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Keylor Navas Claims He Proved the Critics Wrong as He Returns to Real Madrid's Starting XI

Keylor Navas proved his critics wrong as he returned to the Real Madrid starting XI in place of Thibaut Courtois in Zinedine Zidane's first game back in charge.

Navas has played second fiddle to big money signing Courtois who arrived from Chelsea for £35m on deadline day last summer, but has answered his critics with a recent recall to the team.

The Costa Rican goalkeeper was accused of training poorly in the media and commented on his alleged bad attitude and training habits.

As quoted by Marca, Navas said: "The people who said that I had trained badly now have to admit [they were wrong] because either they don't know me or never saw a training session at Valdebebas [Madrid's training ground].