Diego Benaglio video

Short video with Diego Benaglio, Swiss goalkeeper playing as no. 1 in Wolfsburg. Training session and some saves.

World Cup 2010 goalkeeper saves video

YT user LCTrussell1992 posted an excellent video with some of World Cup 2010 best goalkeeper's saves.

Some of my favorites are there, like Muslera's, Villar's and Casillas's penalty saves, Eduardo's performance in Spain - Portugal game and Benaglio's in Spain - Switzerland game.

Link to the video: here.

Goalkeepers featured in the video: Diego Benaglio (Switzerland), Iker Casillas (Spain), Eduardo (Portugal), Vincent Enyeama (Nigeria), Tim Howard (USA), David James (England), Moeneeb Josephs (South Africa), Vincent Jung Sung-Ryong (South Korea), Richard Kingson (Ghana), Itumeleng Khune (South Africa), Hugo Lloris (France), Ján Mucha (Slovakia), Fernando Muslera (Uruguay), Manuel Neuer (Germany), Óscar Pérez (Mexico), Mark Schwarzer (Australia), Maarten Stekelenburg (The Netherlands), Mark Paston (New Zealand), Alexandros Tzorvas (Greece), Justo Villar (Paraguay).

The one I feel the lack the most is M'Bohli. He stopped USA team for 90' minutes in Algeria - USA game. But everything can't be put in one video.

Goalkeepers of the World Cup 2010 video slideshow

Wanted to put a video about World Cup goalkeepers, but I didn't have enough time to do this, so I decided to make just a slideshow with some favorite photos.



Music: K'naan "Waving flag".

Sadly the quality is not the best...

Best saves of South Africa 2010 video

Best saves of South Africa 2010.

Link to video send by Monica08 : here.

Goalkeepers appearing in the video: Richard Kingson, Justo Villar, Eduardo, Iker Casillas, Maarten Stekelenburg, Vincent Enyeama, Noel Valladares, Oscar Perez, Diego Benaglio, Vladimir Stojković, Samir handanović.

I would like to see there also Manuel Neuer's and Tim Howard's saves.

Would you add someone else?

World Cup: Spain vs Switzerland 0-1 16 June 2010

Who would expect that? Switzerland beat Spain! Can't believe that it did happen, a big surprise. Switzerland had a strategy and was fullfiling it consistently. Spain was playing uneffectively, despite the fact they had 22 shots. Only 5 on target. All of them saved by Diego Benaglio, who was faultless today. He was one of the heroes of the match. Amazing save of Pique shot in the situation one to one. The goalkeeper's self-confidence gave the team additional motivation.

As for Casillas... well... The attempt of save didn't look the best. However, putting the goal entirely on the goalkeeper's acount would be a great unjustice. There was a huge dissaray in the penalty area. The ball bounced strangely from one of the players after Casillas tried to kick it away, and Fernandes found a place to push it into goal, before Iker could perform another save. Have a feeling that he didn't choose the best option in the first place (in similar situation earlier Bengalio catched the ball when Villa tried to score) but then again he had very little time to react... It was so fast. I don't know...

As for the stats: Benaglio made 5 saves in total, Casillas only 1 (data according to ESPN).

What now? An obvious answer. Spain has to win the next match. No other options.



Diego Benaglio















One of the most important saves in the game. Benaglio stops Pique shot. It bounced from his knee.





Benaglio vs Serigo Ramos



















Benaglio saves Villa's shot...





...and Villa clashes with the goalkeeper.





































Grichting hugs Benaglio







It was not a good match for Iker Casillas.





Warm up before the match.





































































That could be another goal for Switzerland but the post saved the situation.



























After the lost match. Iker looks as if he desperately needed a hug...