German Manuel Neuer joined – yesterday evening, Wednesday – the list of goalkeepers who committed serious mistakes against Real Madrid in the European Champions League competition.
Neuer made a mistake in controlling the ball and it bounced in front of Joselu, who put it into the net, scoring the equalizer 1-1 in the 88th minute, which witnessed another epic comeback for Real Madrid that will be remembered forever.
The fatal lapse by the German international goalkeeper seemed similar to other mistakes committed by other goalkeepers during the confrontation with Real Madrid in the major continental competition.
After the end of the match, Neuer bitterly told the German newspaper Kicker that, “There are no words, we were one step away from London (referring to Wembley Stadium, where the final match will be held). No matter how the goal was scored, I feel bad. The ball did not arrive.” “As I thought, actually, I was expecting it to reach chest height, but it touched the neck, and I had a hard time catching it.”
The fatal lapse by the German international goalkeeper, Joselu, scored the equalizer 1-1 (French)
Disastrous mistake by Donnarumma
In the second leg of the Round of 16 match between Real Madrid and its guest Paris Saint-Germain in 2022, goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma helped the Royal team come back 1-1.
The Italian international got an easy ball and wanted to take it out, but former Real Madrid player Karim Benzema appeared and stole it from him and scored the goal.
The match, in which Paris Saint-Germain was leading (1-0) at the Bernabeu, ended with a score of 3-1 for Real Madrid, who succeeded in reaching the quarter-finals.
Karim Benzema snatched the ball from Donnarumma (Getty)
Mindy’s gift
At Stamford Bridge in London, Real Madrid beat host Chelsea 3-1 in the first leg of the 2022 quarter-finals.
The third goal came with the help of Senegalese goalkeeper Edouard Mendy, who left the penalty area to catch a bad pass, so Benzema preceded him and sent the ball into the net, scoring a hat-trick in that match.
Benzema takes advantage of a lapse by goalkeeper Mendy and puts the ball into the net (Reuters)
Double fault from Karius
In the 2018 Champions League final, Real Madrid beat Liverpool 3-1 after two disastrous errors by German goalkeeper Loris Karius.
Karius was not paying attention when he tried to play the ball and Benzema appeared to cut the pass and score the goal.
That night, the “unlucky” German goalkeeper scored Real Madrid’s third goal, after failing to block an easy ball shot by Gareth Bale from the edge of the penalty area.
Alison is the sad protagonist
Last season, Real Madrid defeated its host Liverpool 5-2 at Anfield in the first leg of the round of 16, and goalkeeper Alisson Becker that day was the hero of the sad story.
One of the goals came after a mistake by the Brazilian goalkeeper, who tried to clear the ball, but it hit Vinicius and landed in the net.
Ulreich, “I can’t hold it in my hand.”
In May 2018, during the second leg of the semi-final between Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, goalkeeper Sven Ulreich hesitated between controlling the ball or letting it go, so it slipped and reached Benzema, who followed it into the empty goal.
The goalkeeper commented on the fatal mistake he committed at that time, saying: “They gave me a back pass and I saw Benzema coming towards me, so I tried to confront him, and immediately I said: Damn it, I can’t hold the ball with my hands.”
