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Goalkeepers are the under-loved players between the sticks whose errors are forever remembered and whose heroics are often forgotten. They are the last line in defence against the opposition attack and can be the fine line between success and failure.
Their position is regarded as the hardest to play and therefore can play a huge impact in a game.
A goalkeeper’s primarily role is to prevent the opposing ball from entering his net.
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In association football, goalkeepers are normally the unsung hero despite their huge contribution to a team’s success in a game.
A goalkeeper can make all the saves in the world in a single game but the hat-trick of the attacker overshadows everything.
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In selecting players for awards, goalkeepers are often ignored despite their huge contributions.
Former Soviet Union goalkeeper Lev Ivanovich Yashin is the only goalkeeper to win a FIFA ballon d’or (1963) despite great goalkeepers like Gordon Banks, Dino Zoff, Sepp Maier, Ricardo Zamora, Peter Schmeichel, Peter Shilton, Amadeo Carrizo, Robert Mensah, Richard Kingston, Oliver Kahn, Ikay Casillas and others gracing the game.
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In our post today, we celebrate Ghanaian goalkeepers who their saves saved their team from defeat
In our post, we are looking at the greatest goalkeeper saves in the improving Ghana Premier League from 2009-2020.
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This features goalkeepers like Ernest Sowah, the late Soulayma Abdulai, George Owu, Felix Annan, Richard Attah, Kwame Baah, Sabi Acquah and host of others.
Watch the video below
https://youtu.be/SkhR2fh3WWE
Video Credit: Gil Media
