{"id":31404,"date":"2024-05-10T14:00:57","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T14:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/champions-league-iker-casillas-names-goalkeeper-for-real-madrid-against-dortmund\/"},"modified":"2024-05-10T14:00:57","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T14:00:57","slug":"champions-league-iker-casillas-names-goalkeeper-for-real-madrid-against-dortmund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/champions-league-iker-casillas-names-goalkeeper-for-real-madrid-against-dortmund\/","title":{"rendered":"Champions League: Iker Casillas names goalkeeper for Real Madrid against Dortmund"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Real Madrid legend, Iker Casillas has said that Andriy Lunin should start over Thibaut Courtois for Carlo Ancelotti\u2019s side in the Champions League final against Borussia Dortmund.<\/p>\n<p>As discussions intensify over the optimal goalkeeper choice for the Wembley showdown on June 1, Casillas, drawing from his extensive experience guarding Los Blancos\u2019 goalposts in European football\u2019s most prestigious tournament, offers his perspective.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized Lunin\u2019s reliability and recommended his continuation in the pivotal role while expressing confidence in Courtois\u2019 eventual resurgence despite his recent recovery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think in the final Lunin should continue,\u201d Casillas said (via Madrid Xtra).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCourtois doesn\u2019t have to prove anything to anyone, he will be the best goalkeeper in the world again, but he has recently recovered. Lunin has shown he is a guarantee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Champions League: Iker Casillas names goalkeeper for Real Madrid against Dortmund<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid legend, Iker Casillas has said that Andriy Lunin should start over Thibaut Courtois for Carlo Ancelotti\u2019s side in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31405,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1725,6066,15107,15,1468,160],"tags":[15109,1150,6067,15108,1145,1063,180,1472,201],"class_list":["post-31404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-champions-league","category-dortmund","category-iker-casillas","category-news","category-real-madrid","category-sport","tag-casillas","tag-champions","tag-dortmund","tag-iker","tag-league","tag-madrid","tag-news","tag-real","tag-sport"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - 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