Thibaut Courtois’ heroics at the weekend got us thinking: what are the top five performances from goalkeepers in finals from the past 30 seasons of the Champions League era? We came to the conclusion that the most memorable ones are often those that involve a shoot-out, for obvious reasons, which gives Courtois some extra kudos. That said, some of the below also pulled off some worldies pre spot kicks…
Blonde, terrifying and one of the greatest ever: Oliver Kahn is synonymous with shoot-outs and in 2001 he showed us why. The German pulled off three malicious penalty saves to break Valencia hearts, scooping the man of the match award in the process. He also won the UEFA Fair Play Award for consoling his opposite number, Santiago Cañizares, after it was all over.
Before Courtois, Carlo Ancelotti had another seemingly unbeatable shot stopper in the form of Brazilian Dida. While it was Juve No1 Ginaluigi Buffon who made a miraculous save from Filippo Inzaghi in normal time, the Rossoneri’s keeper denied three Juventus players in the shootout.
In the infamous Istanbul comeback, the Polish goalkeeper denied Serginho, Andrea Pirlo and Andriy Shevchenko in the shootout, with some interpretive dance thrown in as a distraction method (aping the efforts of Bruce Grobbelaar in the 1984 final). But the most iconic moment was an astonishing double save from the aforementioned Ukrainian striker at the end of normal time.
The Czech was in imperious form when Chelsea beat Bayern in their own backyard ten years ago. Not content with saving former Blue Arjen Robben’s penalty in the dying moments of extra time, he went on to keep out the German side’s final two penalties in the shoot-out, leaving the way clear for Didier Drogba to wrap things up.
Thibaut Courtois’ heroics at the weekend got us thinking: what are the top five performances from goalkeepers in finals from the past 30 seasons of the Champions League era? We came to the conclusion that the most memorable ones are often those that involve a shoot-out, for obvious reasons, which gives Courtois some extra kudos. That said, some of the below also pulled off some worldies pre spot kicks…
Blonde, terrifying and one of the greatest ever: Oliver Kahn is synonymous with shoot-outs and in 2001 he showed us why. The German pulled off three malicious penalty saves to break Valencia hearts, scooping the man of the match award in the process. He also won the UEFA Fair Play Award for consoling his opposite number, Santiago Cañizares, after it was all over.
Before Courtois, Carlo Ancelotti had another seemingly unbeatable shot stopper in the form of Brazilian Dida. While it was Juve No1 Ginaluigi Buffon who made a miraculous save from Filippo Inzaghi in normal time, the Rossoneri’s keeper denied three Juventus players in the shootout.
In the infamous Istanbul comeback, the Polish goalkeeper denied Serginho, Andrea Pirlo and Andriy Shevchenko in the shootout, with some interpretive dance thrown in as a distraction method (aping the efforts of Bruce Grobbelaar in the 1984 final). But the most iconic moment was an astonishing double save from the aforementioned Ukrainian striker at the end of normal time.
The Czech was in imperious form when Chelsea beat Bayern in their own backyard ten years ago. Not content with saving former Blue Arjen Robben’s penalty in the dying moments of extra time, he went on to keep out the German side’s final two penalties in the shoot-out, leaving the way clear for Didier Drogba to wrap things up.
Thibaut Courtois’ heroics at the weekend got us thinking: what are the top five performances from goalkeepers in finals from the past 30 seasons of the Champions League era? We came to the conclusion that the most memorable ones are often those that involve a shoot-out, for obvious reasons, which gives Courtois some extra kudos. That said, some of the below also pulled off some worldies pre spot kicks…
Blonde, terrifying and one of the greatest ever: Oliver Kahn is synonymous with shoot-outs and in 2001 he showed us why. The German pulled off three malicious penalty saves to break Valencia hearts, scooping the man of the match award in the process. He also won the UEFA Fair Play Award for consoling his opposite number, Santiago Cañizares, after it was all over.
Before Courtois, Carlo Ancelotti had another seemingly unbeatable shot stopper in the form of Brazilian Dida. While it was Juve No1 Ginaluigi Buffon who made a miraculous save from Filippo Inzaghi in normal time, the Rossoneri’s keeper denied three Juventus players in the shootout.
In the infamous Istanbul comeback, the Polish goalkeeper denied Serginho, Andrea Pirlo and Andriy Shevchenko in the shootout, with some interpretive dance thrown in as a distraction method (aping the efforts of Bruce Grobbelaar in the 1984 final). But the most iconic moment was an astonishing double save from the aforementioned Ukrainian striker at the end of normal time.
The Czech was in imperious form when Chelsea beat Bayern in their own backyard ten years ago. Not content with saving former Blue Arjen Robben’s penalty in the dying moments of extra time, he went on to keep out the German side’s final two penalties in the shoot-out, leaving the way clear for Didier Drogba to wrap things up.
Thibaut Courtois’ heroics at the weekend got us thinking: what are the top five performances from goalkeepers in finals from the past 30 seasons of the Champions League era? We came to the conclusion that the most memorable ones are often those that involve a shoot-out, for obvious reasons, which gives Courtois some extra kudos. That said, some of the below also pulled off some worldies pre spot kicks…
Blonde, terrifying and one of the greatest ever: Oliver Kahn is synonymous with shoot-outs and in 2001 he showed us why. The German pulled off three malicious penalty saves to break Valencia hearts, scooping the man of the match award in the process. He also won the UEFA Fair Play Award for consoling his opposite number, Santiago Cañizares, after it was all over.
Before Courtois, Carlo Ancelotti had another seemingly unbeatable shot stopper in the form of Brazilian Dida. While it was Juve No1 Ginaluigi Buffon who made a miraculous save from Filippo Inzaghi in normal time, the Rossoneri’s keeper denied three Juventus players in the shootout.
In the infamous Istanbul comeback, the Polish goalkeeper denied Serginho, Andrea Pirlo and Andriy Shevchenko in the shootout, with some interpretive dance thrown in as a distraction method (aping the efforts of Bruce Grobbelaar in the 1984 final). But the most iconic moment was an astonishing double save from the aforementioned Ukrainian striker at the end of normal time.
The Czech was in imperious form when Chelsea beat Bayern in their own backyard ten years ago. Not content with saving former Blue Arjen Robben’s penalty in the dying moments of extra time, he went on to keep out the German side’s final two penalties in the shoot-out, leaving the way clear for Didier Drogba to wrap things up.
Thibaut Courtois’ heroics at the weekend got us thinking: what are the top five performances from goalkeepers in finals from the past 30 seasons of the Champions League era? We came to the conclusion that the most memorable ones are often those that involve a shoot-out, for obvious reasons, which gives Courtois some extra kudos. That said, some of the below also pulled off some worldies pre spot kicks…
Blonde, terrifying and one of the greatest ever: Oliver Kahn is synonymous with shoot-outs and in 2001 he showed us why. The German pulled off three malicious penalty saves to break Valencia hearts, scooping the man of the match award in the process. He also won the UEFA Fair Play Award for consoling his opposite number, Santiago Cañizares, after it was all over.
Before Courtois, Carlo Ancelotti had another seemingly unbeatable shot stopper in the form of Brazilian Dida. While it was Juve No1 Ginaluigi Buffon who made a miraculous save from Filippo Inzaghi in normal time, the Rossoneri’s keeper denied three Juventus players in the shootout.
In the infamous Istanbul comeback, the Polish goalkeeper denied Serginho, Andrea Pirlo and Andriy Shevchenko in the shootout, with some interpretive dance thrown in as a distraction method (aping the efforts of Bruce Grobbelaar in the 1984 final). But the most iconic moment was an astonishing double save from the aforementioned Ukrainian striker at the end of normal time.
The Czech was in imperious form when Chelsea beat Bayern in their own backyard ten years ago. Not content with saving former Blue Arjen Robben’s penalty in the dying moments of extra time, he went on to keep out the German side’s final two penalties in the shoot-out, leaving the way clear for Didier Drogba to wrap things up.
Thibaut Courtois’ heroics at the weekend got us thinking: what are the top five performances from goalkeepers in finals from the past 30 seasons of the Champions League era? We came to the conclusion that the most memorable ones are often those that involve a shoot-out, for obvious reasons, which gives Courtois some extra kudos. That said, some of the below also pulled off some worldies pre spot kicks…
Blonde, terrifying and one of the greatest ever: Oliver Kahn is synonymous with shoot-outs and in 2001 he showed us why. The German pulled off three malicious penalty saves to break Valencia hearts, scooping the man of the match award in the process. He also won the UEFA Fair Play Award for consoling his opposite number, Santiago Cañizares, after it was all over.
Before Courtois, Carlo Ancelotti had another seemingly unbeatable shot stopper in the form of Brazilian Dida. While it was Juve No1 Ginaluigi Buffon who made a miraculous save from Filippo Inzaghi in normal time, the Rossoneri’s keeper denied three Juventus players in the shootout.
In the infamous Istanbul comeback, the Polish goalkeeper denied Serginho, Andrea Pirlo and Andriy Shevchenko in the shootout, with some interpretive dance thrown in as a distraction method (aping the efforts of Bruce Grobbelaar in the 1984 final). But the most iconic moment was an astonishing double save from the aforementioned Ukrainian striker at the end of normal time.
The Czech was in imperious form when Chelsea beat Bayern in their own backyard ten years ago. Not content with saving former Blue Arjen Robben’s penalty in the dying moments of extra time, he went on to keep out the German side’s final two penalties in the shoot-out, leaving the way clear for Didier Drogba to wrap things up.
