Article by Aurelian Botezatu – Published on Sunday, 03 May 2026, 08:59 / Updated on Sunday, 03 May 2026 09:01
Schalke 04 officially returned to the Bundesliga on Saturday evening after a 1-0 win against Fortuna Dusseldorf.
30 minutes after Schalke 04's promotion became mathematical, Diletta Leotta (34 years old) congratulated the “miners' goalkeeper Loris Karius (32 years old) on Instagram. The famous Italian TV presenter has posted several photos of herself and her husband in recent months.
Pictures that he accompanied with emotional words: “This sport can be tough, sometimes ruthless… It exposes you, it tests you, it lets you fall in front of everyone. But if you find the strength to persevere, to keep believing, sooner or later it will bring you back to where you belong“.
Diletta Leotta: “Today is not just a victory. It's a rebirth”
Schalke returned to the first stage of German football after three years in the 2. Bundesliga. And Karius also spent a year and a half in the second division with the “miners”. The German goalkeeper's contract with Ciprian Marica's former club is valid until 2027.
“I have experienced this power firsthand. In the quiet moments, in the difficult times, in the days when it would have been easier to give up. And today is not just a victory. It is a rebirth. It is the love of what you do. It is courage. I'm proud of you. As a woman, as a wife… and almost as a second mother. ever“, Diletta also wrote in his Instagram post.
Diletta Leotta: “Girls, the man of my life just showed up”
Karius and Diletta Leotta have been a couple since the end of 2022. She once said of their first meeting: “Loris came in and I said, 'Girls, the man of my life has just turned up'. It was absolutely incredible.”
In the summer of 2023, their first daughter, Aria, was born, and in the summer of 2024, they celebrated a lavish wedding. In December 2025, Diletta announced another pregnancy. Their second child is due in the coming weeks.
