""For me, Lamine is a great player and will be a player who will mark an era at Barça, I think, but well, in the end he spoke in a certain way, he heated up the game a bit and obviously the press jumped on him," Courtois noted. "Carva or Huijsen are in the national team and I think there's zero problem with Lamine. It's something that stays on the field and there's nothing going on off it," he further added."
""If I see Lamine in a restaurant tomorrow, I'll say hello. I don't think there's any problem between Lamine and me," the Belgian goalkeeper confessed. "When we're feeling really intense and full of adrenaline, sometimes you say things that you later regret, 'Well, that wasn't necessary.' But I think that's what a Clasico is like," noted Courtois. "Sometimes we need that atmosphere too, and I think that after last year when we lost four times, we also need that fire from an enemy again, and we have to go after them becau"
A heated scuffle broke out between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid players late in the first El Clasico of the season, escalating after the final whistle. The match finished 2-1 to Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu. Lamine Yamal had earlier joked that Real Madrid 'steal and complain,' which added edge to the fixture. Dani Carvajal and Lamine exchanged words at full-time before several players, including Thibaut Courtois, became involved. Courtois expressed no personal issue with Lamine, praised his potential to mark an era at Barça, and described the confrontation as on-field intensity that helped motivate Real Madrid after prior Clasico defeats.
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