World Soccer

PLAYERS OF THE TOURNAMENT

GOALKEEPER

EMILIANO MARTINEZ

(Argentina)

ame into his own in the final with his incredible, last-gasp save from Randal Kolo Muani and penalty-shootout heroics. His late stop from Australia’s Garang Kuol and penalty-shootout antics against the Dutch were unforgettable too. : (Croatia) – outstanding against Brazil and in two victorious penalty shootouts. (Poland) – made more saves than any other goalkeeper in the group stage, including a Lionel Messi (Morocco) – three clean sheets, two saves in the penalty-shootout win over Spain and one of the saves of the tournament against Portugal.

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