If he won the Grail in 2018 with the Blues, by lifting the World Cup in Russia, Hugo Lloris does not have a track record worthy of the great goalkeeper he was. Often unhappy at the club, the goalkeeper playing today in Los Angeles has still not digested the defeat in the Champions League final in 2018. Then captain of Tottenham, Hugo Lloris lost to Liverpool (0-1) .
“Real Madrid would never have celebrated a lost final”
Dans son autobiographie « Earning My Spurs : A Life In Football From Nice To LA And Beyond », dont The Guardian published an extract, Lloris returned to the way in which the London club mismanaged this meeting which could have been historic for a club with the reputation of eternal loser.
« Four days before the final, Daniel Levy called us all together to announce that with the support of a sponsor, we would each receive a luxury aviator’s watch from the club, says Lloris. At first we were delighted, but then we opened them and discovered that he had had the player’s name and “2019 Champions League Finalist” engraved on the back of each watch. “Finalist”. Who does such a thing at a time like this? »
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After the lost final, the goalkeeper was also struck by the apparent good humor of many teammates. “ At the post-match reception at the hotel, I got the impression that some of the people at the club and some of the players were not disappointed enough to have lost. Real Madrid would never have celebrated a lost final »continued Lloris. Leaving London without a single trophy, Hugo Lloris shared the pain of Harry Kane, also dejected after this lost final, and left far from Tottenham to try to fill a still empty trophy cabinet.
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