On Tuesday evening France made life a whole lot worse for Germany when it came to yet another defeat for Joachim Low’s side this year – the Germans have now lost six matches in a calendar year for the very first time in their history, and had they beaten France it would’ve only been their second win in 2018.
I imagine some will take delight in that.
France won 2-1 on the night and goalkeeper Hugo Lloris was a topic of conversation after the game. Having pulled off a number of good saves as Germany put the pressure on, he also conceded early doors from the penalty spot and did get a hand to the ball.
That seems to have been the 31-year-old’s undoing, along with his own version of playing out from the back.
the faster Lloris is sold, the better a chance we'll have of winning something.
— . (@AidannTHFC) October 16, 2018
Im spurs but loris is as dodgy as it gets.
— Richard Conte (@ricospur) October 16, 2018
We could get much better than him mate
— Richard Conte (@ricospur) October 16, 2018
has lloris ever saved a pen ????
— TAS????⚪️ (@coys100) October 16, 2018
He should have saved it.
— Paul Harrington (@PaulHarrington4) October 16, 2018
In a good French side lloris gets away with a heap of errors
Some awful clearing/goal kicks— COYSLIFE (@coyslife) October 16, 2018
I think this is slightly harsh. I’m a spurs fan and agree that he is severely error prone in big games but certainly not one of the worst GKs in the Champions League.
— Sam (@Heisenberg42) October 16, 2018
Hugo you should’ve saved that mate
— OnomahIsABaller (@SpursD22) October 16, 2018
I know the current fad in football is to have a goalkeeper who can actually play in the outfield positions, and maybe I’m a traditionalist, but I’m more interested in what they can do with their hands, arms, chest and legs as opposed to threading through balls from 30 yards – but there are those amongst us who disagree as the above shows.
Yes I’ve cherry-picked the comments, and a number of fans did give the counterpoint and there was even a Liverpool fan who piped up, presumably having removed the words Mignolet and Karius from his vocabulary, and I even accept he maybe should’ve done better with the spot kick – but they are a lottery – he’s there to keep the ball out of the net first and foremost and he did that otherwise.
So does everything now have to be picked apart and turned into something it’s not?