After Ukraine's loss in the first match, goalkeeper Lunin was considered to be the main person responsible for the loss, the first goal was obviously due to a lack of composure and lack of experience at the top level of the game. The second goal conceded Lunin was also responsible, the reaction really could not keep up, seems to be related to the previous mistakes, the mentality did not adjust in time. The third goal was more on the backline.
Lunin suffered 3 goals in the game, 2 of which were directly related to himself, so one could describe his performance as poor. Since joining Real Madrid in the summer of 2019, Lunin was first loaned out to Liga MX side Oviedo for a year, and has made few appearances since his return to Real Madrid, who already have a top class goalkeeper like Thibaut Courtois.
Courtois suddenly suffered a serious injury before the start of the 2023/24 season and Real Madrid promptly signed Kepa on loan from Chelsea. However, Kepa was also injured in the middle of the season, and Lunin naturally became Real Madrid's starting goalkeeper. After becoming the starting goalkeeper, Lu Ning performed well across the board and helped the team win the La Liga title. In one season, Real Madrid only lost 26 goals, the fewest among La Liga teams. It also topped the top five leagues when compared to Inter Milan's 22 goals and Leverkusen's 24 goals.
In the UEFA Champions League, Lunin took part in several matches, especially from the 1/8 finals to the semi-finals, where he was the last line of defense for Real Madrid. He made a significant contribution to the team by showing great saving skills on several occasions during the team's consecutive victories over RB Leipzig, Manchester City and Bayern Munich. But in the Champions League final, Real Madrid started from the return from injury Courtois, when the reason given was that Lunin did not enter the final with a cold and fever.
Regardless of the scenario of the last cold and fever, it now seems that the choice of Courtois in the Champions League final was absolutely correct, because the Champions League final is always fundamentally different from the previous knockout stage. Luening doesn't seem to be in the right frame of mind. He made such a serious mistake in his first time in a top competition like the Europa League, in large part because he wasn't in a calm enough frame of mind. If Luzin had been chosen for the Champions League final, when Dortmund's offense overpowered Real Madrid in the first half, it could have been a Karius story all over again.
