Croatia's second consecutive World Cup victory in a 12-yard shootout was the result of a 27-year-old goalkeeper, Livar Gović, who was the first to win the tournament.
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After the 3 goals and 12 yards against Japan, the last 8 against Brazil, he turned away the shot of Rodrigo Gómez, and in the last 2 World Cup matches, he made 4 goals and 12 yards in total, which is the first person in the history of the World Cup.
Before the 12-yard shots were exchanged, Leverkusen had already saved many dangerous goals. According to SofaScore, the 1.87-meter tall goalkeeper made 11 successful saves in the game, including 8 saves in the 90 minutes of the legal time, which helped his team to keep the game going into overtime.
Leverkusen made three more saves in overtime, giving him a total of 11 for the tournament and making him the goalkeeper with the most saves in a single World Cup game since U.S. goalkeeper David Husband in 2014. The U.S. had the most saves in a single World Cup game since Hou Hou in 2014.
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Against Belgium, Hou Houw had 15 saves.
LIVESTRONG GOVERNMENT WAS ELECTED AS THE BEST PLAYER OF THE GAME, absolutely deserved, it is worth mentioning that Croatia will be in the final 4 against Argentina, Argentine goalkeeper Damian Martinez in the final 8 against Holland, but also saved 2 goals 12 yards, the two dragons to the big fight, look at the side of the first to the Department of the strongest 12 yards killers.
