The Champions League Final MVP CURSE! 7 Winners, 7 Injuries - 2025 Victim REVEALED

What if winning Man of the Match in a Champions League Final guaranteed your next season would be ruined by injury? Since 2019, EVERY SINGLE Champions League Final MVP has suffered a devastating injury within months. Van Dijk, Coman, Kante, Courtois, Rodri, Carvajal - and now in 2025, the curse has claimed its latest victim. This is the complete breakdown of football's most mysterious pattern.

🔥 THE 7 CURSED MVP WINNERS:
2019: Virgil van Dijk - ACL rupture (9 months out)
2020: Kingsley Coman - Multiple muscle injuries
2021: N'Golo Kante - Hamstring and knee problems
2022: Thibaut Courtois - ACL and meniscus tear (entire season)
2023: Rodri - Muscle tear and recurring issues
2024: Dani Carvajal - Knee and muscle injuries
2025: Désiré Doué - Right thigh muscle lesion

Every Champions League Final since 2019 has followed the same pattern: the Man of the Match winner suffers a serious injury the following season. Not minor knocks - career-altering setbacks that sideline them for weeks or months.

Virgil van Dijk was the first. After his commanding performance in Liverpool's 2019 Champions League Final victory over Tottenham, he was named MVP. Just months later, Jordan Pickford's reckless challenge in the Merseyside Derby ruptured his ACL. The world's best defender was gone for nine months.

Kingsley Coman scored Bayern Munich's winning goal against PSG in the 2020 final and earned Man of the Match. The 2020-21 season became a nightmare of muscle injuries that constantly kept him sidelined, destroying his explosive pace.

N'Golo Kante dominated Chelsea's 2021 final victory over Manchester City. His engine, his ability to never get tired - that's what made him special. But then came the hamstring issues, knee problems, and lengthy absences throughout 2021-22 and 2022-23 seasons.

Thibaut Courtois delivered one of the greatest goalkeeping performances in Champions League history during Real Madrid's 2022 final win over Liverpool. Nine incredible saves earned him Man of the Match. August 2023? Torn ACL with no contact during training. Out for the ENTIRE 2023-24 season.

Even Rodri, built like a tank and rarely injured, couldn't escape. After Man City's 2023 treble-winning final against Inter Milan, he suffered muscle tears and multiple absences despite Pep Guardiola's famous rotation system.

Dani Carvajal won it in 2024 at Wembley for Real Madrid. The following season brought knee injuries and muscle problems that kept him in and out of the lineup.

And now 2025's victim: Désiré Doué. The 20-year-old PSG wonderkid delivered a masterclass performance to win PSG's first-ever Champions League. Man of the Match. The future of French football. November 2025? Right thigh muscle lesion announced by PSG.

Seven finals. Seven MVPs. Seven devastating injuries.

WHY DOES THIS HAPPEN?

Physical burnout - Champions League finals occur after 60+ game seasons with players running on fumes
Spotlight pressure - MVPs push harder to maintain that elite status and don't rest properly
Modern football intensity - The demands on elite players have never been higher
Confirmation bias - We remember the injured MVPs but there haven't been any healthy ones since 2019

But here's what's truly eerie: these aren't minor injuries. They're SERIOUS, career-altering setbacks happening within months of the final. That's not normal statistical variance.

Do you believe in the curse? Would YOU risk winning Man of the Match knowing this pattern exists? Who will be in the 2026 Champions League Final and will they be next?

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