Casillas rode the substitutes' bench for much of last season after injury opened the door for Lopez to establish himself as Jose Mourinho's number-one gloveman.
The 32-year-old was also forced to relinquish the captain's armband to Sergio Ramos, while rumours were rife of a fall-out between him and Mourinho, who has since left the club and returned to Chelsea.
"Diego Lopez is a fantastic person and a great goalkeeper," Casillas told Radio Marca. "He was superb and he deserves to continue playing. He had a brilliant season.
"I never wanted problems. I have learned how to show patience ever since I was a child, I know that I have to wait and try to win my place in the side."
As for him having reportedly lead a player coup in order to expedite Mourinho's departure from the Bernabeu, Casillas has tried not to let the speculation and criticism get to him.
"I didn't want to be a nuisance or be harmful to the team," the Spain skipper added. "If one day I am told that I have to leave this club, which I consider to be my home, I will go without fuss.
"I was trying to recover from my injury and others were saying things about me. If that had happened to me when I was 20, I would have taken it as a problem but right now I am the captain.
"I'm not going to go yelling that I am no telltale. I will try and win over the people who think I am not good enough. All I want to do is help my club so that they can win the 10th European Cup and all of the trophies that they contest." / football411.com
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