The physical transformation of the goalkeeper who was ridiculous in a Champions League final and did not play a year ago

His name was the cover of all the newspapers and sports sites in the world. A little less than four years ago, Loris Karius was the main protagonist of the Champions League final played by Liverpool and Real Madrid at the Olympic Stadium in Kiev. On May 26, 2018, the German goalkeeper of the English team was named as responsible for the fall of the Anfield team, who lost 3-1 to the Merengues.

Frenchman Karim Benzeman opened the account because of a rude mistake by Karius at the start. The goalkeeper tried to pass the ball to a teammate with his hand at the start of the goal, but he didn't realize that the scorer was there to press him and block his serve. After Sané's partial draw, Gareth Bale once again put Madrid in the lead. And when those led by Jürgen Klopp tried to force the extension, a distant welshman shot slipped out of Loris's hands.

That meant a before and after in the career of the goalkeeper that emerged in Mainz, who apologized to fans in tears after his serious mistakes. After what happened in the final in Ukraine, Liverpool hired the Brazilian Alisson Becker and Karius was loaned to Besiktas, from Turkey, and to the Berlin Union, in Germany, where he took the opportunity to change the air and make a physical transformation.

As can be seen on his social networks, the goalkeeper who is more than 1.90 meters tall works in several sessions in the gym to improve his condition. His muscular capacity grew considerably despite the fact that he has not played an official match since 28 February 2021, when he last saw action with the German team in the 1-1 draw against Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga.

At present, it is relegated. Klopp has not taken this into account since he joined for the start of the season and is the fourth goalkeeper in the rotation of the team that starts in second place in the Premier League and comes from beating Benfica 3-1 in the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals. The goalkeeper ends his contract in June this year, so he will most likely change teams after playing only 49 matches with the British.

It should be remembered that in the middle of last year, Karius was targeted by the English press when he was linked to an Argentinian model . The British newspaper The Sun photographed the footballer in an obvious affair with Maria del Mar Cuello Molar. After the images were leaked on top of a boat. “Yesterday, Sophia and I were leaked photos of my vacation showing me with another woman. Unfortunately, it is true that we have distanced ourselves for a long time. I am sorry that it is now collapsing and I would like to apologize for that,” Loris said on her Twitter account.

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