The situation
Andriy Lunin (23 years old) bets on continuing to fight for a position in the Real Madrid goal . This summer he received several offers to leave the club, but his personal situation (he has recently become a father) made him choose to stay with the team. He has a contract until 2024. His partner to shoot down is none other than Thibaut Courtois (30 years old), indisputable for Carlo Ancelotti, who finished last season with a 77.34% save percentage in all competitions. On June 22, 2018 , Lunin’s signing for the white club became official, from Zorya Lugansk, at a cost of 9 million euros. It was in the derby at the Wanda Metropolitano on May 8, 2022 that he had the opportunity to make his league debut with the white team. Before that, he went on loan three times: to Leganés (2017-2018) where he played five games, to Valladolid (2018-2019) in which he played two Cup games and that caused the loan to be hastily canceled due to lack of minutes , and to Oviedo (2019-2020) , where he played every game from matchday 23, adding a total of 1,800 minutes, 20 league games.
at Real Madrid
Since he arrived at the club, Lunin has played 510 minutes at Real Madrid between the League and the Copa del Rey (equivalent to five games). The Ukrainian goalkeeper played a total of 390 minutes last season , starting four games, two in the League and two in the Copa del Rey. In the minutes played, he left great performances that showed that Madrid has a good reinforcement in the goal, as in the match against Atlético de Madrid and against Cádiz, in which he avoided the defeat of the team by saving a penalty to Negredo . In the 2020-2021 season he only participated in one match as a starter, against Alcoyano in the Copa del Rey, which resulted in a defeat (2-1) . As far as 2022-2023 season, the goalkeeper has not participated in any of the six games that Real Madrid has played in the League. It was on May 15, 2022 the last time he was seen wearing the white shirt for a full game (against Cádiz). At the end of last season he had a talk with Carlo Ancelotti in which the coach told him that this season he will have more opportunities to play, taking into account Real Madrid’s match schedule (League, Champions, Copa del Rey, Spanish Super Cups and Europe and the Club World Cup), in addition to the World Cup to be held between November and December, and which will lead to wear and tear on the players.