Football 100 Stars - Lowry: The Goal God Inspired by the King of Tennis Was Once Bombarded by Deng Zhuoxiang

Hugo Lowry (born 26 December 1986) is a French footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and won the 2018 World Cup with France.

The goalkeeper, inspired by Sampras, died in a tearful game

Lori was born in an upscale neighborhood in the French Mediterranean city of Nice, the son of a banker and a lawyer mother. Because the parents liked Victor Hugo, the author of Les Misérables, they named their children "Hugo".

Influenced by his parents, Lori played tennis until the age of 13, when he was a member of the French youth team. For Lowry, playing soccer was just a hobby, and at the age of 6, when he was 6 years old, Lowry once played in midfield replaced an injured goalkeeper and performed well, so he impressed the coach of Simiez Club, who persuaded Lowry's parents to let him change to football. At first Lori's parents disagreed, but because his grandfather was a fan, he often took Lori to see Nice games. In the end, the parents reluctantly agreed that Lowry could juggle soccer on the condition that he would first play tennis and learn good cultural lessons.

Once, Nice's goalkeeping coach Dominic Ballatelli watched Lowry's performance, admired his possession and catching skills, and recommended the 10-year-old Lowry to join the Nice Academy. Lori stayed at the Nice Academy until he was 12 years old, and when it was time for secondary school, his parents wanted him to choose a regular secondary school to finish his studies instead of continuing his training at the academy. Parents feel that football can only be used as a hobby, and going to college is the way out for their children. I have to say that this is very similar to Chinese parents. However, unlike Chinese parents, the so-called hobby training of foreign parents is actually semi-professional, and many foreign football players are good at many sports, such as Rooney of the Premier League, in addition to football, the level of tennis, swimming, boxing is quite high, and the time spent on sports is also very high.

At the age of 13, 14-time Grand Slam winner Sampras inspired him, who pointed out the similarities between a tennis player and a goalkeeper: "As a goalkeeper, you have a personal responsibility for the team as a whole and for defending the goal. Even if the ball is in the opposing half, you need to read the game well and avoid a mistake that can cause a lot of damage to your team. The same is true for tennis players, who can be decisive in every point on the court." Lori decided to pursue his favorite sport of football, while also following his parents' advice and reading until he earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics.

In the French League Cup on 25 October 2005, Lowry made his Nice debut and saved the goal for 90 minutes, and Nice won 2-0. He then played for the club's B team, and Lowry's first Ligue 1 appearance came on 18 March 2006, a day after he signed his first professional contract.

In the 2007–2008 season, Lowry played 37 league games without conceding 13 times, helping Nice to an 8th-place finish, the club's best time since 6th place in the 1988–1989 season. Lowry, who stood out against Lionel Letizzi and Damien Gregorini, became the starting goalkeeper at the age of 20 and was nominated for The Best Goalkeeper in Ligue 1. In 2008, while playing in the French league, his mother died, and Lori endured the grief, refused the bereavement leave given by the coach, and tearfully played a league game for Nice, which also earned him the respect of the fans.

In the summer of 2008, Lowry moved to Lyon for €8.5 million and signed for five years. On 10 August 2008, in a 3–0 home win over Nice, Lowry made his debut for Lyon. Played 35 times in the league in his first season, became the main goalkeeper of Lyon, was named the league's best goalkeeper and was named the best team of the year. In the Champions League, Lowry also played well, making his debut in Lyon's 2-2 draw with Fiorentina on 17 September. In the 2009-10 season, Lowry conceded only three goals in his first five games as Lyon's number one goalkeeper, and at the end of the season, he made 36 appearances and conceded 33 goals. In the 2010–11 season, Lowry made 37 appearances in Ligue 1 and conceded 40 goals, while in the Champions League Lyon were beaten by Bayern in the semi-finals. Lowry was nominated goalkeeper of the year at the UEFA Club Football Awards ceremony but ultimately lost to Inter Milan goalkeeper Julio Cesar.

In the 2011–12 season, Lowry made 36 appearances in Ligue 1 and conceded 49 goals, and on 3 October 2011, Lørrell extended his contract with Lyon until 2015, when the team finished fourth in Ligue 1.

Lowry has self-control, responsibility and tactical discipline on the court. His concept is very traditional, he has an independent spirit, he likes arts and crafts, he never cares about his parents' wealth, but focuses on his own creation, which gives him the temperament of a leader, and he has since become a double captain of the club and the French national team.

Lowry's younger nine-year-old brother, Gautier, also a professional footballer, has joined Nice as centre-back and currently plays for Auxerre.

Angrily rebuked Son Heung-min Kane for picking up gloves Tottenham Hotspur used "Back Shadow" to celebrate his birthday

On 31 August 2012, the Premier League Club officially announced that the 25-year-old Lowry had officially joined the team. Lyon confirmed a floating term of 10 million plus 5 million euros for Lowry's transfer fee, signing for 4 years.

On 20 September 2012, Lowry made his debut in the first Champions League group match against Lazio. On 7 October, Lowry made his premier league debut, with Spurs beating Aston Villa 2-0, with Lowry winning the competition against Tottenham's 41-year-old American Brad Friedell and gradually becoming the main goalkeeper. In December, Lowry kept four shots in six games and was nominated for the Premier League Player of the Month award, although the award was ultimately awarded to Van Persie.

In the Premier League on 3 November 2013, Lowry lost consciousness for a few seconds after colliding with Romelu Lukaku in a match against Everton. Next, Spurs suffered defeats against Manchester City and Liverpool, and manager Boas also paid the price for his aggressive play - to be dismissed. With Spurs conceding 17 goals in six games from the end of November to December, Lowry is under tremendous pressure. Fortunately, in the 2012-13 season, Tottenham Reached the Quarter-Finals of the Europa League and finished fifth in the Premier League, earning a record 72 league points.

After the World Cup in July 2014, under the persuasion of Argentine coach Mauricio Pochettino, Lowry renewed his contract with Tottenham Hotspur until 2019. On 23 October 2014, in a europa League Group C match, Lowry received a red card in the 87th minute for knocking down Tarssos Zocanese, and striker Harry Kane temporarily picked up his gloves as a goalkeeper and scored a free kick.

It is worth mentioning that Spurs, which have gradually come out of the trough, have successfully completed a number of feats. Humiliating Chelsea 5-3 at White Hart Lane on 1 January 2015, Lowry made a brilliant save on Azpilicueta's shot in the 75th minute of the game, proving himself to be one of the best goalkeepers in the Premier League. At the end of the season, there were rumors that Manchester United's De Gea would come to shoot and Lowry would move to Paris or Real Madrid, but in the end Lowry stayed at White Hart Lane. Lowry's first game of return from a wrist injury was a 2-2 draw in the Premier League with Stoke City, and after Cabourg's departure in August 2015, Lowry put on the tottenham Hotspur captain's armband, and the boss gave him full trust. At the end of the 2015-2016 season, Spurs finished third behind Leicester City and Arsenal, with Spurs returning to the Premier League podium for the first time since 1990. For a time, Tottenham Hotspur's good players were as strong as Paulinho, and he also became a bench player and had to go to the Guangzhou team of the Chinese Super League.

In December 2016, Lowry extended his contract with Tottenham until 2022. In the 2016-17 season, Tottenham Hotspur once again set a new team record with 86 points, ranking second in the league. Lowry was injured in Tottenham's 1-1 Everton game and has conceded a goal in 15 games since his comeback, making four fantastic saves in a 2-0 win over Manchester City, but at the end of the season he regretted missing the Golden Glove trophy.

In the 2017-18 Champions League, Lowry made seven decisive saves in the 1-1 Real Madrid match, including a wonderful header against Benzema, and left Cristiano Ronaldo without success. In the 4-1 win over Liverpool, Lowry made six saves to block Coutinho's onslaught. In Group H Round 4, Spurs beat Real Madrid 3-1 at Wembley and Lowry was injured in the final minutes. On 26 December 2017, in the 20th round of the Premier League, Tottenham Beat Southampton 5-2 at home. A row of Chinese appeared on the billboard on the sidelines: "I'll buy a few oranges and go, and you won't move around here!" Happy Birthday to Papa Lori! It turned out that this was the tottenham hotspur official use of Zhu Ziqing's prose "Back Shadow" text to create a stem, it happened that December 26 was Lori's birthday, using the Chinese god terrier to celebrate Lori's birthday, or at the British stadium, which made many Chinese fans feel cordial.

On 10 February 2019, in the 26th round of the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 Leicester City, Lowry saved Vardy's penalty. In the North London derby on 2 March, Lowry saved Aubameyang's penalty. In the Champions League, Spurs reversed the victory over Ajax, but unfortunately in the final against Liverpool, the world's best scorer and the best goalkeeper in the mind of the boss had a direct dialogue, Sissoko handball blocked Mane's cross, was "sentenced to death" by the referee, and Lowry could not stop Salah's penalty. Lowry's first touch in the game was to take the ball out of the goal after Salah's penalty, and even so, the Champions League runner-up was already a milestone moment for Tottenham.

In the 2019-20 season, Tottenham Have achieved only 3 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats in their first 12 Premier League games, ranking 14th in the table. In the Champions League group stage, it suffered a tragic 2-7 defeat to Bayern. In October 2019, Tottenham Announced that Lowry was injured in the Premier League match with Brighton and would be out of the way for at least three months and unable to resume training in 2019. On 20 November, Mourinho succeeded Pochettino as Tottenham manager, and injuries to Kane and Son Heung-min left the team's forward line almost unusable. Fortunately, the suspension of the epidemic became the biggest turning point for Tottenham, and at the end of the season, Spurs qualified for The European Competition with a 6th place in the Premier League.

On 29 October 2020, Lowry played in his 100th European match against Real Antwerp in the Europa League, becoming the first French goalkeeper to achieve this feat. In the 33rd round of the Premier League, Spurs played Everton, and in the first half, Spurs made a mistake in the front pass, son Xingyu did not receive the ball, nor did he return to the defense, so that Richardson almost broke the goal. At the end of the half, captain Lowry had an argument with Son Heung-min in the players' tunnel, and the two almost started to move, and then were persuaded by their teammates to return to the locker room together. At the end of the 2020-21 season, Tottenham finished seventh in the Premier League and qualified for the European Cup.

The captain interceded for his opponent and led France to lift the Hercules Cup

At Euro 2008, France had dismal results, humiliated by the Netherlands 1-4 in the group stage, Makelele was difficult to take on the role, Benzema was too young, and public opinion called for a change in the national team.

After the European Championship, Domenek hand-picked Lowry and Steve Mandanda, two young goalkeepers, into the squad for two warm-up games in September. On 19 November 2008, in a 0-0 uruguay friendly in France, Lowry made his national team debut. Previously, Lowry had five appearances in France's under-21 youth team.

On 10 September 2009, in group 7 of the 2010 FIFA World Cup In South Africa European Qualifiers, France was sent off with a red card against Serbia. Lowry, who is 1.88m, is not a tall goalkeeper, but his explosiveness is good and fast, especially good at defusing single-knife balls and one-on-one shots, good position sense and agile reaction help him defuse the must-score many times. At the same time, his range of activities is also relatively large, facing some fast forwards, he can get out of the box in time to help the team clear the threat. Also, he's not as neurotic as Butters, which is very important for the goalkeeper. In the 2010 World Cup, France made a famous collective strike, scoring only one goal in three games and exiting from the bottom of the group stage. As the number one goalkeeper, Lowry unexpectedly did not suffer from the media bombardment.

At Euro 2012, the first 2-1 England match in the group stage, British fans familiarized themselves with Lowry, who was about to join Tottenham. Then Lori wore the captain's armband, and France reached the quarter-finals, but eventually lost 0-2 to Spain, and the Matadors Legion with Alonso, Fabregas, Xavi and Iniesta finally lifted the Delaunay Cup.

At the 2014 Fifaccia World Cup in Brazil, Lowry became captain again, with France eliminated by current world champions Germany 0-1 in the quarter-finals.

At euro 2016 in France, France drew 0-0 with Portugal in the final, C Ronaldo was injured in the first half, France has always controlled the initiative of the game, but the balance began to tilt after a key substitution, in the 65th minute Deschamps replaced Gignac for Giroud, Santos replaced Sanchez with Edel, and in extra time it was Eder who gave up the long-range shot, and france lost the championship at home.

In the friendly match between France and Paraguay on 2 June 2017, Lowry made his 88th appearance for the national team, surpassing Fabian Batez's record.

In the 2018 World Cup in Russia, France has not reached the final for nearly two decades. In the quarter-finals of France's 2-0 Uruguay, Martin Cáceres's threatening header was saved by Lowry, who almost single-handedly sent France to the final. In the final, France beat Croatia 4-2, luck and VAR played a role, the young Mbappe also won the battle, and finally despite Lowry's mistake with the ball, Mandzukic seized the opportunity to score a goal, but it had no impact on the overall situation. The French team sailed from trials and tribulations to victory, kissing and lifting the Hercules trophy at the Luzhniki Stadium under the stormy Moscow sky.

Euro 2020 was co-hosted by multiple cities in several countries, and the impact of the epidemic delayed the competition by one year. Before the European Championship, France's 3-0 warm-up opponent Wales, Welsh player Neko Williams received a red card, making it impossible for the Gallic Rooster to complete an 11-man match. Lowry, who reached the milestone of 100 games as captain in this campaign, revealed that they had collectively asked Portuguese referee Godinho not to draw a red card, but finally played a numerical offensive drill.

2020 European Cup, France, Germany, Portugal divided in the death group, the strong French 1 win 2 draw smoothly from the group breakout, but unexpectedly on June 29, 2021 1/8 final, France encountered Switzerland's stubborn resistance, at the beginning the Swiss actively scrambled, took the initiative to attack, and created a lot of opportunities, a goal lead to end the first half; in the second half of the French penalty area foul, goalkeeper Lowry saved the Swiss penalty, which also became an important turning point in the game! France fought a 3-2 comeback, but unfortunately in the 89th minute, Pogba's stoppage error caused Switzerland to score offensively, the game was dragged into extra time, the two sides did not achieve anything, and finally france was eliminated 4-5 in the penalty shootout, which was the first time since October 2012 that Lowry saved the spot in France. And this game has also been called a super underdog in this European Championship.

Looking ahead to the Qatar World Cup, Lowry believes many goalkeepers still perform at a high level at a relatively older age, such as former Tottenham teammate Brad Frieder, who was 41 years old at the time but also felt like he was in his 30s on the field and on the training ground.

Humiliated by Deng Zhuoxiang and the Chinese Super League, the video was recorded to cheer for the Chinese women's football team

In the 2021-22 season, Spurs went high and low, and on February 13, 2022, Spurs 0-2 Wolves in the Premier League 25 rounds, Lowry made two mistakes in the opening 18 minutes, and one Tottenham fan tweeted: "This is Lowry's annual disaster game. But former manager Jose Mourinho still thinks Lowry is "remarkable.". Although Spurs have experienced a marquee change of mourinho, Mason, Nuno and Conte, Lowry has always been a thunderous main force. Conte spoke to Lori shortly after he was appointed, and it was reported that the conversation lasted only a minute, and Conte said bluntly that he really wanted Lori to stay at Tottenham. Spurs have now renewed their contract with the 35-year-old Lowry until 2024, and Tottenham president Daniel Levy is known for his tough approach to contract renegotiation but is very friendly to the Frenchman.

On 19 March 2021, Spurs played Dinamo Zagreb away in the second leg of the Europa League round-16 knockout round. Sitting on the advantage of a 2-0 home win in the first leg, Mourinho's side lost 3-0 to their opponents after extra time on the road, a humiliating exit. And what knocked Mourinho and Lowry down was the Chinese Super League abandoner Orsić, who transferred to the Chinese Super League Changchun Yatai in the summer of 2016, scoring only 2 goals in 14 games, and was swept out of the house by Yatai in half a season, which is a veritable Chinese Super League abandonment. In this game, Orsic played the world wave twice and scored in front of the goal, which was very eye-catching.

On June 6, 2010, Domenek, known as an "astrologer" and "god stick", chose the Chinese national team as a warm-up opponent before the World Cup, and the French team may have a lingering feeling about the cissé leg incident, and the fight is not active. At that time, the national football coach Gao Hongbo chose the defensive counterattack strategy, Deng Zhuoxiang with a free kick world wave directly through the door guarded by Lowry, which was the first time in the 26 years since the national football team defeated Argentina in 1984 to win the world's top team, and also made the national football team the first Asian team in history to win over France.

On the evening of August 23-24, 2018, Lowry was arrested by British police on charges of drunk driving and for having twice the legal upper limit of alcohol in his blood. Lori appeared in court on Sept. 11, and the day after his guilty plea, he was found guilty, had his driver's license revoked for 20 months and fined 56,000 euros.

Despite being one of the best goalkeepers in the world, Lowry hasn't won many titles in his club career. He won the French Cup and Ligue 1 titles in Lyon and only won the 2014-15 League Cup at Tottenham. By the end of 2021, Lowry had played 647 games for the club and made around 360 appearances in all competitions as a Tottenham player.

Lori met his girlfriend Marina in middle school, the two fell in love for ten years, and married in 2012, the eldest daughter Anna Rose was born in 2010, and the second daughter Juliana was born in 2014. Their third child, son Leandro, was born in September 2019.

In terms of charity work, Lowry is very active and is often involved in the charity activities of the Tottenham Foundation. On February 6, 2022, the women's asian cup final, the Chinese women's football team played against the South Korean women's football team. On the eve of the game, Lori posted a video saying, "Hey! Tang Jiali, I am Lori! Good luck with the finals! "The Chinese women's football team finally reversed the Korean women's football team and re-ascended to the top of Asia after 16 years!

Whether in the national team or the club, Lowry has played the role of goalkeeper, captain and leader, and in the position of goalkeeper, there is no top goalkeeper such as Yasin and Buffon in the history of the French team, and Lowry is even more precious.