Howard, Ochoa, Rais, Neuer ... The stars of the World, those are goalkeepers (PHOTOS)
HuffPost | By Gibert VincentPublished:07/02/2014 9:27 AM EST
WORLD CUP 2014 - If paradoxically the first round gave birth to the greatest number of goals scored since 1930 -136 - this Brazilian World is definitely one of the goalkeepers. The knockout stages of the competition, completed Tuesday evening helped put more light, some of which have delayed until the extra qualification favorites. We should not forget anytime soon (as well as their performance diverted on Twitter).
Tim Howard, U.S.
. Despite the Elimination of his country against Belgium on Tuesday, the U.S. goalkeeper, 35, was simply heroic
With 15 stops made (for 120 minutes), he simply enters the record books:
note that setting this record stops in a game of the World Cup, Tim Howard
has seen multiplied by 144 Google searches in the United States .
One that has been evolving since 2007 in England Everton side also has a special feature:
it suffers from Tourette's syndrome , a hereditary neurological disorder characterized by motor and vocal tics. "When I practice or during a game, I can develop a contraction of one of my arms, my neck or my eyes. It is usually very sudden," he says so. This does not prevent it to achieve excellent results in its purpose.
Manuel Neuer, Germany
The keeper of the Mannschaft has revived the day the term "flying goal" Monday
at the eighth-final against Algeria . If Germany holds its qualifying quarter is largely
due to supersonic outputs goalkeeper of Bayern Munich far from his goal , halting many Algerian cons:
M'Bohli Rais, Algeria
Face Neuer in the same match, the Algerian keeper has also delivered much, pushing the German onslaught for over 90 minutes before giving twice during the extension.FIFA does no mistake
in naming man of the match for this knockout , something very rare for a player playing in the team defeat.
Whoever plays in the obscure Bulgarian championship, CSKA Sofia, he could now revive his career in a more prestigious club in Europe? In any case, the thumbnail Panini World, it was updated on Twitter from his match against Germany:
Guillermo Ochoa, Mexico
"This is the game of my life," simply said the Mexican doorman after the eighth finals lost to the wire against the Netherlands on Sunday. Ochoa, as he had done several times in the first round,
multiplied parades-miracles-sometimes against the Dutch .
Gentlemen recruiters know that this wall is ... free during this offseason, AC Ajaccio, relegated to Ligue 2 this season, did not renew his contract. With this World, not sure "Memo" Ochoa remains without a club for a long time ...
Júlio César, Brazil
A he started for good the World Brazilian team? Saturday, the guardian of the Selecao has called itself almost his country to the quarter-finals, pushing two shots on goal during the fateful meeting after a draw (1-1) in the first 120 minutes.
The Brazilian national press does no mistake in him paying tribute tomorrow. "Hail, Caesar!" A barred the sports daily
Lance , when
O'Globo erected in the "savior of the country."
Tim Howard, États-Unis
Malgré l'élimination de son pays face à la Belgique mardi soir, le gardien américain, 35 ans, a tout simplement été héroïque. Avec 15 arrêts réalisés (durant 120 minutes), il entre tout simplement dans le livre des records:
