Lunin in a sea of ​​doubts

Andrey Lunin (Krasnograd, Ukraine; 1999) made his debut in a major team tournament that is impossible to forget. His performance played a decisive role in the heavy 3-0 defeat to Romania.. In the first goal His poor pass (preceded by a poisoned gift from teammate Matvienko) gave the ball to Dennis Man when his teammates were out of position. He then passed it to Stanch and scored a great goal. But the second would not exist without the first. With the score 2:0, Razvan Marin’s shot missed his hands.. A very slow reaction for a goalkeeper who, after a season in Madrid, seemed like an insurance policy.

After the game, Lunin addressed the Ukrainian fans present at the Allianz Arena in Munich (a huge community given the number of refugees in the country) and asked for forgiveness. He was very excited emotionally and did not hide his statements: “The first goal was my technical error. There is no further explanation. The game has changed. I’ve already apologized. I admit the mistake, it’s happened to me before, but I really feel sorry for my teammates because that’s what made the game difficult. In the second the ball was not visible”

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His teammates are also very self-critical of the entire team. Stepanenko, without pointing directly at his goalkeeper, spoke very clearly: “In these tournaments, sometimes you just have to play in front of your own goal, and the coach warned us about that before the game.” The coach himself explained: “I think it was unexpected for everyone. I always say that if we want to achieve anything in the Eurocup, every player must give their all. Unfortunately, this was not the case. But this is only the first game.”.

Alexander Kucher, coach of Dnepr-1 and 57 times played for Ukraine, commented on the situation in the Ukrainian media. New voice: “Perhaps it was self-doubt. But I don’t understand it, don’t they shoot at him like that in Madrid? There are always bugs, but in games like this you never want them to happen. Maybe it was nerves, but to be honest, it was hard to watch.” Sergei Lavrinenko, coach and former football player, analyzed: “The coaching staff doubted who to play. They were sure that Lunin was more stable. But I think there is a psychological problem here.”

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The debate is back

In Ukraine, it was not clear to everyone that Lunin should be in the starting lineup. His excellent season at Madrid, especially in the second half of the season, earned him a position after the March playoffs. However, his position is far from indisputable for Rebrov. During the qualifying stage, the Madrid player did not play in any of the eight games. In fact, he was considered the team’s third goalkeeper, because when Trubin did not play (break in September 2023), Buschan played.

Now the doubts are returning. Lunin has shown this season that he can be a reliable goalie in the most impressive scenarios, but Trubin is a very solid goalie and these particular failures are once again causing controversy. “How difficult is it to get up after a game like that? A lot of. But there are games every three days, there is no time. It is necessary to recover, change and move on.”

Lunin finished by saying. It will be interesting to see if the change he talks about sends him to the bench.

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