{"id":1080,"date":"2026-10-25T12:01:48","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T12:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/25\/just-in-madrids-courtois-ruled-out-of-el-clasico-with-illness\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T12:01:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T12:01:48","slug":"just-in-madrids-courtois-ruled-out-of-el-clasico-with-illness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/25\/just-in-madrids-courtois-ruled-out-of-el-clasico-with-illness\/","title":{"rendered":"JUST IN: Madrid&#8217;s Courtois ruled out of El Cl\u00e1sico with illness"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"59.066387141859\">\n<p>Real Madrid\u2019s shotstopper Thibaut Courtois has been ruled out of his side\u2019s El Cl\u00e1sico match against Barcelona after contracting a flu-like illness, the club said on their website on Sunday.\n<\/p>\n<p>Dubbed a \u201d last-minute absence,\u201d the club said the Belgian will be replaced by 19-year-old Ukrainian goalkeeper Illia Voloshyn.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCourtois is a last-minute absence due to a flu-like illness for tonight\u2019s match between Real Madrid and Barcelona, corresponding to the tenth matchday of La Liga.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIllia Voloshyn has been called up in his place,\u201d the statement noted.<\/p>\n<p>Courtois, 34, a key player for Madrid, will be absent, but his absence will hopefully be filled in the intense La Liga encounter between the two giant clubs. <\/p>\n<div class=\"read-also\">\n<header>Related News<\/header>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Barcelona lead the domestic table with six points clear of Madrid, who sit in third place.\n<\/p>\n<p>The Catalan club has won all nine games this season in the league, amassing 27 points. They hope to make today\u2019s match their tenth consecutive league win; a record set by Madrid in 1968-69.<\/p>\n<p>Madrid, however, have lost two of their league games, losing to Real Betis and Atletico Madrid.\n<\/p>\n<p>The visitors will also be without their Brazilian winger Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior, as he continues his four-game domestic ban.\n                    <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"14.852589641434\">\n<p> All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contact\">Contact: <a href=\"\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#295d414c4c4d405d465b69595c474a41474e074a4644\"> <span class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"b5c1ddd0d0d1dcc1dac7f5c5c0dbd6dddbd29bd6dad8\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/span> <\/a> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Punch Newspapers &#8211; Latest News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid\u2019s shotstopper Thibaut Courtois has been ruled out of his side\u2019s El Cl\u00e1sico match against Barcelona after contracting a flu-like illness, the club said on their website on Sunday.&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1080\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}