The semi-finals have resolved most of this race. France are out. Unai Simón stands alone as the clear favourite, heading into a World Cup Final with six clean sheets from seven matches. But there is one more name — the man on the other side of the final — who knows better than anyone that […]
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Four goalkeepers entered the quarter-finals with genuine Golden Glove cases. Three of them are now eliminated. The award, in theory, still goes to the best-performing goalkeeper regardless of whether their team lifts the trophy — but in practice, the FIFA World Cup™ has almost always rewarded the keeper whose team goes furthest. After the quarter-finals, […]
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The Golden Glove at a FIFA World Cup™ is not given to the goalkeeper with the most saves. It goes to the one whose saves changed the most outcomes. Through the group stage, the Round of 32, and the Round of 16, five goalkeepers still in the quarter-finals have built compelling cases. The numbers — […]
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Josimar José Évora Dias turned 40 twelve days before the biggest match of his life. The world knows him simply as Vozinha. No stadium in Cape Verde had prepared Josimar for the match in Atlanta. No training ground in Mindelo, no rainy afternoon in Moldova, no pitch in Cyprus had prepared him for what it […]
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