The goalkeeper of the Vladimir “Torpedo” Artem Koveshnikov noted the game of the goalkeeper of the Croatian national team Dominik Livakovic in the match against Japan in the playoffs of the World Cup in Qatar.

On Monday, the Croatian national team defeated the Japanese in the 1/8 final match of the tournament (1:1, 3:1) in a penalty shootout. Livakovic saved 3 hits in the post-match series.

— Match Japan — Croatia watched with friends. When the Croatian goalkeeper saved the third penalty, everyone immediately remembered our match with Murom. And I for myself noted the transcendental level of football in this game as a whole.

– How did Livakovich act?

— Most confidently, played with a smile. Was ready for anything. But how can you prepare for this? Except psychologically.

– Livakovich wondered where the ball would fly in the penalty shootout?

“Those who say they play ball are adventurers. No matter how many fans say this, it is impossible to react to the ball and have time to hit it. Well, only if you get hit. But there is also the so-called, as Vitaly Vitalyevich Kafanov says, “the moment of anticipation.”

— Explain.

– This is when the goalkeeper on the run-up of a player who breaks a penalty reads his kick in advance. This is not guesswork, but anticipation. It seems to me that Livakovich managed to anticipate the attacks of the Japanese.

– Which of the goalkeepers at the World Cup do you like to play?

— Alisson. Especially the way it reduces the angle of fire. I also followed the Swiss Sommer before the World Cup, because in modern football, kicking is a priority. And through Sommer, many attacks are being built both in his club, Borussia, and in the national team, ”RB Sport” quotes Koveshnikov.

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