He is the only German player in the final is the Champions League-on the court. For the former Schalke, Joel Matip is a dream come true for me.
As Joel Matip in 2011 had to contend over the moon as well as the DFB Cup in the Berlin Olympic stadium in the night sky, you could imagine the former Schalke probably only in the wildest Dreams, what would happen eight years later in Madrid. Together with his team-mates from Liverpool, the 27-year-old Central defender won the biggest title in European football. “This is just an awesome Moment. We have worked for a year,” said Matip after the 2:0 success against Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday evening.
“I was not so satisfied with my performance. But this is me today, no matter”, the only German professional football player who was in this Champions League final in Madrid. The most Striking thing about Arango is that he noticed almost never. Unobtrusively, the defensive players did on this night his Job. Together with his in addition to man Virgil van Dijk, who was named best player of the finals, to he had almost no Chance for the opponent.
Klopp: “it was really fun”
Always on the Post – Joel Matip striker Harry Kane of Tottenham Hotspur leaves no Chance
That FC went to Liverpool after less than two minutes, changed the entire scenario of this finale. A high-speed team, would jump all else in the “Heavy Metal”-style on their opponent, the Spurs come at once. And it was, therefore, relatively effortlessly good, because the interior defenders Matip and van Dijk, Tottenham’s star striker Harry Kane took out of the game and the former Bundesliga player of the FC Schalke 04 played in the game several clever and, to the relief of passports. Liverpool’s coach Jürgen Klopp had already said after the epic 4:0 in the semi-final victory against FC Barcelona in a DAZN-Interview: “What’s Joel Matip has played today? It was really fun.”
Matip – in of the rest of the force
The 27-Year-old has ousted, in the defense of the Reds, the Croatian Vice-champion of Dejan Lovren. Its up to 2020 current contract, wants to extend the club so early. That Matip is perceived to be in Liverpool mostly only on the edge, not only has something to do with his rather restrained beings to do. Unlike van Dijk, or the RB Leipzig come Naby Keita, he cost no transfer fee beyond the 50 million Euro. For the son of a German mother and a Cameroonian father in the LFC paid even a Cent, as him and Klopp to 2016, took as one of his first Transfers free transfer from FC Schalke 04.
Matip has been his Trainer a lot. Together, they lost a year ago in the final against Real Madrid. Together, they reached on the Saturday of your big goal. “I’m so happy for him,” said Matip of the sports magazine “Kicker” about Klopp. “People have written a lot about his final series. But he has earned this success with hard. We have always had to suffer again and learn to fight back. This victory is very Special for us.”