Thibaut Courtois, the starting goalkeeper for Real Madrid, has rejoined the squad after an eight-month hiatus. He hurt his second knee in March after recovering from a torn cruciate ligament back in August, but he is now totally recovered.

Since Courtois has been working out with his teammates for the past week, Carlo Ancelotti, the team’s coach, can determine whether their star goalkeeper is prepared to make a comeback. For Tuesday, April 30, the first leg of the UEFA Champions League semi-final against Bayern Munich, the Belgian goalkeeper has been named to the team.

It’s highly likely that Courtois won’t get the start in the next game. Andriy Lunin will probably still be used by Ancelotti. Diario AS claims that Courtois may be defending the goal in the second leg at Santiago Bernabeu.

Although Courtois’s comeback to the team is encouraging for Carlo Ancelotti, there are still a lot of unanswered problems. Although Lunin has played well this season, he has not been having a good week. His errors in the games against Barcelona and Manchester City may have affected the Italian coach’s choice.

In addition, it’s important to note that Lunin has asked for a pay raise to match Courtois’s, suggesting that negotiations to extend the Ukrainian goalkeeper’s contract with Real Madrid may have come to a standstill.