The goalkeepers of the teams that reached the semi-finals of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar garnered everyone’s attention for their remarkable brilliance, and they were instrumental in rebalancing their country’s national teams and taking them to the forefront. the goalkeeper is half the team and sometimes represents the whole team when they face strong teams with outstanding history and careers in the World Cup, looking to tip the scales with effective saves, keep clean sheets and move the team to victory. next round.
And with Morocco, France, Argentina and Croatia advancing to the semi-finals, the goalkeepers of these teams showed an impressive level and made a significant contribution to the growth thanks to decisive saves.
Perhaps the most prominent of these is Yassin Bounou, the Moroccan national team goalkeeper, who was a dam in every match and contributed greatly to his country’s historic achievement by reaching the semi-finals for the first time in history. He managed to put a smile on the faces of all the Arab fans and won the title of the best player in the last two meetings against Spain and Portugal.
Yassin Bono managed to keep a clean sheet against the all-star Portugal team and made a big contribution to this historic qualification by scoring the winning goal for Youssef Al-Nusairy and maintaining the lead for 90 minutes without scoring. The final will take place tomorrow, Wednesday. , in an unprecedented Arab achievement.
And Yacine Bono, who plays for the Spanish club Sevilla, has an outstanding professional career that began at the Moroccan club Vidad, then in the summer of 2012 he entered the Spanish league through the gates of the reserve team at Atlético Madrid, and then moved to ” Real Zaragoza on loan, then returned to Atlético Madrid and left for Girona in 2016 before moving to Sevilla in 2019.
In turn, France’s goalkeeper Hugo Lloris contributed to his country’s qualification to the semi-finals of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, thanks to his experience, as he managed to stop 40 shots in five matches of the tournament.
Loris competes in the World Cup competition for the fourth time in its history after participating in the 2010, 2014 and 2018 editions and was instrumental in winning the latest edition, Russia 2018.
Loris had a long professional career at Nice and then at Lyon in the French League before his departure to Tottenham in 2012 and has had extensive experience with the French national team since 2008.
As for Croatian goalkeeper Dominik Levaković, he also played an important role and helped his team reach the semi-finals of the World Cup with his wonderful saves, as he has 65 saves in five matches of the tournament. .
The Croatian goalkeeper appeared in five of his team’s World Cup matches and received 3 goals from Canada, Japan and Brazil, but he shone remarkably, especially against Japan in the final after saving 3 penalties.
Levakovic became the third goalkeeper to save four penalties in a single World Cup, after Sergio Goikoechea in 1990 and Danil Subašić in 2018.
Levaković is active in Croatian team Dinamo Zagreb after several experiences with lower teams in the local league and has made 39 caps for Croatia since 2017.
For his part, Argentine goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez scored at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, and Martinez participated in the World Cup for the first time in his career, and he played 5 matches in the World Cup and conceded 5 goals, while he had 22 successful saves. Also fought 40. International match with Argentina.
