May 26, 2018 will unfortunately remain a dark date for Loris Karius. That day, Real Madrid and Liverpool faced each other in the Champions League final. A match that every good footballer dreams of experiencing. But this meeting turned into a nightmare for the Reds goalkeeper, guilty of two huge balls after a missed restart on Karim Benzema before releasing the ball on a strike from Gareth Bale. Since this sad event, the German goalkeeper has never been the same, forever marked by his blunders. A few weeks after the final, medical tests revealed a concussion on the Anfield goalkeeper. A physical problem which could have had irreversible consequences on the fate of the meeting. The former Liverpool goalkeeper did a long interview in which he details his long descent into hell.
“I had a hard time getting over it”
Since the end of his contract at Newcastle, Loris Karius has not found a club. This match with Liverpool is still anchored in the memory of the former Reds who has still not recovered from this lost final: “I had a hard time getting over it. Everything I did was scrutinized. It was so extreme. Even at other clubs, when I was trying to gain a manager's trust or get playing time when I felt like I deserved it… We can understand in a way, but it's frustrating when there's not much else you can do to make them change. notice”he confides to Bild Sport.
The latter has not ruled out the idea of retiring: “When you're in my situation, you have to consider it. I haven't made a decision yet because it's not necessary. I'm still in good shape. I still have all the potential and abilities But if a door doesn't open, I have to be honest and say to myself, 'Look, I have a lot of other things to do that I'm passionate about. 'love and invest in'. I don't think it would hit me so hard because I've already been through this process over the last few years.” The mentality of Loris Karius will be forever marked by this final during which he precipitated the defeat of his team. A long descent into hell for the one who was made a laughing stock of the football sphere.
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To summarize
After his completely failed Champions League final, notably because of two monumental errors, Loris Karius spoke at length to Bild Sport to tell the story of the nightmare he has been experiencing since that match as well as his descent into hell.
