added, "It's not easy to reach the semi-finals. For the last 13 years Madrid have made it to many. We're delighted to reach a semi-final. It's not easy, but once you're there, if you lose, it doesn't mean much. We have the aim of winning, but we take it one game at a time."

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