{"id":297528,"date":"2023-10-30T00:48:11","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T00:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=297528"},"modified":"2023-10-30T00:48:11","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T00:48:11","slug":"jurgen-klopp-says-forest-preparations-were-most-difficult-of-his-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/jurgen-klopp-says-forest-preparations-were-most-difficult-of-his-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Jurgen Klopp says Forest preparations were most difficult of his life"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Jurgen Klopp says the preparations for Nottingham Forest clash were &#8216;the most difficult I&#8217;ve had in my life&#8217; after Luis Diaz&#8217;s parents were kidnapped in Colombia before the game<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Liverpool star has been left out of the squad amid ongoing search for his parents\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>His parents were kidnapped by gunmen on motorbikes in La Guajira, Colombia<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast &#8216;It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Jurgen Klopp said preparing for this match was the most difficult task he has had to do in his managerial career, after Liverpool forward Luis Diaz was informed of his parents\u2019 kidnapping while at the team hotel on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Colombian forward Diaz left the squad with members of Liverpool\u2019s staff taking care of him after he received news that his parents were taken by armed men in Barrancas, Colombia. His mother was found safe but his father was still missing on Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>And after Liverpool saw off Nottingham Forest 3-0, Klopp said: \u2018The preparation was the most difficult I ever had in my life. Didn\u2019t expect it, was not prepared for it. I don\u2019t want to make the game bigger than it was but it was.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Most definitely we try to help Lucho with the fight we put in because obviously we want to help. We cannot really help so the only thing we can really do is fight for him and that\u2019s what the boys did.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We heard late last night. Then we spoke to Lucho. He wanted to go home. Sent people with him, had people there to take care. There is part of his family there as well. It\u2019s why they want to be together. It\u2019s absolutely understandable.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/29\/17\/77148369-0-image-a-25_1698602062547.jpg\" height=\"413\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jurgen Klopp said preparing for this match was the most difficult task he has had to do<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Then we got the news about his mum which is absolutely fantastic. Since then, nothing really. They are working on it but it\u2019s some distance away. We are obviously not the first people that get informed but we try to get knowledge of everything, but we do not want to disturb.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Diogo Jota dedicated his goal to Diaz by lifting his No 7 shirt aloft, and Klopp added: \u2018How can you make a football game seem really important on a day like this? It\u2019s really difficult. I never struggled with that in my life.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It was always my safe place, sometimes my hiding point as a player or as a coach. You are allowed, during these 90-odd minutes, to focus just on that. And it was impossible, absolutely impossible to do that.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/29\/17\/77128921-0-The_star_s_mother_pictured_in_2019_has_been_rescued_but_his_fath-a-26_1698602066854.jpg\" height=\"373\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The star&#8217;s mother (pictured in 2019) has been rescued, but his father is believed to be still being held captive, with authorities continuing the search\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018So it was clear we had to give the game an extra sense and it was fighting for Lucho. Then the boys pulled out the shirt and I was not 100 per cent prepared for that to be honest. It was really touching, but wonderful as well.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Jota added: &#8216;Luis was with us in the hotel then he went home. It&#8217;s a very hard situation and I don&#8217;t know how anyone would react if it happened to you.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He was going to play. I played instead of him and I showed him his shirt to show we&#8217;re with him and we hope everything works out.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s unimaginable to think a situation like this could happen. We can just support him and show him we&#8217;re with him.&#8217;<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12685977\/Jurgen-Klopp-says-preparations-Nottingham-Forest-clash-difficult-Ive-life-Luis-Diazs-parents-kidnapped-Colombia-game.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jurgen Klopp says the preparations for Nottingham Forest clash were &#8216;the most difficult I&#8217;ve had in my life&#8217; after Luis <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297527,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jurgen Klopp says Forest preparations were most difficult of his life - Sportstons<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/jurgen-klopp-says-forest-preparations-were-most-difficult-of-his-life\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jurgen Klopp says Forest preparations were most difficult of his life - Sportstons\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jurgen Klopp says the preparations for Nottingham Forest clash were &#8216;the most difficult I&#8217;ve had in my life&#8217; 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