Moya: Casillas Spain's Best Keeper

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Atletico Madrid goalkeeper Miguel Moya has sung the praises of his opposite number Iker Casillas ahead of his side’s derby match against Real Madrid on Saturday.

Moya insists that Saturday’s La Liga match against Real Madrid will be the high point of his career, especially going up against Casillas who has been his role model and inspiration.

Moya added that despite Casillas’ problems in the last year, which has seen him play second fiddle to Diego Lopez at times and also severely criticised as the Spanish goalkeeper during the 2014 World Cup, he has handled himself like a true professional.

“This is the high point of my career, particularly to be playing against Iker,” said Moya.

“I remember when I first started aged 20. Casillas was also young at 23, but he had already played in the top flight for five years.

“He was a goalkeeper to look up to. Furthermore, he is the best goalkeeper in the history of Spanish football.

“When you play for a team like Real Madrid you are always exposed to pressure and comments, yet Iker has been there many years and knows how to handle that.

“When things are going well it’s very nice, but when things don’t go well even the small details are made into a big story, sometimes when there is none.

“Last year with Diego Lopez it was a case of the Real Madrid coach having two goalkeepers of the highest level, so he had to decide between them and that’s all there is to it.”

Looking to the impending game on Saturday, Moya feels that it will be a close game similar to the way Atletico held the reigning European champions to a draw at the Santiago Bernabeu last month in the Supercopa.

“We all know that anything can happen, but I’m expecting something similar to the 1-1 draw in the first leg of the Supercopa, where Madrid took the initiative from the start and we had to curb their goalscoring opportunities,” added the shot-stopper.

“Madrid have players that finish very well, yet we are also a very dangerous team in attack.

“If the game goes as it did in that first leg, with not many chances in general, it could be decided as it was that day, when Raul Garcia scored from a corner.

“Hence, strategy is going to be very important this weekend.”

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