Goalkeepers

Team-by-team guide: 2022 Germany World Cup preview

To prepare you for the tournament, The18 has launched team-by-team previews for the FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Here's the Germany World Cup 2022 preview. Die Mannschaft will play in Group E against Spain, Costa Rica and Japan.

Germany World Cup Preview 2022

World Cup appearances: 20th

Best Finish: Champions (1954, 1974, 1990, 2014)  

Final Liga MX: 5 razones para creer que Toluca será campeón del Apertura 2022

Después de la vergüenza institucional que significó pagar una multa económica para no descender, en Toluca se sacaron el polvo de las rodillas y se pusieron manos a la obra para devolverle un poco de dignidad a su historia.

Si bien los fichajes bombásticos de Luis Suárez, Edison Cavani y Luuk de Jong nunca se concretaron, apenas unos meses después de haber tocado fondo, miren donde están los Diablos: disputando la final del Apertura 2022 ante el Pachuca.

Kepa vs. Mendy: Inside the battle to be Chelsea's starting goalkeeper

Few teams have attracted elite goalkeepers as Chelsea has. Between Petr Čech and Thibaut Courtois, Blues fans were spoiled with 15 years of world-class players between the sticks. But in the last five years, the club has struggled to find a consistent first-choice keeper.

American keeper Josh Cohen experiences 90 minutes of hell against PSG

Maccabi Haifa's 30-year-old American goalkeeper Josh Cohen was the toast of Europe on Oct. 11 when making five saves en route to a clean sheet during his side's incredible upset of Juventus in the Champions League.

His mission Tuesday? Do it again, but this time against Lionel Messi, Neymar, Kylian Mbappé and PSG at the Parc des Princes in Paris.

This time Cohen faced five shots in the first-half alone and could only watch in agony as four of them found the back of the net.

Cohen couldn't do anything about Messi's opener in the 19th minute.

Team-by-team guide: 2022 Costa Rica World Cup preview

To prepare you for the tournament, The18 has launched team-by-team previews for the FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Here's the Costa Rica World Cup 2022 preview. Los Ticos will play in Group E against Spain, Germany and Japan.

Costa Rica World Cup Preview 2022

World Cup appearances: 6th

Best finish: Quarterfinals (2014)  

De villano a héroe: Mareado y con tapones en la nariz, Ustari ataja penal en loquísimo triunfo del Pachuca

Pachuca se quedó con el primer partido de las semifinales del Apertura 2022 ante Monterrey con un expresivo 5-2, en una noche que solo puede ser definida como un paseo salvaje sobre el césped del Estadio Hidalgo.

Palomitas de maíz en mano, fuimos testigos de un duelo que se desarrolló combo a combo y cuyo clímax tuvo al arquero tuzo Óscar Ustari como singular protagonista. 

Alisson's excellence: The best (and worst) penalty stoppers in Premier League history

When Jarrod Bowen stepped up to take a penalty kick in the 45th minute of West Ham's match against Liverpool on Wednesday, he was already at a disadvantage. While the odds of converting a penalty are between 75 and 80 percent, just 58 percent of penalties faced by Liverpool keeper Alisson in the EPL had found the back of the net.

Despite a solid 75 percent conversion rate in his professional career, the English winger's spot kick was saved by the man in black in the Liverpool goal as the Brazilian preserved a 1-0 advantage for the Reds.

Latest ESPN FC blunder claims Alisson leads EPL goalkeepers in goal contributions

With the influx of statistics in modern football, one must always take an analysis they see with a grain of salt. While often useful, stats are easy to manipulate to prove a point, and they can be misleading even when they are correct.

10-man Real Salt Lake pushes Austin FC to the limit in dramatic penalty shootout

Austin FC has advanced to the Western Conference semifinals of the MLS Cup Playoffs after overcoming the realest of Real Salt Lake challenges: Pablo Mastroeni's team — a massive underdog away from home at Q2 Stadium — played down a man for 68 minutes, faced 38 shots and still managed to get it to a penalty shootout.    

Los arqueros no dejan de hacer goles en la Liga MX: Tiago Volpi es el tercero en el Apertura 2022

Si bien no es algo que veamos todos los días, de vez en cuando uno se topa con la historia de un arquero convirtiendo un gol. Pero algo que definitivamente no es común es que tres porteros distintos hayan anotado en un mismo torneo.

Para aquellos que dicen que la Liga MX es aburrida, en este Apertura 2022 son tres los guardametas que han logrado meterse en la tabla de goleo:

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