The pair both start on the bench for Real Madrid against Girona tonight and many fans are not happy about it.
One tweeted: “USE COURTOIS FFS MUCH BETTER THAN NAVAS”
Another put: “I don't know why are you still putting courtois on the bench”
A third said: “is Courtois ever going to make his debut?”
Real Madrid star Luka Modric (centre) is yet to start this season (Image: EPA)
Real Madrid paid £35m for Thibaut Courtois this summer (Image: GETTY)
A surprise supporter simply wrote: “Modric on bench again?”
And it was clearly too much for one fan, who put: “WTF?!!! Where’s @lukamodric10 AGAIN?!!!!”
Raphael Varane was also benched tonight and one fan put: “Wtf is Julen thinking? Modric and Varane are on the bench”
Other football fans have joked about the omissions.
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One wrote: “@thibautcourtois playing the exact role he was brought to Santiago to play”
Another said: “This is how @thibautcourtois has gone from top to low, benched again, thank God we left u with ur problem @ChelseaFC, we are playing Sarri ball”
And a third wrote: “Why did you buy Coutois?? Isco or modric?? The club is in danger”
Keylor Navas started ahead of Courtois in goal, with Isco favoured over Modric.
Lopetegui named Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema up front once again for the clash, having seen the duo flourish in the opening-day win over Getafe last weekend.
Marco Asensio also gets a run-out up front as Real enter the post-Cristiano Ronaldo era.