{"id":34651,"date":"2014-04-21T19:22:38","date_gmt":"2014-04-21T11:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dafabetsports.com\/en\/?p=34651"},"modified":"2014-04-22T11:37:34","modified_gmt":"2014-04-22T03:37:34","slug":"atletico-madrid-v-chelsea-thibaut-courtois-excited-to-face-blues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dafabetsports.com\/en\/football\/atletico-madrid-v-chelsea-thibaut-courtois-excited-to-face-blues-34651.html","title":{"rendered":"Atletico Madrid v Chelsea: Thibaut Courtois excited to face Blues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dafabetsports.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Thibaut-Courtois-Atletico-Madrid-goalkeeper-against-chelsea.jpg\" alt=\"Thibaut Courtois Atletico Madrid goalkeeper against chelsea\" width=\"620\" height=\"350\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dafabetsports.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Thibaut-Courtois-Atletico-Madrid-goalkeeper-against-chelsea.jpg 620w, https:\/\/dafabetsports.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Thibaut-Courtois-Atletico-Madrid-goalkeeper-against-chelsea-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dafabetsports.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Thibaut-Courtois-Atletico-Madrid-goalkeeper-against-chelsea-584x330.jpg 584w, https:\/\/dafabetsports.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Thibaut-Courtois-Atletico-Madrid-goalkeeper-against-chelsea-460x260.jpg 460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"button-container\">\n<div class=\"button-align\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/signup.dafabet.com\/en\/registration.html?trackingId=TRK397730414&#038;mediaId=MED982939458&#038;language=en-US\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dafabetsports.com\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/unspoken\/images\/join-now.png\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsbook.dafabet.com\/en?trackingId=TRK205753107&#038;mediaId=MED595488343&#038;language=en-US\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dafabetsports.com\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/unspoken\/images\/view-market.png\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class='content-column one_fourth'><p><strong>Share this story<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style\">\n<a class=\"addthis_button_facebook_like\" fb:like:layout=\"button_count\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"addthis_button_tweet\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"addthis_button_google_plusone\" g:plusone:size=\"medium\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"addthis_button_pinterest_pinit\" pi:pinit:url=\"https:\/\/www.dafabet.com\" pi:pinit:media=\"#\" pi:pinit:layout=\"horizontal\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/s7.addthis.com\/js\/300\/addthis_widget.js#pubid=undefined\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- AddThis Button END --><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdb\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsbook.dafabet.com\/en?trackingId=TRK205753107&#038;mediaId=MED595488343&#038;language=en-US\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dafabetsports.com\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/unspoken\/images\/100-fdb-join-today.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong>Claim your Bonus<\/strong><br \/>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsbook.dafabet.com\/en?trackingId=TRK205753107&#038;mediaId=MED595488343&#038;language=en-US\">Get 100% up to SGD100 Bonus on your First Deposit<\/a><br \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"three-fourth\">\n<h2>On-loan Atletico Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has admitted he is \u201crelieved\u201d to be able to play against parent club Chelsea in this week&#8217;s Champions League tie.<\/h2>\n<p>The two teams will meet in the semi-finals of the competition, with both hoping to get off to a good start at the Vicente Calderon on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>When the draw was made reports suggested Atletico would have to pay a fee of around \u00a35m to <a style=\"color:#AD0002\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dafabetsports.com\/en\/football\/premier-league\/chelsea\">Chelsea<\/a> to enable Courtois to play in the two-legged tie.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a style=\"color:#EAB922\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dafabetsports.com\/en\/football\/atletico-madrid-los-indios-remain-in-courtois-talks-2014042034573.html\"> Thibaut Courtois will face his parent club in the Champions League<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, that was waived by UEFA and Courtois now has the chance to feature against Jose Mourinho&#8217;s side having never played for the Blues since his move from Genk in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>The Belgian admits he wants Chelsea to do well this season but he is hoping to help Atletico reach the <a style=\"color:#AD0002\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dafabetsports.com\/en\/football\/champions-league\">Champions League<\/a> final. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m very relieved. That we&#8217;ve drawn Chelsea is special because even though I&#8217;m at Atleti, Chelsea are my club,&#8221; Courtois told UEFA.com.  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want to win trophies here and I&#8217;ll be an Atleti supporter for these two games, but at all other times I&#8217;m a Chelsea fan too. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I hope they win the Premier League, just not these two matches. I really hope we can reach the final as we&#8217;re so close. They&#8217;re the favourites, but Barca were too.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"color:#EAB922\">Atletico are 1.87 favourites to win<\/strong> on Tuesday night due to their home advantage, but the draw could be a good bet <strong style=\"color:#EAB922\">at odds of 3.35.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"color:#EAB922\">Chelsea are 4.22 to win away from home but they look set to be without injured playmaker Eden Hazard.<\/strong><br \/>\n<center><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsbook.dafabet.com\/en?trackingId=TRK843155975\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dafabetsports.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Sports-button-3.png\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On-loan Atletico Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has admitted he is \u201crelieved\u201d to be able to play against parent club Chelsea in this week&#8217;s Champions League tie. The two teams will meet in the semi-finals of the competition, with both hoping to get off to a good start at the Vicente Calderon on Tuesday night. When the draw was made reports suggested Atletico would have to pay a fee of around \u00a35m to Chelsea to enable Courtois to play in the two-legged tie. Related: Thibaut Courtois will face his parent club in the Champions League However, that was waived by UEFA and Courtois now has the chance to feature against Jose Mourinho&#8217;s side having never played for the Blues since his move from Genk in 2011. The Belgian admits he wants Chelsea to do well this season but he is hoping to help Atletico reach the Champions League final. &#8220;I&#8217;m very relieved. 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