Liverpool winger Luis Diaz made an emotional Premier League return. He scored a stoppage-time equalizer at Luton. Unfortunately, his father was missing after being kidnapped in Colombia. In this difficult time, Alisson mentioned that football can bring joy to people.
Alisson, the Liverpool goalkeeper, praised his teammate Luis Diaz for showing incredible strength. Diaz scored a last-minute goal against Luton, despite his father being missing in Colombia.
Diaz came back to the Liverpool team after his father was kidnapped by the guerrilla group ELN. He made a significant contribution by scoring a header and securing a 1-1 draw for his team.
While Jurgen Klopp, the manager of Liverpool FC, mentioned that there have been encouraging developments in South America regarding negotiations with left-wing rebels, the absence of Diaz’s father still had a significant impact on the player. Diaz had briefly returned to his home country before resuming training this week.
Diaz’s action at Kenilworth Road showed how strong he was mentally, according to Alisson. Alisson also mentioned how football can be a positive way to distract yourself. In May 2021, Diaz scored a goal and dedicated it to his father, who had passed away earlier in the year.
“It says a lot about his character, his inner strength,” said Alisson about Diaz. “Not many people can imagine what he’s going [through] now, even though we are close to him, we are supporting him, we feel his pain but for him it’s a different level.
“Football, sometimes, in the dark moments can bring joy to people, can bring joy to somebody who is struggling. I think football is bringing a slice of joy to Lucho at this time.
“We are together with him for whatever he needs, to take his time. He came, he trained, came to the game, scored a fantastic goal for us that was really important and we are with him 100 per cent.
“Football always surprises, in a good way sometimes. It happened with me when I was going through a really difficult moment. It happened today, it happened other times for other people.
“When you are on the pitch you are focused on doing your job, trying to help the team to get points. He did it for us, he did it.”
Klopp said the goal was a “wonderful moment” but emphasized that the most important thing is the safe release of Diaz’s father.
“It’s a wonderful moment but it doesn’t change the situation yet,” said the Liverpool boss. “The most important thing is that his father gets released so we don’t have to make that now.
“It’s wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. He wanted to be here and he gets that. But that’s it. For us, super important goal and for him very important, of course, and yes very emotional. But that’s it.
“He always can do that when he’s on the pitch. He’s always involved in special things, this season as well. So yeah, of course we knew he’d be a threat. We didn’t know exactly how long he can play because he only had a few sessions with the team. But that’s all fine. That’s not the important part today. He scored the goal, that’s wonderful. But we need still some improvement in Colombia.”
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