Spain goalkeeper and captain Iker Casillas is unlikely to lose his place in the national side despite a recent poor run for his club Real Madrid , coach Vicente del Bosque said on Wednesday . Casillas is one player , along with Wales winger Gareth Bale , who has been blamed by Real fans for the European champions ' slump and he was again the target of their ire during Tuesday 's 4-3 Champions League loss at home to Bundesliga side Schalke 04 . Although they squeezed through to the quarter-finals 5-4 on aggregate , Casillas and his team mates were whistled off the Bernabeu pitch by their angry supporters , already fuming after Real gave up the La Liga lead to Barcelona with a loss to Athletic Bilbao . Iker Casillas was blamed for this goal as Schalke 's Klaas-Jan Huntelaar pounced on his poor parry . Huntelaar buried his finish and the Real Madrid fans booed their keeper after the 4-3 Champions League loss . 'He did not play well and he admitted that , ' Del Bosque said in an interview with Radio Marca . 'He also saved Madrid at the end , ' added the 64-year-old , who coached Casillas when he was in charge at Real between 1999 and 2003 . 'We do n't have to make a change unless the dip in form is alarming . I think he is in good shape . ' Del Bosque has plenty of options if he decides to call time on Casillas 's international career , with the likes of David De Gea ( Manchester United ) and Kiko Casilla ( Espanyol ) pushing for a starting place . Casillas 's apparent drop in form does n't bother Spain coach Vicente del Bosque who 's back his keeper . Casillas ( left ) shows his disappointment alongside Toni Kroos after Real 's loss to Schalke . However , he has consistently backed his captain during several difficult periods in recent years and is unlikely to drop him unless he suffers a sustained slump . Casillas has made 160 appearances for Spain , more than any other player , and led the side to back-to-back European crowns in 2008 and 2012 with the nation 's debut World Cup triumph in between in 2010 . Spain 's next game is a Euro 2016 qualifier at home to Ukraine on March 27 . With four matches played , Spain are second in Group C on nine points , three behind leaders Slovakia , who beat them 2-1 in Zilina in October , and level with Ukraine . Casillas is helpless as Austrian defender Christian Fuchs opens the scoring for Schalke on 20 minutes . The keeper and captain admitted his team had hit rock bottom after a recent poor run of results .
Spain coach Vicente del Bosque has backed keeper Iker Casillas . Casillas is in a slump for Real Madrid but safe in the national side . Casillas , along with Gareth Bale , are being blamed for Real 's poor run . Real Madrid lost 4-3 to the Champions League on Tuesday but still scraped through to Schalke quarter-finals .