Real Madrid's history of championship victories, according to Thibaut Courtois, may offer them an advantage over Manchester City in the second leg of the Champions League semi-final.
Following a thrilling first leg in Madrid in which Vinicius Jr.'s excellent first-half effort was cancelled out by Kevin De Bruyne's stunning goal, the two teams head into the meeting at the Etihad next week tied at one goal each.
In the second leg, everything is still up for grabs, but many believe that City will win the tie because they haven't lost at home in the competition in the previous five years.
Madrid, who are the defending champions and have won the championship the most times, will not go down without a fight, though.
After the game, Courtois told BT Sport that particular skill would be useful in Manchester.
Both teams played well in the game, he observed. We made a few more defenses. In order to defend, you must prevent Haaland from entering the area where Kevin, Bernardo, and Gundogan may simply play those passes.
"We performed well. They will therefore shoot farther more often as a result. Rodri and Kevin have accurate shooting skills. There was still much to play for and a solid draw.
It will be similar to a final. Although it's away, I think we're really good at winning championships, so I hope we can mentally prepare for it in this way even though it's in City.
Despite playing second best for the most of the match, Madrid improved after a sluggish start at the Bernabeu.
The team of Carlo Ancelotti is not accustomed to playing without the ball, but Courtois appeared to be aware of areas for improvement in the return match.
He said, "City is a team that plays with possession." However, they play more direct football with Haaland. Even when Ederson has the ball, he occasionally makes really deep throws, but not today. It was a unique type of game.
"We lowered a little bit to give them room when they had the ball because they have the ability to play the ball around," the player said. Because we are accustomed to having more possession of the ball, I believe that occasionally when they recovered it, we were anxious to pass too far and lost control of the game. They applied good pressure.
"I believe it was a good game. Ederson made two saves, and we had chances late." The City game will be entertaining.
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