{"id":1308,"date":"2025-12-04T17:19:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T09:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/?p=1308"},"modified":"2025-12-04T17:19:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T09:19:30","slug":"mbappes-explosive-pace-is-unmatched-says-thibaut-courtois","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/04\/mbappes-explosive-pace-is-unmatched-says-thibaut-courtois\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Mbappe&#8217;s explosive pace is unmatched,&#8221; says Thibaut Courtois"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"651\" src=\"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-6.png 1000w, https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-6-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-6-768x500.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kylian Mbappe, the Real Madrid star, stole the show with a brace against Athletic. Thibaut Courtois, another key figure for the &#8216;Merengues&#8217;, praised his teammate and expressed his delight at playing alongside the Frenchman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois reflected on his team&#8217;s current form after their 3-0 victory over Athletic ended a run of three consecutive draws in the league.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We needed to stop talking and start acting; that&#8217;s what we did. These are different matches. Athletic play with a high line, and we had more space. Elche and Girona sat back to defend, and we need to improve against deep-lying defences,&#8221; the Belgian said in the mixed zone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Out of pride as players, we need to give more on the pitch. In the first half against Girona, we didn&#8217;t give enough, and we need to realise that if you don&#8217;t play with 100% intensity, any team can put you in danger. We can&#8217;t always expect to come back,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Courtois also lauded his teammate Mbappe, who scored twice at San Mames, bringing his tally to 25 goals in 20 matches this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Playing with Kylian is better than playing against him. No one has his explosive pace. Sometimes I think, &#8216;I&#8217;m so lucky to play with Mbappe,'&#8221; he declared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kylian Mbappe, the Real Madrid star, stole the show with a brace against Athletic. Thibaut Courtois, another key<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1309,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1308"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1310,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1308\/revisions\/1310"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}