Since his arrival at Real Madrid, the young Ukrainian has never had that continuity and that opportunity to play matches on matches that a goalkeeper of his age would need. In fact, this is the first season where Lunin remained in Madrid without transferring to any Spanish team on loan. After various loan experiences in Leganés, Real Valladolid, and Real Oviedo, today Andriy Lunin is officially the second Real Madrid goalkeeper behind the giant Thibaut Courtois.
In these various experiences, the young talent has never managed to impose himself, except when he went to play in the Spanish second division with Real Oviedo in the 2019/20 season. In La Liga2, Lunin achieved the continuity he needed with 20 appearances and a total of 6 clean sheets.
From what Lunin showed at a very young age in Ukraine and later with the Real Oviedo shirt, it can be seen that the young Ukrainian is very good when closing down against an opponent. Lunin is a keeper who reacts well to any situation in front of him, very good on high ball outings. From a very young age, he has been showing much confidence when jumping to hit the ball with his knuckles, which is something very important for a goalkeeper to have.
He is very reactive to both high and low shots, where he has to be quick with his hands and feet. This quickness of thought and movement also allows him to be a good penalty keeper. In fact, so far in his young career, Lunin has managed to block 7 penalties out of 18, which is not a bad number for a goalkeeper of his age – especially considering the ver few chances he has had.
What we can say about Andriy Lunin is that he hasn’t yet had the opportunity to start making Real Madrid and the Ukrainian national team pay attention to him. There is no doubt that the 22-year-old goalkeeper has experience and talent backing him up but he needs to play more often and that’s difficult for a backup goalkeeper, especially at a team like Real Madrid.
At 22-years-old, the time has come for Lunin to look for a club that can give him the continuity that a goalkeeper of his age and talent needs – so as to show all the qualities that brought him to Real Madrid at just 19.
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