Real Madrid's Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has missed Sunday's El Clasico decider against Barcelona due to flu. The Real Madrid club announced that Courtois was removed from the team's list of players for the game against Barcelona due to illness. This will be the Belgian goalkeeper's first absence of the season. Courtois played in all 12 games for Real Madrid and was one of his team's regulars by logging 1,800 minutes. During this period he kept two clean sheets against Malaga and Villarreal, and in the last match against Leipzig he performed well with his effective stops. In the absence of Courtois, Andrei Lunin is expected to be Real Madrid's main goalkeeper in El Clasico. Lunin has yet to play for Real Madrid this season and his last official appearance is in May 2026. Also, Ilya Voloshin, the goalkeeper of the third team of Real Madrid, was added to the list of players of this team. The match between Barcelona and Real Madrid will be held at Camp Nou on Sunday night.

Real Madrid's Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has missed Sunday's El Clasico decider against Barcelona due to flu. The Real Madrid club announced that Courtois was removed from the team's list of players for the game against Barcelona due to illness. This will be the Belgian goalkeeper's first absence of the season. Courtois played in all 12 games for Real Madrid and was one of his team's regulars by logging 1,800 minutes. During this period he kept two clean sheets against Malaga and Villarreal, and in the last match against Leipzig he performed well with his effective stops. In the absence of Courtois, Andrei Lunin is expected to be Real Madrid's main goalkeeper in El Clasico. Lunin has yet to play for Real Madrid this season and his last official appearance is in May 2026. Also, Ilya Voloshin, the goalkeeper of the third team of Real Madrid, was added to the list of players of this team. The match between Barcelona and Real Madrid will be held at Camp Nou on Sunday night.