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I have just heard the suggestion that Karius was paid to lose the match.
This got me to thinking: how much money would one need to pay to have a keeper in Karius' position deliberaately to lose such a match and who would pay such an amount of money given that Real Madrid were odds on to win in any event?
Karius is presumably on decent money already and therefore would need a relatively large sum for it to make a difference, added to which, he is unlikely to win a Champions League ever again (unlikely as in statistically improbable). His reputation and his potential future earnings from winning a Champions League must surely be great and valuable. So how much would it take to get a man in his position to throw a game he was likely to lose anyway?