Yesterday's World Cup action featured the best and worst of goalkeeping.
On one hand, Mexico Guillermo Ochoa flung himself in the way of every Brazilian effort to secure a precious 0 - 0 draw for his country. But later last night Russia keeper Igor Akinfeev - once linked with top Premier League clubs and a bona fide Football Manager legend - gifted a goal to South Korea in a 1 - 1 draw.
As history has shown us, goalkeeping is the most thankless task and the World Cup is the most unforgiving environment.
Barbosa (1950)
A moment that haunts Brazilian football to this day. Brazil's goalkeeper Moacir Barbosa would let in a goal by Alcides Ghiggia of Uruguay at his near post, prompting a World Cup final defeat at the Maracana and leading Barbosa to be unfairly castigated for the rest of his life...
Pumpido (1990)
Many remember Cameroon's fairytale win over Argentina in the Italia 90 opener. But Albiceleste keeper Nery Alberto Pumpido should have kept out Francois Omam-Biyik's header...
Higuita (1990)
Rene Higuita of the scorpion save fame was always eccentric. But the Colombian ended up paying the price for venturing miles from his goal as Cameroon's Roger Milla pounced...
Bonner (1994)
The Ireland keeper's error against the Netherlands in the second round of 1994 is not too dissimilar to Akinfeev's...
Zubizarreta (1998)
Despite a stellar career, the current Barcelona sporting director Andoni Zubizarreta is best remembered for this mistake in Spain's 3 - 2 loss at the hands of Nigeria...
Seaman (2002)
David Seaman had had an excellent tournament in 2002 - up until this cruel moment when Ronaldinho's free-kick beat him...
Kahn (2002)
Player of the tournament in Korea and Japan, and along with Michael Ballack one of the main reasons a limited Germany side reached the World Cup final, Kahn failed to hold a shot, allowing Ronaldo to pounce on the rebound...
Green (2010)
We all remember this Rob Green nightmare moment against the USA as the so-called England Golden Generation got their campaign off to a horrific start...
